Scandal figure tied to Iran Contra Drug Trafficking

Scandal figure tied to Iran Contra Drug Trafficking

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San Diego businessman Brent Wilkes, a key figure in the Randy "Duke" Cunningham bribery scandal-as well as the Justice Department investigation of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff-worked in Honduras during the 1980's for a company accused by federal prosecutors of deep involvement in cocaine trafficking.

Over the weekend the San Diego Union-Tribune, Cunningham's hometown paper, reported that Brent Wilkes has a two decade long history of close links with the CIA.

The company which provided Wilkes his initial entree into the world of lucrative government defense contracts, said the paper, was World Finance Corp.

World Finance Corp., The MadCowMorningNews has learned, achieved notoriety during the Iran Contra Scandal for highly questionable activities in Honduras.

"It was drugs, it was money-laundering, it was everything," South Florida detective James Rider told The Consortium at the time. "I know the CIA was in there somewhere."

"Police and federal prosecutors reported pressure from Washington and CIA headquarters in Langley to back off WFC. Too many of WFC's principals, it turned out, had cooperated with U.S. intelligence."

Just how did Brent Wilkes manage to become the beneficiary of such great good fortune as to allow him to dispense such large sums to Jack Abramoff-connected companies and individuals?

Apparently, it helps if you played high school football beside a lifelong best friend who goes to to become a spook.

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It was a good plan they had. Get all the blacks hooked on a cheap imitation cocaine and then bust as many as possible on a felony with penalties put into place just for them. Plus it allowed the GOP to make money for guns for killing more brown people. They still haven't been brought to justice but many black men are still serving maximum time....and even when they get out they can no longer participate in government. No vote allowed to felons. these people are truly evil...

I've always wondered about the flight school in Florida that trained the 9-11 hijackers. I once heard some rumors about the Iran/Contra stuff and the Sarasota/Venice area in Florida from someone who lived in the area. I was never sure if it was BS or true.

The essential question posed by the Abramoff-Cunningham scandal is chilling in its ramifications:

Did U.S. intelligence agencies assist in funneling rivers of cash from suspect defense contractors into the campaign coffers of pro-war Republican lawmakers?

Was U.S. taxpayer money secretly used to subvert American democracy?

Wonder if they've been helping us to vote properly, too.

Like Hatfield, he was a guy who knew to much. He would be a great source for Iran--Contra Drug money scandals. :mad:

I hope author Robert Parry is safe. :scared: