To stop the supply of drugs like cocaine to the U.S. requires a WAR ON SECRET WARS—secret wars that are apparently conducted by White House agencies such as the CIA or National Security Council’s secret teams of ex-military and CIA agents.

Contra-gate, with its once secret U.S.-backed contra war, has reports of contras exchanging guns for drugs like cocaine for buying more weapons.

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Narcotics) concluded the Reagan-Bush administration “delayed, halted or interfered” with its own international anti-drug agencies to continue its Central American policy. The administration ignored the fact that its agencies’ reported drug traffickers were protected by contras and Honduran military. The Justice Department and DEA tried to discredit such drug links, per an ex-U.S. attorney, but the Senate Narcotics concluded there were contra drug links.

Guns for drugs exchanged on a Costa Rican ranch of the CIA American, reported Senate Narcotics Oct. 1986 and The Boston Globe July 1986 quoting intelligence sources. Pilots flew guns from Miami, in view of Customs agents, then to CIA rancher, returning here with drugs; CBS’s West 57 (April 1987), Newsday (April 1987) and CBS’s L. Cockburn’s book, Out of control.

In Contra-gate hearing, a CIA/Colombian cartel money launderer said he worked for National Security’s Oliver North (Cockburn) to airdrop contra supplies from El Salvador—aided by Vice President Bush’s office, then allegedly meeting twice.

North’s liaison to the contras was told to oversee “humanitarian aid,” some to cocaine front companies and the State Department told him by February 1986 that he worked with drug traffickers—Cockburn. The San Francisco Examiner March 1986 said a cocaine ring aided Costa Rican-based contras. The DEA in Guatemala in 1986 found contra drug smuggling (New York Times Jan. 1987) Senate Narcotics Counsel told Los Angeles. Times contras sent drugs here.

Secret wars might cause drug inflow here—40 years to overthrow governments. Disband CIA/NSC. Christic Institue, 1324 N. Capitol, NW, Washington D.C., finds drugs might aid other CIA secret wars as changing Australia’s government 1975 (J. Kwitney New York Times March 1987). In These Times & Wall Street (April 1987), now Afghanistan rebels, State Department (Feb. 2, 1986), IN BANKS WE TRUST.

Ask other senators for Senator Kerry’s report and aid the Christic Insititute investigation.

Bernice Russell

NIU alumnus 1980