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@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ The Bua Report investigation surfaced a reference to "[[Project Eagle]]," a mult
Riconosciuto further claimed that he and Brian traveled to Iran in 1980 and paid $40 million to Iranian officials to persuade them not to release the U.S. hostages before Reagan's inauguration - an allegation that would link Brian directly to the [[October Surprise]] conspiracy. This claim created what Riconosciuto described as a "domino effect" in Washington and generated additional investigations and media attention.[^3]
The Bua Report found no credible evidence to support the Iran trip allegation. Evidence placed Brian in New York at the time of the alleged journey. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had separately found "no proof" of any connection between Brian or Hadron and DOJ with regard to the INSLAW contract as early as September 1989.[^2][^4]
The Bua Report found no credible evidence to support the Iran trip allegation. Evidence placed Brian in New York at the time of the alleged journey. The Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations had separately found "no proof" of any connection between Brian or Hadron and DOJ with regard to the INSLAW contract as early as September 1989.[^2][^4] Brian gave a closed deposition on July 28, 1992, to the Senate Foreign Relations special counsel investigating the October Surprise allegations, Reid H. Weingarten, on the same day as Judge [[Laurence Silberman]], and the counsel's report of November 1992 reproduced his passports among its exhibits.[^8]
### Official Findings
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[^5]: *Brian v. Richardson,* 87 N.Y.2d 46, 660 N.E.2d 1126 (N.Y. 1995). https://www.law.cornell.edu/nyctap/I95_0246.htm
[^6]: "Former UPI execs charged with fraud," United Press International, September 6, 1995. https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/09/06/Former-UPI-execs-charged-with-fraud/3824810360000/ ; Gersh, Debra, "SEC Accuses Former UPI Chief of Fraud," *Editor & Publisher,* July 10, 1993 (headline and date only); Fricker, Richard L., "Earl Brian: Reagan's 'Scandal Man' Off to Jail," *The Consortium,* 1997. https://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile11.html ; Securities and Exchange Commission, EDGAR filing history for Hadron, Inc., CIK 0000044800. Fricker gives the reporting date as "Aug. 18" without a year; the sentencing order and the disposition of the appeal were not located.
[^7]: *Earl W. Brian v. United States,* No. 2:00-cv-10607 (C.D. Cal.), docket and Federal Judicial Center Integrated Database record, CourtListener. https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/11266534/earl-w-brian-v-united-states/ The disposition of the motion is recorded only as "Other"; the underlying criminal docket and any appellate disposition were not located.
[^8]: U.S. Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations. *The "October Surprise" Allegations and the Circumstances Surrounding the Release of the American Hostages Held in Iran: Report of the Special Counsel to Senator Terry Sanford and Senator James M. Jeffords,* S. Prt. 102-125, November 19, 1992, pp. v, 17 and appendix 22, "Earl Brian Passports," p. 287. https://hdl.handle.net/2027/pst.000021071829