From 0421c200cc48a66be3480f072ff20a654538e273 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "disinfo.zone" Date: Mon, 18 May 2026 00:16:08 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] vault backup: 2026-05-18 00:16:07 --- 00 - META/CHANGELOG.md | 118 ++++++++++---------- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fenster.md | 13 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fiers.md | 14 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alexandre de Marenches.md | 12 +- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Andy Furillo.md | 14 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ben Barnes.md | 8 +- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bill Clinton.md | 15 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Brad Brunon.md | 16 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Carlos Cabezas.md | 14 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles Marsh.md | 13 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charlie Rose (NC).md | 14 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Craig Chretien.md | 13 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Crossan Andersen.md | 13 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Daniel Garner.md | 13 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dennis Ainsworth.md | 14 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dino A. 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Donovan.md | 11 +- 10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Yasser Arafat.md | 10 +- 10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Aldous Huxley.md | 15 ++- 10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/James Earl Ray.md | 4 +- 10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Giuseppe Santovito.md | 2 +- 59 files changed, 598 insertions(+), 278 deletions(-) diff --git a/00 - META/CHANGELOG.md b/00 - META/CHANGELOG.md index 13415c7e..b0d9d7a7 100644 --- a/00 - META/CHANGELOG.md +++ b/00 - META/CHANGELOG.md @@ -1,3 +1,62 @@ +- 2026-05-18T0014 · [[James Earl Ray]] +- 2026-05-18T0014 · [[Giuseppe Santovito]] +- 2026-05-18T0013 · [[Hermann F. Eilts]] +- 2026-05-18T0013 · [[Dino A. Brugioni]] +- 2026-05-18T0013 · [[Aldous Huxley]] +- 2026-05-18T0013 · [[Danilo Blandon]] +- 2026-05-18T0011 · [[Gary Caradori]] +- 2026-05-18T0011 · [[John DeCamp]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[George Pettie]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[Walter Kreitlow]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[Charles Marsh]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[Francisco Aviles]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[Henry Corrales]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[Donald Barrios]] +- 2026-05-18T0010 · [[Ben Barnes]] +- 2026-05-18T0006 · [[Ira Eaker]] +- 2026-05-18T0006 · [[John J. Cox]] +- 2026-05-18T0006 · [[Douglas Ammerman]] +- 2026-05-18T0006 · [[Andy Furillo]] +- 2026-05-18T0006 · [[Brad Brunon]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Craig Chretien]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Dyer Grossman]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Jose Guillermo Garcia]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Alan Fenster]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Carlos Cabezas]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Crossan Andersen]] +- 2026-05-18T0005 · [[Daniel Garner]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Dennis Ainsworth]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Douglas Aukland]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Fabio Ernesto Carrasco]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Fernando Chamorro]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Floyd Carlton]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Humberto Cardona]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Julio Bonilla]] +- 2026-05-18T0004 · [[Leroy Brown]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Rafael Cornejo]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Sebastian Gonzalez]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Walter Grasheim]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[William Downing]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Charlie Rose (NC)]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Henry Skip Clements]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Bill Clinton]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Fidel Castro]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Robert Byck]] +- 2026-05-18T0003 · [[Yasser Arafat]] +- 2026-05-18T0002 · [[Jack Blum]] +- 2026-05-18T0002 · [[Alan Fiers]] +- 2026-05-18T0002 · [[Jerry Guzzetta]] +- 2026-05-18T0002 · [[Roberto D'Aubuisson]] +- 2026-05-18T0002 · [[Harland Braun]] +- 2026-05-18T0002 · [[Jerry Ceppos]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Donald Gregg]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Kit Green]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Richard Brenneke]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Alexandre de Marenches]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[William J. Donovan]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Ian Fleming]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Roald Dahl]] +- 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Paul Bonacci]] - 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Francisco Guirola Beeche]] - 2026-05-18T0001 · [[Ivan Gomez]] - 2026-05-18T0000 · [[Joseph Fernandez]] @@ -39,62 +98,3 @@ - 2026-05-17T2351 · [[Contras]] - 2026-05-17T2351 · [[Colombia]] - 2026-05-17T2351 · [[Honduras]] -- 2026-05-17T2351 · [[Panama]] -- 2026-05-17T2351 · [[El Salvador]] -- 2026-05-17T2351 · [[Costa Rica]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[Robert McFarlane]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[John Kerry]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[Manuel Noriega]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[Dewey Clarridge]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[Ronald Reagan]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[Adolfo Calero]] -- 2026-05-17T2350 · [[Enrique Bermudez]] -- 2026-05-17T2349 · [[Danilo Blandon]] -- 2026-05-17T2349 · [[Felix Rodriguez]] -- 2026-05-17T2349 · [[Anastasio Somoza]] -- 2026-05-17T2349 · [[Swiss Paedophile Association]] -- 2026-05-17T2348 · [[Royal Zoute Golf Club]] -- 2026-05-17T2348 · [[Stoke Lodge]] -- 2026-05-17T2348 · [[CIA Family Jewels]] -- 2026-05-17T2348 · [[Walton Hop Disco]] -- 2026-05-17T2347 · [[Future Enterprises]] -- 2026-05-17T2346 · [[Cabazon Indian Reservation]] -- 2026-05-17T2346 · [[Golpe Borghese]] -- 2026-05-17T2345 · [[Central America]] -- 2026-05-17T2345 · [[Guanacaste Province]] -- 2026-05-17T2345 · [[South Central Los Angeles]] -- 2026-05-17T2345 · [[San Francisco]] -- 2026-05-17T2345 · [[Operation Framework]] -- 2026-05-17T2344 · [[Rolodex Investigation]] -- 2026-05-17T2344 · [[Operation NORTHWOODS]] -- 2026-05-17T2343 · [[Crack Cocaine]] -- 2026-05-17T2343 · [[Nicaragua]] -- 2026-05-17T2343 · [[Vietnam]] -- 2026-05-17T2343 · [[Poland]] -- 2026-05-17T2342 · [[Peteano bombing]] -- 2026-05-17T2342 · [[Osirak bombing]] -- 2026-05-17T2341 · [[USS Liberty Incident]] -- 2026-05-17T2341 · [[Operation PBSUCCESS]] -- 2026-05-17T2341 · [[Gulf of Tonkin Incident]] -- 2026-05-17T2341 · [[Operation AJAX]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[George Morales]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[Malcolm Klein]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[Eden Pastora]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[Eric Swenson]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[Joseph Russoniello]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[Renato Pena]] -- 2026-05-17T2339 · [[Robert Nieves]] -- 2026-05-17T2338 · [[Seth Rosenfeld]] -- 2026-05-17T2338 · [[Wanda Palacios]] -- 2026-05-17T2338 · [[Defense Intelligence Agency]] -- 2026-05-17T2336 · [[Achille Lauro]] -- 2026-05-17T2336 · [[ARDE]] -- 2026-05-17T2335 · [[Pan Am Flight 103]] -- 2026-05-17T2335 · [[Frogman Case]] -- 2026-05-17T2334 · [[Ilopango Airbase]] -- 2026-05-17T2334 · [[FDN]] -- 2026-05-17T2334 · [[Boland Amendment]] -- 2026-05-17T2334 · [[DEA]] -- 2026-05-17T2333 · [[Southern Air Transport]] -- 2026-05-17T2333 · [[Ronald Lister]] -- 2026-05-17T2332 · [[Ricky Ross]] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fenster.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fenster.md index 666ef786..5f916ea3 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fenster.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fenster.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Alan Fenster +aliases: + - Alan Fenster +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement - - United_States + - Lawyer + - UnitedStates - 1980s - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Beverly Hills defense attorney who represented Ricky Ross throughout his legal troubles, including the DEA reverse sting case. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Beverly Hills defense attorney who represented Ricky Ross throughout his legal troubles, including the DEA reverse sting case." --- Alan Fenster was a Beverly Hills criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor who represented [[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]] throughout his legal troubles.[^1] Fenster first met Ross when Ross was arrested for grand theft auto on March 19, 1982, after LAPD found a Mercedes Benz in his garage with parts that didn't match. Ross dipped into his cash reserves and hired Fenster, a former film studio lawyer who had little trouble getting the auto theft charge tossed out of court. diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fiers.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fiers.md index 069baaa7..3de14aa6 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fiers.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alan Fiers.md @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Alan Fiers +aliases: + - Alan Fiers + - Alan Fiers Jr. +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Person/Intelligence + - Intelligence - CIA - - Contra_War + - ContraWar + - IranContra - 1980s -summary: Alan Fiers was a former CIA official who ran the Contra program for several years and explained how arms brokers used fraudulent end-user certificates from intermediary countries to divert weapons to the Contras. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Former CIA official who ran the Contra program for several years and explained how arms brokers used fraudulent end-user certificates from intermediary countries to divert weapons to the Contras." --- Alan Fiers, a former [[Central Intelligence Agency]] official, ran the Contra program for several years. He provided detailed explanation of how the [[Contras]] obtained weapons despite being unable to purchase them on the international arms market, where only countries can buy weapons.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alexandre de Marenches.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alexandre de Marenches.md index ec1777bb..9aa6bde0 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alexandre de Marenches.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Alexandre de Marenches.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Alexandre de Marenches +aliases: + - Alexandre de Marenches + - Count de Marenches +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - France - SDECE - DGSE - - October_Surprise - - Safari_Club - - Cold_War + - OctoberSurprise + - SafariClub + - ColdWar - CIA - 1970s - 1980s diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Andy Furillo.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Andy Furillo.md index b02d4d37..9de57844 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Andy Furillo.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Andy Furillo.md @@ -1,12 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Andy Furillo +aliases: + - Andy Furillo +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Authors & Journalists" tags: - Person - - Person/Journalist + - Journalist - 1980s - - Los_Angeles - - Crack_Cocaine -summary: Andy Furillo was a Los Angeles Times police beat reporter who wrote the first national press story about crack cocaine in November 1984, documenting the explosion of rock houses in South Central Los Angeles. + - LosAngeles + - CrackCocaine + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Los Angeles Times police beat reporter who wrote the first national press story about crack cocaine in November 1984, documenting the explosion of rock houses in South Central Los Angeles." --- Andy Furillo, a freckle-faced police beat reporter hired away from the smaller Los Angeles Herald-Examiner, wrote the first story about [[Crack Cocaine|crack]] to appear in the national press. Published on November 25, 1984 - one day before the [[DEA]] arrested Jairo Meneses and [[Renato Pena|Renato Peña]] Cabrera in San Francisco. The story ran in the Los Angeles Times under the headline "South Central Cocaine Sales Explode into $25 Rocks."[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ben Barnes.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ben Barnes.md index 754656e0..dec4f52a 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ben Barnes.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ben Barnes.md @@ -1,11 +1,15 @@ --- +title: Ben Barnes +aliases: + - Ben Barnes +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - October_Surprise + - OctoberSurprise - Politician - Texas - - Reagan - 1980s summary: "Ben Barnes served as Texas Speaker of the House (1965-1969) and Lieutenant Governor (1969-1973) and in March 2023 publicly disclosed that he accompanied John Connally on a 1980 Middle East trip at which Connally urged Arab leaders to counsel Iran to delay the hostage release until after the election." born: 1938-04-17 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bill Clinton.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bill Clinton.md index 7731ebe3..b252d7a7 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bill Clinton.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Bill Clinton.md @@ -1,10 +1,17 @@ --- -category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers" +title: Bill Clinton +aliases: + - Bill Clinton + - William Jefferson Clinton +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - RemoteViewer - - Stargate - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation + - Politician + - DarkAllianceInvestigation + - ContraWar + - Arkansas summary: "William Jefferson 'Bill' Clinton was the 42nd President of the United States (1993-2001) and Governor of Arkansas during the period when Barry Seal operated his CIA-connected cocaine smuggling operation at Mena airport." born: 1946-08-19 location: "Hope, Arkansas" diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Brad Brunon.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Brad Brunon.md index f5ec58c2..f0ff417e 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Brad Brunon.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Brad Brunon.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Brad Brunon +aliases: + - Brad Brunon + - Bradley Brunon +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement - - United_States + - Lawyer + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Contra_War - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Los Angeles attorney who represented Danilo Blandón and provided firsthand observations about Contra fundraising through cocaine trafficking. + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Los Angeles attorney who represented Danilo Blandon and provided firsthand observations about Contra fundraising through cocaine trafficking." --- Bradley Brunon was a Los Angeles attorney who represented [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] throughout his legal troubles and provided firsthand observations about the intersection of Contra fundraising and cocaine trafficking in the early 1980s.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Carlos Cabezas.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Carlos Cabezas.md index 86a811be..84a31e5e 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Carlos Cabezas.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Carlos Cabezas.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Carlos Cabezas +aliases: + - Carlos Cabezas + - Carlos Augusto Cabezas Ramirez +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Drug_Trafficker + - DrugTrafficker - Contra - Nicaragua - - San_Francisco + - SanFrancisco - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Nicaraguan cocaine trafficker in San Francisco who testified that drug profits from the Meneses organization were going to the Contras, was convicted in the Frogman Case, and in 1996 admitted on the record to delivering millions in drug money to the Contras. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Nicaraguan cocaine trafficker in San Francisco who testified that drug profits from the Meneses organization were going to the Contras, was convicted in the Frogman Case, and in 1996 admitted on the record to delivering millions in drug money to the Contras." --- Carlos Augusto Cabezas Ramirez was a [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] exile, former [[Nicaraguan National Guard|National Guard]] fighter pilot, lawyer, accountant, and banker who became a cocaine dealer for [[Julio Zavala]]'s drug organization in [[San Francisco]]. As a U.S. government witness, Cabezas testified that his drug profits were going to [[Contras|Contra]] organizations in [[Costa Rica]].[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles Marsh.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles Marsh.md index 52086a4b..119d1472 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles Marsh.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charles Marsh.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Charles Marsh +aliases: + - Charles Marsh + - Charles Edward Marsh +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Intelligence - - LBJ - - British_Security_Coordination - - Washington_DC - - World_War_II + - BritishSecurityCoordination + - WashingtonDC + - WorldWarII - Media summary: "Charles Edward Marsh (1887-1964) was a Texas newspaper publisher and early patron of Lyndon Johnson who served as a documented conduit for British Security Coordination intelligence operations in wartime Washington D.C." born: 1887-01-07 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charlie Rose (NC).md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charlie Rose (NC).md index a9b3580a..adc22aa7 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charlie Rose (NC).md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Charlie Rose (NC).md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ --- -category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" +title: Charlie Rose (NC) +aliases: + - Charlie Rose + - Charles Grandison Rose III +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Congress - - The_Finders - - North_Carolina - - Democrat + - Politician + - TheFinders + - NorthCarolina summary: "Charles Grandison Rose III (1939-2012) was a Democratic congressman from North Carolina who served 24 years and, with Rep. Tom Lewis, received documents from Henry 'Skip' Clements in 1993 and helped pressure the DOJ to reopen the Finders investigation." born: 1939-08-10 died: 2012-09-04 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Craig Chretien.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Craig Chretien.md index 3d6572f9..55c0d1c6 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Craig Chretien.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Craig Chretien.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Craig Chretien +aliases: + - Craig Chretien +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement + - LawEnforcement - DEA - - United_States + - UnitedStates - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: DEA Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego regional office who met with Gary Webb in October 1995 in an attempt to dissuade him from publishing the Dark Alliance story, and who was later promoted to head the DEA's International Division. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "DEA Special Agent in Charge of the San Diego regional office who met with Gary Webb in October 1995 in an attempt to dissuade him from publishing the Dark Alliance story, and who was later promoted to head the DEA's International Division." --- Craig Chretien was a [[DEA]] Special Agent in Charge of the National City regional office south of [[San Diego]] who attempted to persuade [[Gary Webb]] to alter or suppress his [[Dark Alliance]] investigation in October 1995.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Crossan Andersen.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Crossan Andersen.md index cacbe1cf..07a9e564 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Crossan Andersen.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Crossan Andersen.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Crossan Andersen +aliases: + - Crossan Andersen +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement - - United_States + - LawEnforcement + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Federal prosecutor in Los Angeles who took the Danilo Blandon case to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and described it as "a sensitive matter" involving CIA allegations. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Federal prosecutor in Los Angeles who took the Danilo Blandon case to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force and described it as 'a sensitive matter' involving CIA allegations." --- Crossan Andersen was a federal prosecutor in the Los Angeles U.S. Attorney's office who agreed to take the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]]-[[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] drug case to the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF) in November 1986.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Daniel Garner.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Daniel Garner.md index e604d1c2..dcbdfa4c 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Daniel Garner.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Daniel Garner.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Daniel Garner +aliases: + - Daniel Garner +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement - - United_States + - LawEnforcement + - UnitedStates - 1980s - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: LASD Majors II deputy and court-certified money-laundering expert whose prosecution for corruption nearly exposed the Contra-CIA drug connection through documents he had seized from Ronald Lister's home in 1986. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "LASD Majors II deputy and court-certified money-laundering expert whose prosecution for corruption nearly exposed the Contra-CIA drug connection through documents he had seized from Ronald Lister's home in 1986." --- Daniel Garner was a hard-nosed detective and spiritual leader of the [[LASD Major Violators|Majors II]] squad who was indicted on corruption charges in the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]]'s [[Operation Big Spender]] sting. Garner had been a court-certified expert in money-laundering issues and had secretly kept documents seized from [[Ronald Lister]]'s home during the 1986 raids as "insurance."[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dennis Ainsworth.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dennis Ainsworth.md index 7a325798..0c73b64a 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dennis Ainsworth.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dennis Ainsworth.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Dennis Ainsworth +aliases: + - Dennis Ainsworth +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Person/Politician - - United_States - - Contra_War + - UnitedStates + - ContraWar - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: San Francisco Contra supporter and Republican activist who discovered the FDN's cocaine trafficking connections and alerted the FBI, only to be ignored. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "San Francisco Contra supporter and Republican activist who discovered the FDN's cocaine trafficking connections and alerted the FBI, only to be ignored." --- Dennis Ainsworth was a former San Francisco-area economics professor, staunch conservative, and Republican party stalwart who became deeply involved in Contra support activities starting in late 1983.[^1] His discovery of the FDN's cocaine trafficking connections led him to the FBI, which took no action. diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dino A. Brugioni.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dino A. Brugioni.md index a5bf052a..c11231dc 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dino A. Brugioni.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dino A. Brugioni.md @@ -1,9 +1,19 @@ --- -category: "Belgium Scandals" +title: Dino A. Brugioni +aliases: + - Dino Brugioni + - Dino A. Brugioni +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Belgium -summary: "Brugioni recalled seeing the first signs of what would become the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona." + - CIA + - PhotoIntelligence + - Israel + - ColdWar + - NuclearWeapons +summary: "Dino A. Brugioni (1921-2015) was a CIA photo intelligence officer who analyzed U-2 reconnaissance imagery and identified early evidence of the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona in the late 1950s, noting that senior officials chose to look the other way." born: 1921-12-16 died: 2015-09-25 location: "Bevier, Missouri" diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Barrios.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Barrios.md index 9aa852a6..65d7916f 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Barrios.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Barrios.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- -category: "Iran-Contra" +title: Donald Barrios +aliases: + - Donald Barrios +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Person/Contra - Nicaragua - - United_States + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Wealthy Nicaraguan exile, FDN supporter, and relative of former president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro who introduced Norwin Meneses to Danilo Blandon and co-founded La Parrilla restaurant in Miami as a Contra gathering place. + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Wealthy Nicaraguan exile, FDN supporter, and relative of former president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro who introduced Norwin Meneses to Danilo Blandon and co-founded La Parrilla restaurant in Miami as a Contra gathering place." +location: "Miami, Florida" --- Donald Barrios was a wealthy former insurance broker from Managua living in Miami who was a relative of former Nicaraguan president Violeta Barrios de Chamorro. He was an active [[FDN]] supporter and played a connecting role among Contra-linked drug traffickers in Miami.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Gregg.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Gregg.md index 7231963f..00c6bf75 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Gregg.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Donald Gregg.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ --- +title: Donald Gregg +aliases: + - Donald Gregg + - Donald Phinney Gregg +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - CIA - - October_Surprise - - Iran_Contra - - Bush + - OctoberSurprise + - IranContra - NSC - Korea - 1980s diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Ammerman.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Ammerman.md index 71b78c19..55fa97dc 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Ammerman.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Ammerman.md @@ -1,9 +1,17 @@ --- -category: "Other" +title: Douglas Ammerman +aliases: + - Douglas Ammerman + - Douglas Edward Ammerman + - Kenny Rogers + - Earnest Angel +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Crime Investigation" tags: - Person - - The_Finders - - Washington_DC + - TheFinders + - WashingtonDC - 1980s summary: "Douglas Edward Ammerman was one of two Finders members arrested in Tallahassee on February 4, 1987 while transporting six malnourished children in a van, charged with misdemeanor child abuse and later released when all charges were dropped in March 1987." location: "Washington, D.C." diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Aukland.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Aukland.md index 1e7f0d57..0cfb6cba 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Aukland.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Douglas Aukland.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Douglas Aukland +aliases: + - Douglas Aukland +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement - - United_States + - LawEnforcement + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: FBI agent in Riverside, California, whose walk-in informant exposed the Blandon-Meneses Contra drug connection but who was given minimal resources to investigate. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "FBI agent in Riverside, California, whose walk-in informant exposed the Blandon-Meneses Contra drug connection but who was given minimal resources to investigate." --- Douglas Aukland was an [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] agent based in Riverside, [[California]], who received a walk-in informant exposing the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]]-[[Norwin Meneses|Meneses]] Contra-connected drug ring in 1986. Despite the gravity of the information, he was given minimal resources to investigate.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dyer Grossman.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dyer Grossman.md index 36db3c71..0c809b39 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dyer Grossman.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Dyer Grossman.md @@ -1,17 +1,17 @@ --- -category: "Other" +title: Dyer Grossman +aliases: + - Dyer Grossman +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Crime Investigation" tags: - Person -summary: "Key figure in 1970s child exploitation networks who co-drafted the charter for Brother Paul's Children's Mission enabling transport of boys to North Fox Island." ---- ---- -tags: - - Person - - Criminal_Associate + - ChildPornography - Michigan - 1970s - - North_Fox_Island - - Child_Pornography + - NorthFoxIsland +summary: "Key figure in 1970s child exploitation networks who co-drafted the charter for Brother Paul's Children's Mission enabling transport of boys to North Fox Island." --- Dyer Grossman served as a key figure in child exploitation networks during the 1970s. He associated closely with [[Francis Shelden]] in establishing organizations for child procurement. He operated through [[The Church of New Revelation]], a New Jersey-based entity created solely on paper to gain tax-exempt status for affiliated programs. Grossman hailed from a wealthy Long Island family and worked as a science teacher at an exclusive New York boarding school for boys.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fabio Ernesto Carrasco.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fabio Ernesto Carrasco.md index ecf1193a..5b5836f6 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fabio Ernesto Carrasco.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fabio Ernesto Carrasco.md @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Fabio Ernesto Carrasco +aliases: + - Fabio Ernesto Carrasco + - Tito Carrasco +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Person/Drug_Trafficker + - DrugTrafficker - Pilot - 1980s - - Contra_War - - Congressional_Testimony -summary: Fabio Ernesto "Tito" Carrasco was a pilot who flew CIA-protected weapons and drug flights for the Contras between Colombia, Costa Rica, and Florida, testifying under oath as a U.S. government witness. + - ContraWar + - CongressionalTestimony + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Pilot who flew CIA-protected weapons and drug flights for the Contras between Colombia, Costa Rica, and Florida, testifying under oath as a U.S. government witness." --- ### Drug Flights for the Contras diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fernando Chamorro.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fernando Chamorro.md index 705434f3..1e9b58f3 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fernando Chamorro.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fernando Chamorro.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- -category: "Iran-Contra" +title: Fernando Chamorro +aliases: + - Fernando Chamorro + - El Negro Chamorro +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Contra - Nicaragua - - Costa_Rica + - CostaRica - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Commander of UDN-FARN, an early Contra faction based in Costa Rica, a former Sandinista whose army included Cuban-American drug traffickers, and who was approached by Norwin Meneses about hauling cocaine. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Commander of UDN-FARN, an early Contra faction based in Costa Rica, a former Sandinista whose army included Cuban-American drug traffickers, and who was approached by Norwin Meneses about hauling cocaine." --- Fernando "El Negro" Chamorro was the commander of [[UDN-FARN]], an early [[Contras|Contra]] faction based in [[Costa Rica]]. A former [[Sandinistas|Sandinista]] who turned against the revolution, Chamorro was an alcoholic whose army was described as teeming with [[Cuba|Cuban]]-American drug traffickers, terrorists, and assorted other ne'er-do-wells.[^2] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fidel Castro.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fidel Castro.md index c9f8b421..faf8c985 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fidel Castro.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Fidel Castro.md @@ -1,14 +1,24 @@ --- -category: "Other" +title: Fidel Castro +aliases: + - Fidel Castro + - Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation + - Cuba + - DarkAllianceInvestigation + - Politician + - Military + - ColdWar summary: "Leader of Cuba targeted by CIA assassination plots involving organized crime figures Sam Giancana, Johnny Rosselli, and Santos Trafficante." born: 1926-08-13 died: 2016-11-25 location: "Birán, Oriente, Cuba" --- -[[Fidel Castro]] was the leader of [[Cuba]]. In 1960, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] initiated a series of assassination attempts against him. These operations involved [[Robert Maheu]] as a "cut-out," who contacted organized-crime leaders [[Sam Giancana]], [[Johnny Rosselli]], and [[Santos Trafficante, Jr.]]. These individuals, in turn, enlisted the direct assistance of Cuban exiles in the assassination plots.[^1] +Fidel Castro was the leader of [[Cuba]]. In 1960, the [[Central Intelligence Agency|CIA]] initiated a series of assassination attempts against him. These operations involved [[Robert Maheu]] as a "cut-out," who contacted organized-crime leaders [[Sam Giancana]], [[Johnny Rosselli]], and [[Santos Trafficante, Jr.]]. These individuals, in turn, enlisted the direct assistance of Cuban exiles in the assassination plots.[^1] ### Dark Alliance Investigation diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Floyd Carlton.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Floyd Carlton.md index 7a7b086b..b2707e16 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Floyd Carlton.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Floyd Carlton.md @@ -1,14 +1,21 @@ --- +title: Floyd Carlton +aliases: + - Floyd Carlton + - Floyd Carlton Caceres +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Person/Drug_Trafficker + - DrugTrafficker - Pilot - Panama - 1980s - - Contra_War - - Congressional_Testimony -summary: Floyd Carlton Caceres was Manuel Noriega's personal pilot and drug operations manager who became the U.S. government's star witness against Noriega after sharing evidence of the dictator's drug trafficking with murdered doctor Hugo Spadafora. + - ContraWar + - CongressionalTestimony + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Manuel Noriega's personal pilot and drug operations manager who became the U.S. government's star witness against Noriega after sharing evidence of the dictator's drug trafficking with murdered doctor Hugo Spadafora." --- Floyd Carlton Caceres served as [[Panama|Panamanian]] dictator [[Manuel Noriega]]'s personal pilot and ran his drug transportation network. Carlton also managed the drug operation's logistics, flying cocaine and moving money between the United States and Panama. The operation unraveled when Carlton lost $1.8 million in cash entrusted to him by [[Colombia|Colombian]] drug lords to fly from [[Los Angeles]] to [[Panama City]]; he had delegated the task to an underling who absconded with the money.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Francisco Aviles.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Francisco Aviles.md index c8341c9d..54945372 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Francisco Aviles.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Francisco Aviles.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Francisco Aviles +aliases: + - Francisco Aviles + - Francisco Aviles Saenz +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - CIA - - Contra + - ContraWar - Nicaragua - - Costa_Rica + - CostaRica - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: U.S.-educated Nicaraguan lawyer and CIA asset who worked closely with the CIA in Costa Rica funneling funds to Contra organizations and was directly involved in the San Francisco Frogman case. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "U.S.-educated Nicaraguan lawyer and CIA asset who worked closely with the CIA in Costa Rica funneling funds to Contra organizations and was directly involved in the San Francisco Frogman case." --- Francisco Aviles Saenz was a U.S.-educated Nicaraguan attorney, [[Central Intelligence Agency]] asset, and [[UDN-FARN]] official who played a central role in the attempt to recover drug money seized during the [[Frogman Case]].[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gary Caradori.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gary Caradori.md index b777e568..a1547962 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gary Caradori.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Gary Caradori.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Gary Caradori +aliases: + - Gary Caradori +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - Nebraska - - Franklin_Scandal + - FranklinScandal - Investigation - - 1989 - - 1990 + - 1980s + - 1990s summary: "Gary Caradori was a private investigator hired by the Nebraska Legislature's Franklin Committee to investigate Franklin Credit Union abuse allegations who died July 11, 1990 when his aircraft broke apart over Lee County, Illinois, shortly after collecting what he described as significant new evidence." died: 1990-07-11 location: "Omaha, Nebraska" diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George Pettie.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George Pettie.md index 8f9d9cc0..9a089a5a 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George Pettie.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/George Pettie.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ --- +title: George Pettie +aliases: + - George Pettie +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Air_America + - AirAmerica - CIA - - The_Finders - - Vietnam_War + - TheFinders + - VietnamWar summary: "George Pettie is the son of Marion Pettie, founder of The Finders, and a confirmed former employee of Air America, the CIA proprietary airline in Southeast Asia, as acknowledged by his father in a 1993 interview with U.S. News & World Report." location: "Northern Virginia" --- diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Harland Braun.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Harland Braun.md index 229b48ef..71cd30c2 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Harland Braun.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Harland Braun.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Harland Braun +aliases: + - Harland Braun +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Lawyer - - United_States + - Lawyer + - UnitedStates - 1980s - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Prominent criminal defense attorney who represented Deputy Daniel Garner in the Operation Big Spender corruption trial and attempted to introduce evidence of CIA drug money laundering, resulting in a judicial gag order. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Prominent criminal defense attorney who represented Deputy Daniel Garner in the Operation Big Spender corruption trial and attempted to introduce evidence of CIA drug money laundering, resulting in a judicial gag order." born: 1942-09-21 --- Harland Braun was a prominent Los Angeles criminal defense attorney who represented LASD Deputy [[Daniel Garner]] during the [[Operation Big Spender]] corruption trial. He had previously defended actor Lee Marvin in his famous "palimony" suit and would later successfully represent one of the officers in the Rodney King beating case.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Corrales.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Corrales.md index cde98043..3f2e27fd 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Corrales.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Corrales.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Henry Corrales +aliases: + - Henry Corrales +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Drug_Trafficker + - DrugTrafficker - Nicaragua - - United_States + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Nicaraguan cocaine trafficker who served as the intermediary between Danilo Blandón and Ricky Ross after Ivan Arguellas was paralyzed. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Nicaraguan cocaine trafficker who served as the intermediary between Danilo Blandón and Ricky Ross after Ivan Arguellas was paralyzed." +location: "Los Angeles, California" --- Henry Corrales was a Nicaraguan exile and cocaine trafficker who served as the intermediary between [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]] and [[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]], becoming Ross's second supplier after Ivan Arguellas was paralyzed.[^1] Corrales was Ivan Arguellas's brother-in-law and took over the business when Ivan was hospitalized. diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Skip Clements.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Skip Clements.md index f58dd9c3..a6b47064 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Skip Clements.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Henry Skip Clements.md @@ -1,8 +1,15 @@ --- +title: Henry Skip Clements +aliases: + - Henry Skip Clements + - Henry T. Clements + - Skip Clements +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - The_Finders + - TheFinders - Florida - 1990s summary: "Henry T. 'Skip' Clements was a private consultant in Stuart, Florida who obtained copies of U.S. Customs Agent Ramon Martinez's 1987 reports on The Finders and brought them to Congress in October 1993, helping trigger the DOJ reinvestigation of the case." diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Hermann F. Eilts.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Hermann F. Eilts.md index 4d9479ca..5703c16d 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Hermann F. Eilts.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Hermann F. Eilts.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Hermann F. Eilts +aliases: + - Hermann Eilts + - Hermann Frederick Eilts +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Israel - Diplomat - - Military -summary: "In a conversation with Kissinger in early November 1973, Eilts was told that the Israelis had 'panicked' on the fourth day of the war (October 9), leading to the decision to assist them." + - MiddleEast +summary: "Hermann F. Eilts (1922-2006) was the U.S. Ambassador to Egypt during the Yom Kippur War and Kissinger shuttle diplomacy era, who later disclosed that Kissinger had withheld information about Israeli nuclear arming until a final meeting in late 1976." born: 1922-03-23 died: 2006-10-12 location: "Weissenfels, Germany" diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Humberto Cardona.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Humberto Cardona.md index 770fbde8..07ab062e 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Humberto Cardona.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Humberto Cardona.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Humberto Cardona +aliases: + - Humberto Cardona + - El Fruco +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Drug_Trafficker + - DrugTrafficker - Colombia - - United_States + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Colombian cocaine kingpin extradited to the United States in 1985 who continued supplying the South Central Los Angeles crack market through the Meneses-Blandon network while jetting around the world. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Colombian cocaine kingpin extradited to the United States in 1985 who continued supplying the South Central Los Angeles crack market through the Meneses-Blandon network while jetting around the world." --- Humberto Cardona, known as "El Fruco," was one of [[Colombia]]'s better-known cocaine traffickers whose extradition to the United States in late 1985 was international news, hailed as a sign of increasing cooperation between the Colombian and U.S. governments.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ian Fleming.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ian Fleming.md index 163a7374..d7f6789f 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ian Fleming.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ian Fleming.md @@ -1,12 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Ian Fleming +aliases: + - Ian Fleming + - Ian Lancaster Fleming +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - British_Security_Coordination + - BritishSecurityCoordination - Intelligence - Author - - World_War_II - - Naval_Intelligence + - WorldWarII + - NavalIntelligence summary: "Ian Fleming (1908-1964) served as assistant to the director of British Naval Intelligence during World War II, organized the 30 Assault Unit commando intelligence unit, and was a figure in the BSC network whose wartime experience provided source material for his James Bond novels." born: 1908-05-28 died: 1964-08-12 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ira Eaker.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ira Eaker.md index f7723b17..b62a1bd5 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ira Eaker.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Ira Eaker.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ --- -category: "Military" +title: Ira Eaker +aliases: + - Ira Eaker + - Ira Clarence Eaker +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Military - - Air_Force - - World_War_II + - AirForce + - WorldWarII - Intelligence - - The_Finders - - Hughes_Aircraft + - TheFinders summary: "General Ira Eaker (1896-1987) commanded the 8th Air Force's strategic bombing over Europe and the Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, then served as a Hughes Aircraft executive, and appears in unverified Finders-related memos as a connection through whom Marion Pettie received intelligence training." born: 1896-04-13 died: 1987-08-06 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jack Blum.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jack Blum.md index 1ecc08fe..bf07b0ec 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jack Blum.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jack Blum.md @@ -1,11 +1,16 @@ --- -category: "BCCI Scandal" -created: 2024-04-25 -updated: 2026-05-01 +title: Jack Blum +aliases: + - Jack Blum +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - BCCI - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation + - DarkAllianceInvestigation + - ContraWar + - Lawyer summary: "Former Senate investigator and chief counsel to Senator John Kerry's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations, widely recognized for exposing the BCCI scandal and investigating Contra-connected drug trafficking." --- Jack Blum is a former Senate investigator and chief counsel to [[Senator John Kerry]]'s Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations, widely recognized for his pivotal role in exposing the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International|BCCI]] scandal. Described as a crusader and a moralist, Blum was known for his unwavering pursuit of truth, even when it meant challenging powerful institutions and individuals.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Ceppos.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Ceppos.md index b999be8a..867b8a80 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Ceppos.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Ceppos.md @@ -1,12 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Jerry Ceppos +aliases: + - Jerry Ceppos +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Authors & Journalists" tags: - Person - Journalist - - United_States + - UnitedStates - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News who initially championed the Dark Alliance series before publishing a column describing shortcomings in the reporting, effectively ending the investigation. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Executive editor of the San Jose Mercury News who initially championed the Dark Alliance series before publishing a column describing shortcomings in the reporting, effectively ending the investigation." born: 1946-10-14 died: 2022-07-29 location: "Washington, D.C." diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Guzzetta.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Guzzetta.md index b7e57268..85033130 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Guzzetta.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jerry Guzzetta.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Jerry Guzzetta +aliases: + - Jerry Guzzetta +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - Person/Law_Enforcement - - United_States - - Los_Angeles + - LawEnforcement + - UnitedStates + - LosAngeles - 1980s - - Contra_War - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Bell Police Department narcotics detective whose personal vendetta against drug dealers led to the Torres brothers investigation, codenamed Project Sahara, which uncovered the massive Blandon-Ross cocaine network. + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Bell Police Department narcotics detective whose personal vendetta against drug dealers led to the Torres brothers investigation, codenamed Project Sahara, which uncovered the massive Blandon-Ross cocaine network." --- Jerry Guzzetta was a narcotics detective with the Bell Police Department in Bell, [[Los Angeles|California]], a small suburb where gangster Mickey Cohen once operated. His one-man anti-narcotics campaign produced impressive results and earned him a glowing profile in the [[Los Angeles Times]] in November 1985 for taking down a large Colombian trafficking ring. Some fellow officers regarded him as a loose cannon and publicity hound, but friends said his zeal was driven by personal tragedy.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John DeCamp.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John DeCamp.md index ddd29d30..5720aa12 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John DeCamp.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John DeCamp.md @@ -1,13 +1,19 @@ --- +title: John DeCamp +aliases: + - John DeCamp + - John W. DeCamp +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - Nebraska - - Franklin_Scandal - - Vietnam_War + - FranklinScandal + - VietnamWar - CIA - - The_Finders - - Attorney + - TheFinders + - Lawyer - Politician summary: "John W. DeCamp (1941-2017) was a Nebraska state senator and attorney who published 'The Franklin Cover-Up' (1992) arguing the Franklin Credit Union abuse allegations were genuine and suppressed, drawing on his close personal relationship with former CIA Director William Colby who had been his superior in Vietnam." born: 1941-07-06 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John J. Cox.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John J. Cox.md index 1f717917..29af5798 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John J. Cox.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/John J. Cox.md @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ --- +title: John J. Cox +aliases: + - John J. Cox +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - The_Finders - - Washington_DC - - Computer_Operations + - TheFinders + - WashingtonDC + - ComputerOperations - 1970s - 1980s summary: "John J. Cox was a former Finders member associated with General Scientific Corporation of Rockville, Maryland, whose precise role connecting the company to the group is disputed between a 1990s investigative memo and MPD Intelligence documents in the FBI Vault disclosure." diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jose Guillermo Garcia.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jose Guillermo Garcia.md index 615c5419..ec7b58f3 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jose Guillermo Garcia.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Jose Guillermo Garcia.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Jose Guillermo Garcia +aliases: + - Jose Guillermo Garcia + - José Guillermo García +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Person/Military - - Person/Intelligence - - El_Salvador + - Military + - ElSalvador - 1980s - - Contra_War - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Salvadoran defense minister linked to death squad activities who received Pyramid International's security proposal in 1982. + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Salvadoran defense minister linked to death squad activities who received Pyramid International's security proposal in 1982." born: 1933-06-25 location: "El Salvador" --- diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Julio Bonilla.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Julio Bonilla.md index 8488f390..90aa9911 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Julio Bonilla.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Julio Bonilla.md @@ -1,13 +1,18 @@ --- -category: "Iran-Contra" +title: Julio Bonilla +aliases: + - Julio Bonilla +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Contra - Nicaragua - - San_Francisco + - SanFrancisco - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: FDN coordinator in San Francisco who connected Contra supporters with the organization's leadership. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "FDN coordinator in San Francisco who connected Contra supporters with the organization's leadership." --- Julio Bonilla was the local coordinator of the [[FDN]] in San Francisco.[^1] Bonilla connected [[Dennis Ainsworth]] with the Contra support network after meeting him at a seminar at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel in February 1984. About three weeks later, Bonilla invited Ainsworth to an informal gathering at a house on Colon Avenue to meet [[Nicaragua|Nicaraguan]] supporters who had helped organize the seminar. This gathering introduced Ainsworth to [[Don Sinicco]] and the group that would become [[USACA]]. According to one published source, [[Norwin Meneses]] helped finance the seminar at the Drake. diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kit Green.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kit Green.md index 20bf8e10..add2f5b8 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kit Green.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Kit Green.md @@ -1,4 +1,10 @@ --- +title: Kit Green +aliases: + - Kit Green + - Christopher Green +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person @@ -10,7 +16,7 @@ tags: - UAP - Esalen - AATIP - - Life_Sciences + - LifeSciences summary: "Christopher 'Kit' Green was a CIA physician who served as the agency's principal liaison for the SRI remote viewing program from 1972, including handling Uri Geller during the 1972-1973 tests, and later contributed to the AATIP program and published research on UAP encounter injuries." --- diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Leroy Brown.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Leroy Brown.md index 00d1a747..f0bb31e5 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Leroy Brown.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Leroy Brown.md @@ -1,14 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Leroy Brown +aliases: + - Leroy Brown + - Chico Brown +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Drug_Trafficker - - United_States - - Street_Gang + - DrugTrafficker + - UnitedStates + - StreetGang - 1980s - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Corner Pocket Crip and Compton crack dealer who became a business partner of Ricky Ross. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Corner Pocket Crip and Compton crack dealer who became a business partner of Ricky Ross." --- Leroy "Chico" Brown was a Corner Pocket Crip and major [[Compton]] [[Crack Cocaine|crack]] dealer who became a business partner of [[Ricky Ross|"Freeway" Ricky Ross]].[^1] Brown pleaded guilty to drug charges in [[San Diego]] in 1996 and was serving an eleven-year sentence.[^2] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Paul Bonacci.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Paul Bonacci.md index fd061452..6bb6fb7e 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Paul Bonacci.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Paul Bonacci.md @@ -1,12 +1,15 @@ --- +title: Paul Bonacci +aliases: + - Paul Bonacci +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Crime Investigation" tags: - Person - Nebraska - - Franklin_Scandal - - Lawrence_King - - Craig_Spence - - Child_Abuse + - FranklinScandal + - ChildAbuse - 1980s - 1990s summary: "Paul Bonacci was the principal claimant in the Franklin Credit Union abuse allegations, alleging Lawrence King Jr. transported him to Washington D.C. for abuse at Craig Spence-arranged parties from approximately 1981, and won a 1999 federal civil default judgment of $1 million against King." diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Rafael Cornejo.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Rafael Cornejo.md index c04dc38a..9fdedb99 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Rafael Cornejo.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Rafael Cornejo.md @@ -1,15 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Rafael Cornejo +aliases: + - Rafael Cornejo +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Drug_Trafficker + - DrugTrafficker - Nicaragua - - United_States + - UnitedStates - 1970s - 1980s - 1990s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Norwin Meneses's nephew and distributor in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1970s whose territory stretched to Portland, Oregon, convicted of income tax evasion in 1985 and cocaine trafficking in 1996. + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Norwin Meneses's nephew and distributor in the San Francisco Bay Area since the mid-1970s whose territory stretched to Portland, Oregon, convicted of income tax evasion in 1985 and cocaine trafficking in 1996." --- Rafael Cornejo was a major [[cocaine]] trafficker in the [[San Francisco]] Bay Area and a distributor for [[Norwin Meneses]] since the mid-1970s.[^2] His trafficking territory stretched from the Bay Area to Portland, Oregon. His father had been a sergeant in [[Anastasio Somoza|Somoza]]'s National Guard. Cornejo was at the center of the legal case that brought the [[Dark Alliance]] story to [[Gary Webb]]'s attention.[^1] Cornejo said of Meneses: "You can say what you want about that man, but his heart and soul was into the movement, and that was his priority more than anything else. It's kind of hard to be kicked out of your own country and that's what his passion was. He was straight-up pro-Somocista."[^3] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Richard Brenneke.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Richard Brenneke.md index 79067568..adf13972 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Richard Brenneke.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Richard Brenneke.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Richard Brenneke +aliases: + - Richard Brenneke +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - October_Surprise - - Iran_Contra + - OctoberSurprise + - IranContra - BCCI - CIA - 1980s - 1990s -summary: "Richard Brenneke was a Portland-based arms dealer and self-described CIA contract agent who claimed to have attended the October 1980 October Surprise Paris meetings, was indicted for perjury in 1989 and acquitted in 1990, and served as a document source for Danny Casolaro’s Octopus investigation." +summary: "Portland-based arms dealer and self-described CIA contract agent who claimed to have attended the October 1980 October Surprise Paris meetings, was indicted for perjury in 1989 and acquitted in 1990, and served as a document source for Danny Casolaro’s Octopus investigation." location: "Portland, Oregon" --- diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roald Dahl.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roald Dahl.md index 03bbedd6..8f40dbf5 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roald Dahl.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roald Dahl.md @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ --- +title: Roald Dahl +aliases: + - Roald Dahl +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - British_Security_Coordination + - BritishSecurityCoordination - Intelligence - Author - - World_War_II - - Washington_DC - - Charles_Marsh + - WorldWarII + - WashingtonDC summary: "Roald Dahl (1916-1990), best known as a children's author, served as a BSC influence agent in Washington D.C. from 1942 to 1944, penetrating senior American political circles through his relationship with journalist Charles Marsh and later contributing to the official BSC history." born: 1916-09-13 died: 1990-11-23 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Byck.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Byck.md index e7f33d1f..290da4a3 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Byck.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Robert Byck.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ --- -category: "Organized Crime" +title: Robert Byck +aliases: + - Robert Byck + - Dr. Robert Byck +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Academia & Research" tags: - Person - - Person/Drug_Trafficker - - United_States - - Los_Angeles + - Academic + - UnitedStates - 1980s - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Yale University cocaine expert who warned Congress in 1979 about an impending freebase cocaine epidemic, was ignored, and returned in 1986 to criticize the government's failure to act. -born: 1933 + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Yale University cocaine expert who warned Congress in 1979 about an impending freebase cocaine epidemic, was ignored, and returned in 1986 to criticize the government's failure to act." +born: 1933-01-01 died: 1999-08-09 location: "Newark, New Jersey" --- diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roberto D'Aubuisson.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roberto D'Aubuisson.md index 5882884b..d9bbd403 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roberto D'Aubuisson.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Roberto D'Aubuisson.md @@ -1,14 +1,19 @@ --- +title: Roberto D'Aubuisson +aliases: + - Roberto D'Aubuisson +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Person/Politician - - Person/Military - - El_Salvador + - Politician + - Military + - ElSalvador - 1980s - - Contra_War - - Dark_Alliance_Investigation -summary: Salvadoran army major and ARENA party leader who ran death squads during El Salvador's civil war, linked to weapons deals with Ronald Lister's operations. + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "Salvadoran army major and ARENA party leader who ran death squads during El Salvador's civil war, linked to weapons deals with Ronald Lister's operations." born: 1943-08-23 died: 1992-02-20 location: "Santa Tecla, El Salvador" diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sebastian Gonzalez.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sebastian Gonzalez.md index 81108019..1f3e9036 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sebastian Gonzalez.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Sebastian Gonzalez.md @@ -1,12 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Sebastian Gonzalez +aliases: + - Sebastian Gonzalez + - Sebastian Gonzalez Mendieta + - Guachan +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Person/Drug_Trafficker - - Contra_War + - DrugTrafficker + - ContraWar - 1980s - - Costa_Rica -summary: Sebastian "Guachan" Gonzalez was a CIA-linked Contra quartermaster who managed arms flights from Panama to the Costa Rican Contras while simultaneously running a major cocaine trafficking operation with Norwin Meneses. + - CostaRica + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "CIA-linked Contra quartermaster who managed arms flights from Panama to the Costa Rican Contras while simultaneously running a major cocaine trafficking operation with Norwin Meneses." --- Sebastian "Guachan" Gonzalez was a charismatic and intelligent smuggler who worked for the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] since 1983 as the Panamanian quartermaster for all the Costa Rican [[Contras|Contra]] armies, arranging supplies and deliveries from Manuel Noriega's armed forces. He was "a personal friend of Manuel Noriega since high school years. His job was to manage the arms flights from Panama to the [[ARDE]] forces in Costa Rica," ARDE commander [[Eden Pastora]] said.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Grasheim.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Grasheim.md index 58986099..4c923d68 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Grasheim.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Grasheim.md @@ -1,13 +1,20 @@ --- +title: Walter Grasheim +aliases: + - Walter Grasheim + - Wally Grasheim +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - - Person/Drug_Trafficker - - Person/Intelligence - - El_Salvador + - DrugTrafficker + - Intelligence + - ElSalvador - 1980s - - Contra_War -summary: New York weapons dealer and U.S. military contractor raided by DEA agent Celerino Castillo, who was found with embassy plates, C-4 explosives, and a massive weapons cache. + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation +summary: "New York weapons dealer and U.S. military contractor raided by DEA agent Celerino Castillo, who was found with embassy plates, C-4 explosives, and a massive weapons cache." --- Walter "Wally" Grasheim was a New York weapons dealer and U.S. military contractor based in [[San Salvador]], [[El Salvador]], who was raided by [[DEA]] agent [[Celerino Castillo]] on September 1, 1986. The raid uncovered a massive weapons cache, U.S. Embassy license plates and IDs, and evidence linking Grasheim to the Contra operation at [[Ilopango Airbase|Ilopango Air Force Base]].[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Kreitlow.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Kreitlow.md index c650c2be..14af52be 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Kreitlow.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Walter Kreitlow.md @@ -1,9 +1,14 @@ --- +title: Walter Kreitlow +aliases: + - Walter Kreitlow +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 category: "Law Enforcement & Legal" tags: - Person - - US_Customs - - The_Finders + - USCustoms + - TheFinders - Florida - 1980s summary: "Walter Kreitlow was the U.S. Customs Special Agent in Tallahassee who filed the first Customs Service report on the Finders investigation on February 12, 1987, documenting his agency's entry into the case following the February 4 child welfare arrests." diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William Downing.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William Downing.md index 3ac71b12..eb6d8496 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William Downing.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William Downing.md @@ -1,11 +1,17 @@ --- -category: "Iran-Contra" +title: William Downing +aliases: + - William Downing + - Bill Downing +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 +category: "Organized Crime" tags: - Person - - Contra_War + - ContraWar + - DarkAllianceInvestigation - 1980s - - Weapons -summary: William "Bill" Downing was Ronald Lister's partner in the Mundy Security Group who designed a laser sighting device for AR-15 assault rifles and was involved in procuring weapons sold to Danilo Blandón and crack dealers in Los Angeles. +summary: "Ronald Lister's partner in the Mundy Security Group who designed a laser sighting device for AR-15 assault rifles and was involved in procuring weapons sold to Danilo Blandón and crack dealers in Los Angeles." --- William Lee Downing was a partner of [[Ronald Lister]] in the [[Mundy Security Group]], the Laguna Beach security company Lister incorporated in mid-1983. Through this "security business" in high-class Laguna Beach, Downing and Lister procured weapons for [[Danilo Blandon|Danilo Blandón]], who resold them to [[Ricky Ross]] and other crack dealers in South Central Los Angeles.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William J. Donovan.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William J. Donovan.md index 84c964ed..1beee57e 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William J. Donovan.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/William J. Donovan.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ --- +title: William J. Donovan +aliases: + - William J. Donovan + - Wild Bill Donovan + - William Joseph Donovan +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - OSS - CIA - - World_War_II - - British_Security_Coordination + - WorldWarII + - BritishSecurityCoordination - Intelligence summary: "General William 'Wild Bill' Donovan (1883-1959) was the founder and director of the OSS (1942-1945), building it on British Security Coordination templates and establishing the covert operations culture the CIA inherited after Truman dissolved the OSS." born: 1883-01-01 diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Yasser Arafat.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Yasser Arafat.md index de49354a..392752b3 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Yasser Arafat.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(A-G)/Yasser Arafat.md @@ -1,12 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Yasser Arafat +aliases: + - Yasser Arafat + - Yasser Arafat al-Qudwa +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-17 category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Palestine - PLO - Fatah - - Middle_East - - Oslo_Accords + - MiddleEast + - OsloAccords - 1960s - 1970s - 1980s diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Aldous Huxley.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Aldous Huxley.md index 14c3d5cb..035cf99a 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Aldous Huxley.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/Aldous Huxley.md @@ -1,11 +1,18 @@ --- +title: Aldous Huxley aliases: -- Aldous Huxley -category: "Belgium Scandals" + - Aldous Huxley + - Aldous Leonard Huxley +created: 2026-05-17 +updated: 2026-05-18 +category: "Authors & Journalists" tags: - Person - - Belgium -summary: "Aldous Huxley (1894–1963) was a renowned English writer and philosopher, best known for his dystopian novel *Brave New World*." + - Author + - Parapsychology + - Psychedelics + - UnitedKingdom +summary: "Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) was a British author and philosopher whose interest in consciousness and psi led him to document his mescaline experiences in The Doors of Perception (1954) and to visit Andrija Puharich's Round Table Foundation parapsychology research group in 1955." born: 1894-07-26 died: 1963-11-22 location: "Godalming, Surrey, England" diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/James Earl Ray.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/James Earl Ray.md index 7b25105c..624571be 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/James Earl Ray.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(H-M)/James Earl Ray.md @@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ died: 1998-04-23 location: "Memphis, Tennessee / Nashville, Tennessee (imprisoned)" --- -James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 - April 23, 1998) was a career criminal from Illinois who was convicted of the murder of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] on April 4, 1968. Ray pleaded guilty on March 10, 1969, was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison, recanted the plea three days later, and spent the remaining twenty-nine years of his life claiming to have been set up by a conspiracy he could never fully document. He died in prison of hepatitis C complications on April 23, 1998.[^1] +James Earl Ray (March 10, 1928 - April 23, 1998) was a career criminal from Illinois who was convicted of the murder of [[Martin Luther King Jr.]] in [[Memphis, Tennessee|Memphis]] on April 4, 1968. Ray pleaded guilty on March 10, 1969, was sentenced to ninety-nine years in prison, recanted the plea three days later, and spent the remaining twenty-nine years of his life claiming to have been set up by a conspiracy. He died in prison of hepatitis C complications on April 23, 1998.[^1] ### Background -Ray was born in Alton, Illinois, to a family with a criminal history. He served in the U.S. Army after World War II, was discharged for incompetence in 1948, and entered a career of small-time robbery and burglary. He was convicted of multiple felonies and was serving a twenty-year sentence at the Missouri State Penitentiary when he escaped on April 23, 1967 - concealing himself inside a bread box. He was one of the few prisoners ever to escape from that maximum-security facility. +Ray was born in Alton, Illinois, to a family with a criminal history. He served in the [[U.S. Army]] after World War II, was discharged for incompetence in 1948, and entered a career of small-time robbery and burglary. He was convicted of multiple felonies and was serving a twenty-year sentence at the [[[Missouri State Penitentiary]] when he escaped on April 23, 1967 - concealing himself inside a bread box. He was one of the few prisoners ever to escape from that maximum-security facility. After his escape, Ray traveled to [[Chicago]], [[Montreal]], [[Birmingham, Alabama|Birmingham]], and [[Los Angeles]] under various aliases, apparently supporting himself through a grocery store robbery in [[Illinois]] and through drug smuggling on the [[Mexico]]-California border. He had no obvious source of legitimate income and no documented associates who could explain his travel or housing expenses during this period.[^1] diff --git a/10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Giuseppe Santovito.md b/10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Giuseppe Santovito.md index 6b9674b4..920a16aa 100644 --- a/10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Giuseppe Santovito.md +++ b/10 - PEOPLE/(N-S)/Giuseppe Santovito.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ aliases: - Santovito created: 2026-05-17 updated: 2026-05-17 -category: "Intelligence" +category: "Intelligence & Government" tags: - Person - Italy