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7/28/2019 Dennis Ainsworth FBI Debrief Ties Contras and drugs Feb 1987 http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/dennis-ainsworth-fbi-debrief-ties-contras-and-drugs-feb-1987 1/9 . F E D E R A ~ BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION . 2/27/87 oea.rt,._.,.'-i DEIINIS AIKSWORtll waa c:.:n>t.aet..i at the san Franoi.Gc:> Office f tha Fe<1eral &.lreau af I:mruti9&tion (l!m) by t31e intE:view:l.n;r Who aisplayed t1>e1r cnd11nti.al11. AIXSWO!ml a<!vi!oed tllat he 1& real -ta .nvestcr 101\o works out of his residence a't 01 Mendocino Avenua, Barkaley, c..l.ifornia 94707, t.>le,Phcma 41.!5-524- ADISWORI1I aaid that the r..aaon he vas a ~ tD be J.ntarviwed by t1u1 FBI 111 tllat b.e bas certaJ.n J.nfoaatiOn in which be u.e ~ = r : - " •a.ntn• ~ u t i o n 1a>cvn u 1111' (ll'rQn'te R · ) bu. beOCIIe :.ore involved J.n selling - and fclr ~ ~ tblln in a mil.itaJ:y effort to ~ the ~ Said.t.ni.ta COV.-t. An!S!ICR1'JI A14 he lllappOrte<1 :bypcll:buia with the follcv:l.n;r infonoation: lluriJo;J lata J ~ or early Pebruar,i, 1984, .IJliSI4DR1'H INlid a ., .... _ .intariat:e4 J.n the Ocm:ra --t nd attended a public at the SiJ: l'n!leill Draka l1ote1 in S!>n l!'ranCoiaco. !l!ba pw:p .. f tb11 -tln9..,.. o ~ ~ ~ · ~ ~ l o c a l ~ o f the PDf tba san .Fn»ci.oo ana. At tha -t!bJ AIXSifOII!DJ Mt JULIO ~ he ict.ntifilld .,. a tcul!du of tba I.'IIf. A fa ,..,._ 1•tar was invited ·to anothllr privatll ,...ting with of thD UI at tba n-14..- of llOtf SlJQ:CCO. ADISifORDI •14 that snacco•a fatbc Wllll a l f ~ ~ t *'>had beOCIMo a . , . __ of h& PDf. About lli¢t to t4m att:<UI484 tbQo Mating ana- 4\a:l.llg ~ AIIISWOR%E 811gg'..t:8ci t ADOUO CJWRJ, CID:ftnt hllacl of he PDf, cc.& to San l'raJ>i:isco and -t pinicm llllllaora to c:culd ittt=cll>ca hila. In Jllne, 1984, AIN.slfORl:li said ~ t h e ..Uort of h'-•lf d ~ ADOL'FO cai£RO cli4 traval. to san :Frinciaco and .at the tble epanGOreCI a party at tha St. 1'nncia Y ~ Club J.n whim 60 att&Med Uld m&t JIOOIIO CUDO. C1oi£IlO abo 11£1C!<a to the and in a t t ~ a a wee •orvaraJ. Jlapllbliaan P8rty laad..n and n J?rancisco l>us:l.ne&s aen. FollCIIWing the speec:b, al>a<>t 20 paopla w ... cut to dil>ner, AINSWOil'lti lUllS CAIZRO at an Italian ~ - t l.ccate4 in the Seac:b azea of san Francisco. At the dinner AINSMOMB obaarve.i IIBIII!SES pick up the tM for the entire d1Jmar party. lC bO O l S ~ ; b l - - 51· =

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DEIINIS AIKSWORtll waa c:.:n>t.aet..i a t th e san Franoi.Gc:> Off icef th a Fe<1eral &.lreau a f I:mruti9&tion ( l !m) by t31e intE:view:l.n;r

Who aisplayed t1>e1r cnd11nti.al11. AIXSWO!ml a<!vi!oed t l la t he 1&rea l -ta .nvestcr 101\o works out o f h is residence a't

01 Mendocino Avenua, Barkaley, c. . l . i fornia 94707, t.>le,Phcma 41.!5-524-

ADISWORI1I aaid t ha t th e r..aaon h e vas a ~ tD beJ.ntarviwed by t1u1 FBI 111 t l lat b.e bas certaJ.n J.nfoaatiOn in which be

u.e ~ = r : - " •a.ntn• ~ u t i o n 1a>cvn u 1111' (ll 'rQn'teR · ) bu. beOCIIe :.ore involved J.n sel l ing - and

fclr ~ ~ tblln in a mil.itaJ:y ef fo r t to ~ the~ Said.t.ni.ta COV.-t. An!S!ICR1'JI A 14 he lllappOrte<1:bypcll:buia with th e follcv:l.n;r infonoation:

lluriJo;J l a t a J ~ o r ear ly Pebruar,i, 1984, .IJliSI4DR1'H INlida . , . . . ._ .intariat:e4 J.n th e Ocm:ra--t nd attended a public

a t the SiJ: l 'n! lei l l Draka l1ote1 in S!>n l!'ranCoiaco. !l!ba pw:p..f tb11 -tln9..,.. o ~ ~ ~ · ~ ~ l o c a l ~ o f th e PDf

tba san .Fn»ci.oo ana. At tha - t !bJ AIXSifOII!DJ Mt JULIO~ he ict.ntifilld . , . a tcul!du o f tb a I. ' IIf. A fa , . . , ._ 1•tarwas invited ·to anothllr privat l l , . . . t ing with o f thD

UI at tb a n - 1 4 . . - of llOtf SlJQ:CCO. ADISifORDI • 1 4 tha t snacco•af a t bc Wllll a l f ~ ~ t * '>had beOCIMo a . , .__ o f

h& PDf. About l l i ¢ t to t4m • att:<UI484 tbQo Mat ing ana- 4\a:l.llg~ AIIISWOR%E 811gg'..t:8ci t ADOUO CJWRJ, CID:ftnt hllacl o fh e PDf, cc .& to San l'raJ>i:isco and -t pinicm llllllaora to

c:culd ittt=cll>ca hila.

In Jllne, 1984, AIN.slfORl:li sa id ~ t h e . .Uor t o f h'-•lfd ~ ADOL'FO cai£RO cli4 traval. to san :Frinciaco and .at th e tble

epanGOreCI a par ty at tha S t. 1'nncia Y ~ Club J.n whim 60att&Med Uld m&t JIOOIIO CUDO. C1oi£IlO a b o 11£1C!<a to th e

and in a t t ~ a a wee •orvaraJ. Jlapllbliaan P8rty laad . .n andn J?rancisco l>us:l.ne&s aen.

FollCIIWing th e speec:b, al>a<>t 20 paopla w ... cut to dil>ner,AINSWOil'lti lUllS CAIZRO a t an I t a l i a n ~ - t l.ccate4 in th e

Seac:b azea o f san Francisco. At the dinner AINSMOMB obaarve.i

IIBIII!SES pick up the tM for the entire d1Jmar par ty .

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. Co l , /2l /87 . . . . . . ' ~ - - -m Septallbar, 198-4, ADOU'O CAl.'eRO returned to sau F>:ancisoo

and at t ha t t .u . spolal to a - t i n 9 of tbe San Fnnc i.aoo Rotary Club.ADISWOR:I.'H said he also had arranged fo r CAL'SRO •s appce.nnee o.nd during'th e t r i p CAlERO stayed. a t ADfSWORTB's house fo r tour days. Durin9 th i s

viJiit Clll.l!liO ..aQe n\DoeEOUS '""" ' " appaa.ranoe9 in the so,y Area.

In Jam>ary, 1!185, a Cal i c Ootbol.ic P r i e s t by th e """" ' ot' l 'at DCIIIt.IJIG t>-ne- i l l tereabd in th e l l ioaraguaa oontn cauae. ~ GMo4 ori9inally .,_ to ...- ot th e fa r ,._tara - t . i n g a o.nd bad~ - &CCil>&intell vi t l l ADISIIOiml. l iDISIQt t l l said lie had peraonally- l.llvif.ec!. to t :n .. to l lo r4 l ru to o ~ o s a r v a tha oontn orvanio.aUonal

atrorta, baoMvu', lie OCll1ld. not 90 and wt.aed a l l - ' l a l D0MLD1C totz.veJ. t o ~ in his placa. ' lbia ~ C i i l a r trip -wbittad.I:JOWl.IW'• appetite tor c .n tn l A>Nrican pol i t i c s par t loul= ly J..nclwiine'tM PDN. 11a l a te r developed iJito • _.ucc- upoua inq tb e fl:lf cause.AIHWORrlf bdi i iVU t ha t llOifLDIG in , . _ . vay baa 111110 been :l.nYolvecl witha t lm4 rtia:l.nq a t f o r t l.aUJ>C!bed by ..upparters ot the Reverend SOIIG MY!ING

JmC*, th e Jl:or8al\ ev-anqel s t to """ ' is t th e FDN. .II& a.t.14 t h a t llOWioDIG' sown s ta tus w1 i l ADOU'O CI.Ll!RO hall ' i t """ anci t h a t IJOIILDIQ hu &lao beena ••Mz: ot a group ealJ.ed CJIIlSA 'Wbic:b ADISIII:IRDI de"""ibed aa a "Mooniet:roht group" and DOWLDIG b u abo - pai l ! u a """*-" tar CAQSA.

UII !MRt t l bDt8d that i s ~ t l y a port>wr or - ' - : ot th elflu:l4 . a n t i ~ ~ {IIIICL) which ADIS1illRlH 1 < 1 e n t 1 ~ 1 e d as '1t""'Prun by ret i red 1oDq o-nl J OIIII S:JliGLIIIIB. ~ aa.i<l he~ t h e t t1u1 PDN and MlCILl'O CMDO receive filMs rrc. Genca ls ~ trc:a the WN:L in UIDUIIta rJIDI1i.nq up to one 11Ul1on dollar£ •l l l lnt!l.

on Wednesday, June 3 , 1915, ILfter AIX1L!0 CAL1!:R0 apolce to theC!:JmlanVeAlti\ Club. C&LI!RO introcluced ArNSIICRl'H to ... t a l l blond > ~ b i t e: .ale Who 1\e. id.Jurt:J.fiad u - OWER. A:tltSII'CJR11! said tha t OWEN ""sdrassecl in a "prePPY" sty le and h ad. business with CALERO. AINSWOR'l'll

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saJ.d af ter ha vas :introduced to OWBII he asked hbo what he di4 as anoccupation and OlfEII gave no answer but ratbar jw . t 1111il""- a t AINSIIOR'ft!.

Attel : tl>8 C<moonWealth Club s ~ , AIIISWORnl and ADOLFOca•nn dl::ave to sacramento and .I!OB ONEil :IX>de with t lum. During thedrive ta lle%itelay : r - san l"':aaiCisco in AIKSWORrH's car, ROB o tmfCl*'e4 hi l l briefca. . , lUll! ~ in th e bad t ... o f th a vabic la withOllZRO abcout. - p a n s . , raferr ing f.roa tiJoe to tiJie t o a l i s t o f variouswa;oas tbae O!fl!ll vas a>rryin!J with h .b and ADOLFO CliiDO < l i s c u s ~ IUs, • . ,_. needll. ~ f o r e leavJ.ng tba c i t y , CAU:RO 1lllde a credi t cardt . l ' - J ib- c a l l tor abcout. u to 20 ~ a t a J:Ullic cum Bide l>ootll.

'1bl!r u .- ~ Cl4lll ~ ~ ~ e a r 1:be s.n FJ:-.ncdvo .lillton on Jl¥lcet street.i l l san PnD"Uoo and JIZ'OCUaelil to BezDley.

ADISl4UI1Il'll clailled that he found a l t v • hand Qftnada in theb1a1* -t f b.t.a car and ~ AOOUO C A I J R ) with I t . I3IBIO to ld~ tbet i t " " " a gigBf t t ta l .Lgbter . AIHSWOREII said be angri ly~ ~ t h a t b e ~ F r l l · ~ t o f l f8apoNI in theunt ied states a n d - na par t of i t . .AZNSifORl'll waa shown a handbooko f . .Uitazy cm!nlmc:oe IUid 14Ut i f iad th e r , r ~ n p h o:l: a v • s. MK-:uwarl4 w.r :a q.pa blll>d gNna4e as being ee l to th e type that hadbeen «<:QPP81! by .I!OB OlfEII.~

sa id he as!JUIIO!d tba t Olll!N had 1111..

19-.t . , . the11a'ticmal security COWlCU (WSC) 'lJO"'betwaen wi'l:h the li'DII vi'l:h Colcnelor.nEll lliOit12lO es h is liSC contact. ONEil once t lat ly . . tatad t a AIKSWO!mft ha t t ha t "llall h is posi t ion.

on ' l .bura4ay, June c, 1985, ADCf!30 ca•EDD e,ppeared bef()(rG theCU.t.fcnia state ASselll>l.y and cal i fornia s tA te s - . t a . Be alao held ap n u ccnferenoa and • t- . agislatora. He and AIIISWCIIml and- . .ut · •o othar people bad"l"UDC!I. a t tb e Sutter Club in s a ~ . ontbat - & y SIWJI( STEEL"B flew to saaralMilto to - CURRO and thenclmva back to San Prancisco ~ s a ~ with CALERo and IIIIISWOM!Ito attand • •llllliM%.

ADISIIQR'l'H l l lql lained t ha t TOM ~ had se t up a groupcal led the la t in .-rica Sb:at . lgic Studies Ins t i tu te in san l'rancie:co •M d bad rai&ed $75,000 to tlulcl nsearcb fo r CTILEIIO'• · ~ inw.ahiDqton, O.C. DOWLlNGl bad alao hUed NEIL B A R R Z N ~ , an old

trlomd, to rua tbe """'P'"ter pcrticm fo r th e Lat in All>eriean StrategicStUdies Ins t i tu te .

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on l'rid&y, June 5, the Fa. held a d.1nnu a t the I t a l ian~ r i c a n Social C'llll> locat<ld in the EXcelsior Dis t ri c t of! SanPranCaoo. ~ t 225 to 2SO IMOPl• attended, and AIIISWOR'l'll l i l ioself was- on tb e d iu • Re was su.t<ld naxt. to Tell IXliiLil«: and a t ""'""

IlOIILDIG turnecS to hi:a and t:<>ld .IUNSIICRl'll that

.IIIIISIIORDI &ai.d tl>l.t in .nine, 1985, be hi.JoMlt prcpoead to

; u )OUO CI.TJ!!!Q t b a t tb e Prll' dwiee a •country plan" tor: i i i !Pl-nta t ionU t:ha 1 ' a ( - . . viatcr.l.0118 aver ~ sandJ.JU.stas and pl.ans for th eCICIIII1try ~ baalth care pl. . . , . , food .u . t r ibut lon , u ~ t : . l . a n ,and ot:l:oer t r pu o t ada1nia1:rative act . iv i tas 4XIOl.d be a O O C U O J > ~ l s b e d .""urpo . ,qa:••ed in te res t in t:ha plan wttU AIIISIIDiall ~ < I l i la t h a t it

. . . .uld -.t""'" al l l ion dol lars . Ar ter tba t c,t.nrpo . . . .uld na t r e t u rn

.IIDIS'IIOibtl'. talepbaoe ca l l s . nu. refwlal. b:> di . . . . . . . &1\ obvioua~ i o & l planning feature or tha :rot! e t ta r t 1:<> a ~ ~ u u ..ow tba~ v u ~ by ADfS1IOIOll to be the catalywt ten: biapat1.Cir l ing of the FQf' s resol ve and t he i r Ul.ti loate objectives.

JIDISWOR:nf ""'-.ill t h a t lwo haa not spoken to 1\00litO CALBROainoa, and 11> r .. t. AZKSWORTH hAs roceived c r i i.ciiDII r tao h ie D\<111

acQUaintanoea in San Pnncieco Who bave ooq>l.&ined th<l t they did ne t,.,U.a 111t>JHY to r AINSIIORD! to ; ive to JIOOUIO CAtERO lllhiab -• not beingu.-1 :t<>r tbe contra e:tfort.

In Septallber, 1985, UliSWtl lm! bed lmu::h in San Pranciseow i t h ~ ODBU (or o x.n•:r:IIS) an Ftlf ot : t ic ia l . ar.ur.AS h ad . , . _

to San Frencisco for a " "e ti l lq and .AJ:IISWOlml bad a r t h.illl u be - be- • - . : - o:t the FDI Boar4 of Dil:ect.ors. 'l'l>.y bad t . . .ai<Lut tbaca thed ra l Bi l l Hot&l. in san ~ s c o and du r i n ; tb e l :!rell l<fut 0-YAli).Z~ t t ed t l lat the FOil bad no 1nternal oantrola on t he i r tun<la and tha tlUlOLl'O CAU:IIO collectll a l l the 10011ey and dic ta tes bow he ~ i t . I t""" AJ:IIS'HOJml' s undarstanaing tha t the CIA had inetall<!d. CliLERO as the

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1/21/87 . - . . : ~ - -balul o f th e P'III by :removinq the previous bead and al.l th e regional~ - A ll o ! the 1'DN ~ f is now loya l only t o CAlERO.

! ' rOl l a sour<>a i.n the Nicaraguan c:OliU>Illlity i.n San FranciscoADISWCR1'fl said tha t he laarned t h a t suppl ies nee<Se<t by 1'DN COI!Il>atantsin Honduns are not qet t inq there. RWaor witbi.n th e Nicar"9""ncowounity ia that lll\RIO CALERO, AllOLl."' ClllBEIP's brothar , i s th a l!'lllipm::basii>IJ it!Jeht iJI llev Orl"""". IWUO CMERO llll"'JadlY ~ ~ ~ a i . n t l l i . n s a1u.;re ~ there 11M takes a 20 percent c:oiDiission on etVery FDN~ lind i • alao llald.n9 a fort .""" o f f o f 11 2.7 10illicn dol la r~ t a r i l l h a id projec:t tha t was aw.uded to th e FW and a l l o ! the~

i& puatod t l lrougll JWU:O CloiDO.

In Jllly, l!18S, ~ &lli.d ba wu t a l ldn ; to PIIII. MAYSRE:" '- he identiti.M as an active n l f u w o ~ in HaUatc>n, !IUBa.~ to ld ADISIIORIH that ever since 'l'OK llOifL1l(Q bad joiJulcl th • PDI

evaryt:hincJ - · goi.ng crazy.~ had al80 ~ ~ ~ e t Lieutenant Colonel OL!V!S\ IIO!m! D! thaIIAUonal Secari ty oauno1l ataU and in fact. gave AINSW"'Imm NCS1111'apr iva te ~ mmber a t tb e l lhite Hcuae. Ja.118RB to ld AlJISWOM'Kt b a t the ~ for Co l - 1 IIO!ml l:>ypa8aed tbe "llhite BoUse rnd:tchboardabl1 ~ IICI!m """' l:Win1nq the contra operation. AIJISWCIZt'l1 vas~ by w.DmB t:hB.t if be ever needed to p u • a _,..9" to ADOLFOCAIZRil t t la t ))a CXNlJ! do i t t:h%oogb OIJJI! NORI'fi. MkYI!RB gave ADISIOORl'llth e private tel.apbc>ne , , ,_ o f COlonel IICIIaH wlUdl he fUmio:Juld DB

202-3!1!5-3345. AINSitORD! noted tha t 1>a b l l l a v ~ thl l t Colonel NORl'K's. . . , re ta ry was FAliN HALL.

.uJISWOR'l1! said on """ OCCGSion he d id c a l l COlonel 110m!jwr t to get aClqUAiJitad. IIOR1H v u very pleasant to ADSWOJml on th e

pbon• and IIQZM toJ.<I AINSWORIH to atc>p in and j u s t ~ h e l l o i f he w ul !IVW iJI the . o.c. araa. Colonel 1101(111 a lso indieatad toADCSWOlt!l'JI tbat he had prcv.ioualy bear d o f h ia lind o f AtRSWQR!IE' • activeINJOl1>C>1!l: for the oontns iJI tha San :rrancisoo area and t h a t l>e vaa veryappr.a i .a t iw D! i t . AIIISWQR!l'H R ia h • has no t spoken to Lieutanant

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AlliS!ICI1ml caid tbat 1>e bad , . . .de i nqu idea in the local sanFrarlCiaoo Nicaraguan OCOIIIIWiity and >t>Orlderad 81110119 hi l l acquaintanceswat ADOLFO CAI. ' I a ) and the. athar people in t l le PON lOOVlla""t .....,..... doingand. th e won\ t h a t he received baclc i s t h a t tlley "" ra probal>ly engagedin coca ; ne s:wggling:.

In septellber, 1985, IIEMAYDO Pli:RA, an Fttl l <Wier in SanJl'ranaisco, augg"ellted to ArNSIIClRl'll t h a t th e FDN i s irwol v"" in druq..,_l in q vi th tbe aid o f NOIIII'Df !IEIIES.tlS WhO also ~ anos fo r EKIUQllE' IQlft"'F!!., a l eader O:t' t:ba Fmf a

In .....,._, 1985, Pl!RRY t raveled to aa. ta R.l.ca to

.1nve5tiAJata tb e e.lleqatiana lla and AD!SIIOR1'B 1w1 cUIIDUB-- Foll.aWino;that, fBRR'£ bad =n!U. . .S to ADISIICI!ml t h a t t1>e P'lM wu.. n tua l inqa i r c ra f t tJ:rin9 in :t>:a. col . -b ia with ne.rcoti.c:s aboard . - a ir~ . . . . , loc:e.te1 on JOIIIIIDILL' s rancll and a ranall

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JIOIIBSE8 • ADI&IiUIWI 4eac:ribed IIAl.L as "" ~ c o n tlho l la. -. ct ive..uo in ~ '"'-'WOrt·

!lOB PERRY nllayed Ilia finclings to ~ l:>y te lepbonaf ta l l Q,oota Rioa 1n January, 1986, adding • i t ' s coce.inoo c ity dawn hare."PDRY c l ab s th e atoey never h l t the paper& beoaWie i t w.a . . . . . . . ,aulldby t i le Associated Pra&a due to po l i t ica l p r e a ~ N r e primari ly fr:ulo tb eCUt..

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AINSWOJttll sa id ba also learned that. !lOB·OWEM was taking1101111)' d.irec:t.ly fi'OJa OL:IVER 110R1'11 to JOHN JI1IL1. in th e 4liiOWit o f at. l e a s ~$10,ooo a .,n th . IIDIInl had se t up a private network and OWEN was tbaFaf go-between.

ADIS1fCIR2I! c labed tha t be, biwwel f beCDe ibc:reaa.inql yda t a . , . . , about. the bipl icat ions o f tbeee ac t iv i t ies &n4 aad&~ to cliac\m• it wit:b oonqress i cnal i . n v u t i ~ t o r s .

PrOII MuQl lO - ~ 0 , l t 86 , ~ " " "PH IL lllr'iBRB wm>t to

I IUh!ngtan , D.C. aN . e t vit:b DICX llcC1.LL (phonetic) vbo be 14entitied.. the ~ t 1 v e Aide to s- tor JOSif AZkR1 tro. Jla88ac:tNaatts.~ u.o - t with m.vro llcCORD't t l :ml the Ho"""' r . n t e l l ~ "" ' - i t t ee ,Senato r RIOilUIO 1llGAI\ t ro- IndiiU>Il and hiu A411inistrat ive Assistant,and ~ S'mlli!OlJ< fl"QII Texas.

xaar tt>e - of tb• l r fi .rwt l fUk 1D llalll:ll..ngton, poas.ibly a~ y PHIL MIIYilRB ca.U..:I Col.,. , . l OLXVli:R IIUR'IE lit Nat ional&e.,n:rl ty ocuncll . ~ t o I I A ! ~ L ~ appeared oibal<an a t t a r thec a l l , ~ ~ liAYliRII fo r ~ wit!> tb 8 s.n.tora and

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- nCJt booU-• t ba t NCAmi 1a>w of AlliSWOII!rH '• i . s - t i ty , only t l la tanotba:r 11141vidual bad aoc:ooopan ied !o.Y!IR!.

ADIS!IORDI a id that. be and MAY!lRB niiV&r t .a8t1fied befora anyCC>nqreaaional o:r s ..... e c:co.it.t.ee, bDwever it. """' INggost:ad to tba

t ha t open teetblcn;y J>ay be - r l e d in the tiJture.

DUring th is p!ll:-l.od o f ti.ma in washington they a l so t.e.lkadvitb. TOll DA.VE1 , I I I , llbo ;uNSWClli7B idant i f ied as a tri e l'>l:l of PHIL111'fBRZ'8. tll.VE1 i s a to.,..., U.S. Navy SEAL ac tiv• in th e ~ S , lOboc b b ed to bav<! helP"" llline hal:bar• in Kic:&""J!..&.

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l iD. U.IIEI to ld ADISWtRJ.'H "1baae 9"YS play to:: keeps . 'Doey'll k i l lyau. • Afte r the ineidel>t DI'.YEIC refused t:o ~ a t e any further witht:ha senate>%& inquiey.

I I I I ! I I ~ A D I S ~ . l«lRRH sa id he haa also heard tha t a u.s. custcas Aqent 7.(ma•cl , assigned in Telcas vas t r a n & f ~ to cuat:mas K e a d q u a J : t e ~a.., he inveatiqated F.ctl drug deals too vigoroualy.

AiliSltDRD! clail la t ha t S ~ o r d 'l'ec:llnology Coz:pontian " " "UMc1 by _..-eft Of the .BIIItional S - . r i t y Q:luncil to fecil.itata -1 : n a a a e t i ~ with th a : Irani .au.

Abaut tvc> Wlltllcll pr i e r to th i s interview PHIL JllWIIIE cal l l ldA!NSifOilSfi and ubd l iD if he planned to t a lk to tb a spacial Pu:sec:utor

off ice invaRigat.in!J 1:ha •contragate• affaiz. ! b in .uiiSIIOII!DI C>CintiJ:II"dba ~ Y vall l4, w.nRB tr ied to t a lk hirl out of it fo r , . . . . %eUe>n•.uNSWCM'I! -u he doeS nat: ~ m a o < -..bare Mli.YBR£ s tands now, and does. notlolalf whati>K bl l V<lUl.d ba alUMI>le to . intuview.

:Ill ~ to th e pcscxuo ...,.ticne4 in tl1is iDterv1av1

ADSt!OR'DI i d en t i f i c - tcrr ~ Pl%J>O&eG as follow..:

F!IIL MJ."YlmE l ive • in l!'ort Worth, ~ s . Mll.la!Rl! 111 tmployed" " a privata . . . .curity 9UIIrd IUid i • • wbite Dale in b is so•s. - ~has - . i l i taey e:lq)erianett and ocmtact with ~ o f thB DafenseIntelligence Agancy.

TOK oom.ING u a "Wbite male, •ge 38 to 39, z:e<:1 hair with

chunlcy bui ld and Ii;""'WI· DOifUIIG l i ve s on Gough Street in san •!'r8ncisc::o and c l to be a 001t ic cathol ic Pries t . DOWLD1G i l l a

Cathol ic selllinary dropout who cla.bz9 be hAiil been ~ i n l ! l d as a ca thol ic

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pri . . . . t by a 11:1111111 Celt ic sec t . DOWLING i s associated vi th a Cel t ic~ wbicb AIII&liORI'H believas i s actually a tax dodge. AIIISWOR'rllsaid 1u1 baa seen scae credit card receipts fo r DOI4LlJ(G indicating hehas a five to six thousand dollar credi t card account for cne lltonth.

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ADSl!Ol\111 said be himself i s afraid to r his own l i fe l>asedl" " t h a inf0%Uti.on tha t ha- prcni<illd, -"""· ne had no in fanat ionto lllll>stant:iau th is all"9"d threa t . 1IINSWOR!l'H &aid t ba t a l l o t the

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tl l4l trut:b andt l lat h e WCNld 1>e wi l l ing to t aa t i fy to m.. expuieneea lindc:obsarvati.cmll.

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