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title: Alan Fenster
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- Alan Fenster
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category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
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- 1980s
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- 1990s
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summary: Beverly Hills defense attorney who represented Ricky Ross throughout his legal troubles, including the DEA reverse sting case.
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summary: "Beverly Hills defense attorney who represented Ricky Ross throughout his legal troubles, including the DEA reverse sting case."
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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.
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title: Alan Fiers
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- Alan Fiers
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- Alan Fiers Jr.
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created: 2026-05-17
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- Person/Intelligence
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- Intelligence
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- CIA
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- Contra_War
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- ContraWar
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- IranContra
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- 1980s
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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.
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- DarkAllianceInvestigation
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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."
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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]
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title: Alexandre de Marenches
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- Alexandre de Marenches
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- Count de Marenches
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created: 2026-05-17
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- France
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- SDECE
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- DGSE
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- October_Surprise
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- Safari_Club
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- Cold_War
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- OctoberSurprise
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- SafariClub
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- ColdWar
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- CIA
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- 1970s
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- 1980s
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title: Andy Furillo
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- Andy Furillo
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created: 2026-05-17
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category: "Authors & Journalists"
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- Person
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- Person/Journalist
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- Journalist
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- 1980s
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- Los_Angeles
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- Crack_Cocaine
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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.
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- LosAngeles
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- CrackCocaine
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- DarkAllianceInvestigation
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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."
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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]
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title: Ben Barnes
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aliases:
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- Ben Barnes
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created: 2026-05-17
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- October_Surprise
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- OctoberSurprise
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- Politician
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- Texas
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- Reagan
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- 1980s
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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."
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born: 1938-04-17
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category: "Psychics & Remote Viewers"
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title: Bill Clinton
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- Bill Clinton
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- William Jefferson Clinton
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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- Person
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- RemoteViewer
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- Stargate
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- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
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- Politician
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- DarkAllianceInvestigation
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- ContraWar
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- Arkansas
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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."
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born: 1946-08-19
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location: "Hope, Arkansas"
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title: Brad Brunon
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- Brad Brunon
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- Bradley Brunon
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- Person
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- United_States
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- UnitedStates
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- 1980s
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- Contra_War
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- Dark_Alliance_Investigation
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summary: Los Angeles attorney who represented Danilo Blandón and provided firsthand observations about Contra fundraising through cocaine trafficking.
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- ContraWar
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- DarkAllianceInvestigation
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summary: "Los Angeles attorney who represented Danilo Blandon and provided firsthand observations about Contra fundraising through cocaine trafficking."
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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]
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title: Carlos Cabezas
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- Carlos Cabezas
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- Carlos Augusto Cabezas Ramirez
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category: "Organized Crime"
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- Person
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- Drug_Trafficker
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- DrugTrafficker
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- Contra
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- Nicaragua
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- San_Francisco
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- SanFrancisco
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- 1980s
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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.
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- DarkAllianceInvestigation
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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."
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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]
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title: Charles Marsh
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- Charles Marsh
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- Charles Edward Marsh
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- Intelligence
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- British_Security_Coordination
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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."
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- Charlie Rose
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- Congress
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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."
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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."
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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]
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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.
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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."
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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]
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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.
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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."
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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]
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summary: San Francisco Contra supporter and Republican activist who discovered the FDN's cocaine trafficking connections and alerted the FBI, only to be ignored.
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summary: "San Francisco Contra supporter and Republican activist who discovered the FDN's cocaine trafficking connections and alerted the FBI, only to be ignored."
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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.
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summary: "Brugioni recalled seeing the first signs of what would become the Israeli nuclear reactor at Dimona."
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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."
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title: Donald Barrios
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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.
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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."
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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]
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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."
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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.
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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."
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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]
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|
|||
---
|
||||
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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
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|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
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
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
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
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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.
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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."
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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."
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
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---
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||||
title: John DeCamp
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||||
aliases:
|
||||
- John DeCamp
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||||
- John W. DeCamp
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||||
created: 2026-05-17
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||||
updated: 2026-05-18
|
||||
category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
|
||||
tags:
|
||||
- Person
|
||||
- Nebraska
|
||||
- Franklin_Scandal
|
||||
- Vietnam_War
|
||||
- FranklinScandal
|
||||
- VietnamWar
|
||||
- CIA
|
||||
- The_Finders
|
||||
- Attorney
|
||||
- TheFinders
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||||
- 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
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||||
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|
|||
---
|
||||
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."
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||||
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|||
---
|
||||
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"
|
||||
---
|
||||
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|||
---
|
||||
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.
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
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|
|||
---
|
||||
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."
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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."
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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."
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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]
|
||||
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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
|
||||
|
|
|
|||
|
|
@ -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"
|
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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]
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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]
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### Background
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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.
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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.
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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]
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category: "Intelligence"
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category: "Intelligence & Government"
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