From: "Thomas Mountain" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Aloha from Hawaii; The following is a letter published in our local alternative weekly. It refers to Dan Inouye who lost his arm during ww2. Dan stole jewelry from dead civilians and subsequently had the arm wearing that jewelry blown off, earning him from his comrades the nickname "one arm bandit". We are planning a long term campaign to put Dan in jail for covering up the crack cocaine pandemic during his "fire chief" role as chair of Iran-Contra. The idea is to hold a tribunal locally with some big names on it to stir the pot, ie; publicity. As it seems certain that there will be no hearings in congress, it seems that we must start our own series of hearings, using the internet, alternative papers and the black radio network. I refer to Mililani and Haunani Trask at the end. They are two of the most popular and controversial Kanaka Maoli (native hawaiian) leaders who have a weekly television program on public access during friday night prime time. The Editor; The first person I ever heard call Dan Inouye "The One Armed Bandit" was a 442 combat veteran whom I worked with during 1979-80 in the Heavy Equipment Shop, PWC, Pearl Harbor. So much for Dan's statement that his fellow veterans never called him that. What a great character reference, stealing from the dead. Some basic research into the history of Hawaii's Godfather can provide one with more than enough to call him a lot worse things. Try starting with the Iran-Contra Hearings in 1987. We now have 2, I repeat, 2, Inspector General Reports providing us with plenty of "smoking guns" on how agents of the CIA (the Nicaraguan Contras) started the Crack Cocaine Pandemic in the early 1980's. The Iran-Contra Hearings, which Inouye controlled, covered all this up. Inouye even went so far as to recess the hearings and have two demonstrators arrested when they held up a banner saying "Ask about the Cocaine". It is apparent when comparing the IG's reports to the record of the Iran-Contra Hearings that Dan Inouye conspired with the highest levels of the Reagan Administration to cover up the CIA's role in starting the greatest drug scourge to devastate our communities in history. If Dan had done the right thing back in 1987, Crack Cocaine could have been stopped before it spread internationally. I must applaud Mililani and Haunani Trask for their courage in taking on Inouye. I can only hope that they will help us continue to drag even more skeletons out of this characters closet so that, maybe, someday, the "one armed bandit" will have to answer for his actions. Sincerely, Thomas C. Mountain Hawaii Chapter Crack the CIA Coalition 239-8112 --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- Ameritrade offers $8 commissions for Internet equity market orders -- no matter what the share price is, or how many share you buy or sell! Open an account before December 20, 1999 and receive 3 commission-free equity trades! <a href=" http://clickme.onelist.com/ad/Ameritrade ">Click Here</a> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
