From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] A retired FBI agent (you know his name, Mike) helped me gather data for my latest book, "Sold Out: The Clinton Legacy." He was one of the agents who worked on the Seal investigation. He has done tons of research for me, much of which came from his personal files. He saved most of his "unclassified" paperwork, including the certificate of title "paper trail" on "Seal's" aircraft. But I have to admit, he's still a company man. He and I are like oil and water most of the time. The only thing we really have in common is that we are both former U.S. Marines. Oddly enough, I guess that was sufficient to keep him working with me through our various disagreements over the OKC and World Trade Center bombings, Ruby Ridge, and even Barry Seal's involvement with the CIA. (Our FOIA request to the CIA yielded the following response: "The Central Intelligence Agency has no record of Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal having ever been associated with the Agency in any way, whether as an employee, agent, operative, asset, or contractor.") To my G-Man friend, that sewed it up. "Nope, Seal was never with the CIA. See here it is in black and white." Of course, as a lawyer I read between the lines; the phrase "has no record" can have multifarious meanings. It would be condign to presume that the Agency has no intention of ever admitting that a notorious drug trafficker was, in fact, a key element of their most nefarious of operations, to-wit: Mena. But then, technically speaking, for years Barry contracted with a CIA agent named David Ferrie, so legally that makes him a subcontractor -- at least until Ferrie's untimely death. The Agency didn't deny that Seal was ever a subcontractor. Odom --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! Comes with $50 in free coupons! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/gator4 ">Click Here</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
