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House October Surprise Task Force, Greg Kehoe, Black Diamond Capital
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aliases:
- Francis J. McNeil
- Frank McNeil
- Ambassador McNeil
category: "Intelligence & Government"
tags:
- Person
- FrancisJMcNeil
- Diplomat
- CostaRica
- StateDepartment
- CounterTerrorismConsultants
summary: "Career diplomat, ambassador to Costa Rica from 1980 to 1983 and later State Department intelligence official, who resigned in 1987 and in 1990 was listed as an associate of CounterTerrorism Consultants."
created: 2026-10-08
updated: 2026-10-08
relations:
- type: employed_by
with: "[[United States Department of State]]"
end: 1987-02
role: "Foreign Service officer; ambassador to Costa Rica 1980-1983"
fn: 1
- type: member_of
with: "[[Counter Terrorism Consultants, Inc.]]"
start: 1990-06
role: "associate"
fn: 2
---
Francis J. McNeil is an American diplomat who was ambassador to [[Costa Rica]] from 1980 to 1983 and later a senior State Department intelligence official.
### Diplomatic career
The State Department's Office of the Historian lists McNeil as a career Foreign Service officer appointed ambassador to Costa Rica on June 30, 1980, with credentials presented July 8, 1980, who left post on June 27, 1983.[^1] A resume circulated by [[Counter Terrorism Consultants, Inc.]] in June 1990 states that he served three times as deputy assistant secretary of state, for Inter-American affairs and for East Asian affairs, and from 1984 as senior deputy for intelligence and research; that he was acting deputy United States representative to the [[Organization of American States]] and political counselor at the United States embassy in Madrid; that he is a veteran of lengthy assignments in Japan and fluent in Spanish and Japanese; and that the State Department's personnel files described him in 1983 as the nation's best ambassador in Latin America. It lists the Distinguished Honor Award, the Christian Herter Award of the American Foreign Service Association and presidential awards for executive distinction, and states that he has written for *The New York Times*, *The Washington Post* and *The San Francisco Examiner* and is the author of *War and Peace in Central America*. A handwritten note in the margin of the page reads "State Dept."[^2]
A review of *War and Peace in Central America* in *Foreign Affairs* (March 1989) states that the author resigned from the State Department in February 1987 after a series of clashes with Assistant Secretary of State [[Elliott Abrams]].[^3]
### Footnotes
[^1]: Office of the Historian, Department of State, "Francis J. McNeil," https://history.state.gov/departmenthistory/people/mcneil-francis-j.
[^2]: CounterTerrorism Consultants, L.P., "Proudly Presents The Resumes of its Associates," fax copy dated June 20, 1990, page 141 P08, Danny Casolaro papers, folder "Promotional Material," https://archive.org/details/casolaro-notebooks.
[^3]: Review of Francis J. McNeil, *War and Peace in Central America*, *Foreign Affairs*, March 1, 1989, https://www.foreignaffairs.com/node/1076960.

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aliases:
- Greg Kehoe
- Gregory W. Kehoe
- Gregory Kehoe
category: "Law Enforcement & Legal"
created: 2026-10-08
updated: 2026-10-08
tags:
- Person
- BCCI
- OctoberSurprise
- Prosecutor
summary: "Florida federal prosecutor who was first assistant in the Tampa United States Attorney's office during the BCCI plea and became deputy chief minority counsel of the House October Surprise Task Force in 1992."
relations:
- type: employed_by
with: "[[Department of Justice]]"
role: "assistant United States attorney, Southern District of Florida, chief of the Northern Division from 1986"
start: 1983
end: 1989
fn: 1
- type: employed_by
with: "[[Department of Justice]]"
role: "first assistant United States attorney, Middle District of Florida"
start: 1989
end: 1992
fn: 1
- type: appointed
with: "[[House October Surprise Task Force]]"
role: "deputy chief minority counsel"
start: 1992
end: 1993
fn: 1
- type: investigated
with: "[[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]]"
role: "Justice Department negotiator of the 1990 Tampa plea agreement"
start: 1989
end: 1990
fn: 2
---
Gregory W. Kehoe was a federal prosecutor in Florida who negotiated the 1990 Tampa plea agreement with the [[Bank of Credit and Commerce International]] (BCCI) as first assistant to the United States Attorney, [[Robert Genzman]]. He became deputy chief minority counsel of the [[House October Surprise Task Force]] in June 1992.[^1]
### Federal prosecutor (1983 to 1992)
Kehoe was an assistant United States attorney for the Southern District of Florida from March 1983 to February 1989. He served as chief of that office's Northern Division from 1986 until he left in 1989. From February 1989 he was first assistant United States attorney for the Middle District of Florida, in Tampa.[^1]
### BCCI plea (1989 to 1990)
The Senate report on BCCI describes Kehoe as the Justice Department official with whom BCCI's lawyers, including [[E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr.]], negotiated the bank's plea agreement in Tampa.[^2] In testimony to the Senate subcommittee, Kehoe said that whether the plea would bar other prosecutions "had been discussed at length within the Department," and that the Department had concluded it would not be an impediment.[^3]
When Kehoe learned of the letter that [[Charles Saphos]] of the Criminal Division wrote to the Florida regulators in February 1990, he said he was upset. He testified that "[they] tried to go behind my back," and that "Saphos' efforts were with the best intentions of law enforcement involved." He added that "nothing surprises me in the murky world of criminal law enforcement."[^3]
The subcommittee also recorded Kehoe's account of why a First American Bank allegation could not be corroborated from documents after the Tampa indictment of Awan, a source of the allegations, and noted that his testimony on that point differed from that of his colleague, Assistant United States Attorney Jackowski.[^3]
### House task force (1992 to 1993)
The printed report of the task force states that Kehoe was first assistant in Tampa until June 18, 1992, when he joined the task force as deputy chief minority counsel. The report lists him as "Gregory W. Kehoe" in that post, beneath [[Richard J. Leon]] and [[John P. Mackey]].[^1] The Senate report, published in December 1992, described him as "on leave from the Justice Department to assist" Barcella.[^2]
### Footnotes
[^1]: U.S. House of Representatives, October Surprise Task Force, *Joint Report of the Task Force to Investigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of American Hostages by Iran in 1980*, H. Rept. 102-1102, January 3, 1993 (staff biographies, Minority Staff). https://archive.org/details/6199732-Joint-Report-of-the-October-Surprise-Task-Force
[^2]: Kerry, Senator John, and Senator Hank Brown. *The BCCI Affair: A Report to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate.* December 1992, ch. 17, "BCCI's Lawyers and Lobbyists." https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/17law.htm
[^3]: Kerry and Brown, *The BCCI Affair,* ch. 8, "BCCI and Law Enforcement: The Justice Department and the U.S. Customs Service." https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/08just.htm

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aliases:
- James B. Motley
- James Berry Motley
- Dr. James Motley
- Jim Motley
- J. B. Motley
category: "Military"
tags:
- Person
- JamesBMotley
- Counterterrorism
- LowIntensityConflict
- USArmy
- Wackenhut
- CounterTerrorismConsultants
summary: "Retired Army colonel who wrote his doctorate on United States counterterrorist policy, directed terrorism studies at the National Institute for Public Policy, and from 1987 was a Wackenhut Advanced Technologies vice president."
created: 2026-10-08
updated: 2026-10-08
relations:
- type: employed_by
with: "[[United States Army]]"
end: 1983
role: "colonel"
fn: 1
- type: employed_by
with: "[[National Institute for Public Policy]]"
start: 1984
end: 1985
role: "Director, Terrorist Research and Low-Intensity Conflict Studies"
fn: 1
- type: employed_by
with: "[[Wackenhut Advanced Technologies Corporation]]"
start: 1987-09
role: "vice president for national security studies and programs"
fn: 1
- type: member_of
with: "[[Counter Terrorism Consultants, Inc.]]"
start: 1990-06
role: "associate, advising on low-intensity conflict and political-military analysis"
fn: 1
- type: participant_in
with: "[[Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism]]"
start: 1985
role: "appeared before the task force"
fn: 1
---
James Berry Motley is a retired United States Army colonel who wrote on terrorism and low-intensity conflict from the early 1980s and, from September 1987, was a vice president of [[Wackenhut Advanced Technologies Corporation]], the Reston, Virginia subsidiary of the [[Wackenhut Corporation]]. In June 1990 he was listed as an associate of [[Counter Terrorism Consultants, Inc.]]
### Army and academic career
A resume circulated by CounterTerrorism Consultants in June 1990 states that Motley retired from the [[United States Army]] in 1983 in the grade of colonel; that he commanded airborne, Ranger and infantry units with assignments in Okinawa, Vietnam, Germany and the United States; and that he is a graduate of the [[National War College]], the Army Command and General Staff College and the Special Warfare School. It states that he was awarded the Silver Star, the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart as well as twenty other United States and foreign decorations, and lists a B.A. in political science from [[The Citadel]], an M.A. in international relations from [[Florida State University]] and a Ph.D. in world politics from the [[Catholic University of America]].[^1] His dissertation, "U.S. Counterterrorist Policy: An Analysis of Its Strategy and Organization," was submitted to the Catholic University of America in 1983 (188 pages).[^2]
The resume lists his former positions as senior fellow of the [[Atlantic Council of the United States]], country director in the Office of the Secretary of Defense, senior fellow at the [[National Defense University]], and political-military analyst in the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and on the Department of the Army General Staff. It credits him with the book *U.S. Strategy to Counter Domestic Political Terrorism* and with expertise in NATO affairs, Soviet studies, security policy and planning and arms control.[^1]
### Terrorism and special operations studies, 1981 to 1987
He published "International Terrorism: A New Mode of Warfare" in *International Security Review* (volume 6, Spring 1981, pages 93 to 123), "If Terrorism Hits Home, Will the Army Be Ready?" in *Army* (as Colonel James B. Motley, Ret.) (volume 34, April 1984, pages 18 to 21) and "Terrorism" in *National Defense* (volume 69, January 1985, pages 39 to 42).[^2]
Motley was Director of Terrorist Research and Low-Intensity Conflict Studies at the [[National Institute for Public Policy]] during 1984 and 1985, according to the resume, which states that he prepared studies on terrorism and special operations forces.[^1] The proceedings of the tenth Annual Symposium on the Role of Behavioral Science in Physical Security, held at Springfield, Virginia, on April 23 and 24, 1985, list him in that post among the attendees, together with the FBI supervisory special agent [[Carter Cornick]], and record him asking the panel whether a multinational military, paramilitary or law enforcement force would improve international cooperation against state-sponsored terrorism. The program lists [[E. Lawrence Barcella]], then senior litigation counsel in the United States Attorney's Office, as a presenter on terrorism and the law.[^3]
The resume states that in 1985 Motley appeared before the [[Vice President's Task Force on Combatting Terrorism]] and that his contributions were included in its report to the President, and that for two years before September 1987 he was director of national security studies at a Washington-based contractor, where he led a team on operational analysis of defense policy and programs for federal agencies.[^1]
### Wackenhut Advanced Technologies, 1987 to 1990
The resume states that from September 1987 Motley was vice president for national security studies and programs at Wackenhut Advanced Technologies Corporation (WATCO), directing operational analyses and assessments of national security issues with a primary interest in terrorism, special operations and low-intensity conflict, and that he was also involved in counternarcotics research, Third World developments and anti- and counterterrorism technologies and programs.[^1] A Wackenhut newsletter in the papers of [[Danny Casolaro]] describes WATCO as based at Reston, Virginia and specializing in applied research and development in nuclear safeguards and security policy, programs and systems.[^4] The corporation's 1985 and 1986 annual reports describe a wholly owned subsidiary at Reston with a Security Programs division designing security for the Department of Energy's nuclear device assembly facility at the Nevada Test Site and a Systems division engaged in security systems for high-level installations.[^5]
### CounterTerrorism Consultants
The June 1990 packet lists Motley as an associate who advises clients in cases involving low-intensity conflict and contributes expertise in political-military analysis and regional assessment. The other associates listed were Cornick, [[Eugene Propper]], Barcella, [[Francis J. McNeil]], [[Mayer Nudell]] and a former CIA operations officer whose entry carries no name.[^1]
### Footnotes
[^1]: CounterTerrorism Consultants, L.P., "Proudly Presents The Resumes of its Associates," fax copy with header "JUN 20 '90," pages 141 P10 and 141 P11 (Motley entry), Danny Casolaro papers, folder "Promotional Material," https://archive.org/details/casolaro-notebooks.
[^2]: *Terrorism: A Selective Bibliography*, entries for Motley (dissertation, *International Security Review*, *Army*, *National Defense*), Defense Technical Information Center ADA308348, https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA308348.
[^3]: *Supplemental Proceedings of the 10th Annual Symposium on the Role of Behavioral Science in Physical Security: Outthinking the Terrorist, an International Challenge*, Springfield, Virginia, April 23 to 24, 1985, program, participant list and discussion, Defense Technical Information Center ADA161669, https://archive.org/details/DTIC_ADA161669.
[^4]: Wackenhut newsletter, undated issue, passage on The Wackenhut Advanced Technologies Corporation, Danny Casolaro papers, folder "Wackenhut-Newsletters," https://archive.org/details/ddosecrets_casolaro_files.
[^5]: The Wackenhut Corporation, annual reports for 1985 and 1986, sections on Wackenhut Advanced Technologies Corporation, Danny Casolaro papers, folder "Wackenhut-CompanyReportsannualQuarterly," https://archive.org/details/casolaro-notebooks.

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category: "Political Figure"
created: 2026-05-01
updated: 2026-05-01
updated: 2026-10-08
tags:
- Person
- October Surprise
- Politician
summary: "Lee Hamilton served as a Democratic congressman from Indiana from 1965 to 1999 and co-chaired both the House October Surprise Task Force (1992-1993) and the 9/11 Commission (2002-2004); his decision to decline a three-month extension of the October Surprise investigation, despite new evidence arriving in the final weeks, has been cited as a significant limitation on that inquiry."
summary: "Indiana Democratic congressman from 1965 to 1999 who chaired the House October Surprise Task Force in 1992 and 1993, chose Lawrence Barcella as its chief counsel, and later co-chaired the 9/11 Commission."
born: 1931-04-20
died: 2026-02-03
location: "Daytona Beach, Florida"
@ -17,9 +17,17 @@ Lee Herbert Hamilton was born April 20, 1931, in Daytona Beach, Florida. He serv
In 1992, Hamilton co-chaired the House October Surprise Task Force alongside Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Illinois), with [[E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr.]] serving as chief counsel. The Task Force was established to investigate allegations by [[Gary Sick]], [[Ari Ben-Menashe]], and others that [[Ronald Reagan|Reagan's]] 1980 presidential campaign had secretly negotiated with [[Iran]] to delay the release of American hostages past Election Day.[^2]
The Task Force's January 1993 final report found "no credible evidence" of such a deal. However, the investigation has been criticized on several grounds. Chief counsel Barcella reportedly requested a three-month extension as substantial new evidence arrived in the investigation's final weeks; Hamilton declined this request. A U.S. Embassy Madrid cable indicating [[William J. Casey]] was in Madrid in summer 1980 "for purposes unknown" was withheld by Bush administration officials and never provided to the Task Force. The Russian intelligence report confirming Casey's Madrid and Paris meetings with Iranians arrived in January 1993 after the Task Force had closed, and was buried in raw files until journalist [[Robert Parry]] discovered it later.[^2]
The Task Force's January 1993 final report found "no credible evidence" of such a deal. However, the investigation has been criticized on several grounds. A U.S. Embassy Madrid cable indicating [[William J. Casey]] was in Madrid in summer 1980 "for purposes unknown" was withheld by Bush administration officials and never provided to the Task Force. The Russian intelligence report confirming Casey's Madrid and Paris meetings with Iranians arrived in January 1993 after the Task Force had closed, and was buried in raw files until journalist [[Robert Parry]] discovered it later.[^2]
Hamilton's decision not to extend the investigation was cited by Parry and others as reflecting concern about Republican backlash during a presidential election year.[^2]
In 1992 Hamilton selected E. Lawrence Barcella, Jr. as chief counsel. Hamilton selected him in March 1992, saying then that he sought "someone that had a large amount of international experience." Asked about the lawyer's 1985 legal opinion on a contra arms shipment in a May 29, 1992 newspaper account, Hamilton said he would "investigate all aspects of criticisms of staff, including Larry or anybody else."[^3]
Barcella told Parry that substantial new evidence arrived in the final month of the inquiry and that he asked Hamilton to extend it three months. Barcella said Hamilton, recognizing how nasty the Republican reaction would be, turned down the request.[^4] In Meldon's 2008 article, Barcella is quoted as saying that Hamilton cited the complexity of getting the task force reauthorized in a new Congress.[^5] Hamilton told Parry in 2010 that he might have explained the problem of the authorization running out at the end of the session: "All I could have done is go before the next Congress and request reauthorization."[^6] Hamilton told Parry in 2010 that he had no recollection of such a proposal, and in 2011 that he had no recollection of the request.[^7][^8] Parry also wrote that Barcella recommended the extension to Hamilton, and that Hamilton did not extend the task force.[^5]
House Resolution 585 of October 2, 1992 authorized the task force to file its final report after adjournment and before noon on January 3, 1993; Representative [[Anthony C. Beilenson]] (D-California), introducing it, said the investigation "may continue after we adjourn, but no later than the end of this year."[^9] A Russian report addressed to Hamilton, requested by him on October 21, 1992, reached the task force on January 11, 1993. Parry reported that Hamilton told him, "I don't recall seeing it."[^10] Hamilton held a press conference on January 13, 1993, dismissing the allegations.[^5]
Hamilton's January 24, 1993 New York Times op-ed, "Case Closed," stated that the staff "conducted over 230 formal interviews and depositions" and that the task force found "virtually no credible evidence" of the accusations.[^11]
Parry wrote that Barcella attributed the refusal to Hamilton's recognition of the Republican reaction, and Hamilton has denied recalling the request.[^4][^8]
### 9/11 Commission
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[^1]: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. "Hamilton, Lee Herbert." bioguide.congress.gov.
[^2]: U.S. House of Representatives, October Surprise Task Force. *Joint Report of the Task Force to Investigate Certain Allegations Concerning the Holding of American Hostages by Iran in 1980*. 102nd Congress, 2nd Session, January 1993.
[^3]: "Head of Iran Hostage Probe Linked to Arms Deal," *Hartford Courant*, May 29, 1992 (reprinted in *The Seattle Times*, May 29, 1992). https://www.courant.com/1992/05/29/head-of-iran-hostage-probe-linked-to-arms-deal/
[^4]: Parry, Robert. "Inside the October Surprise Cover-up." *Consortium News*, July 12, 2011. https://consortiumnews.com/2011/07/12/inside-the-october-surprise-cover-up/ Sole source for the Barcella account.
[^5]: Meldon, Jerry. "Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Hyde." *Consortium News*, March 27, 2008, with addendum from Robert Parry. https://consortiumnews.com/2008/032608c.html Sole source for the addendum account.
[^6]: Parry, Robert. "Second Thoughts on October Surprise," *Consortium News*, June 8, 2013. https://consortiumnews.com/2013/06/08/second-thoughts-on-october-surprise/ Sole source for the Hamilton statement as reported by Parry.
[^7]: Parry, Robert. "The Russian Report." *Consortium News*, August 5, 2010. https://consortiumnews.com/2010/080510.html Sole source for the Hamilton statement about the report as reported by Parry.
[^8]: Parry, Robert. "The October Surprise Mysteries." *Consortium News*, October 22, 2012. https://consortiumnews.com/2012/10/22/the-october-surprise-mysteries/ Sole source for the Hamilton statement of 2010 as reported by Parry.
[^9]: U.S. House of Representatives, *Congressional Record*, October 2, 1992 (text of H. Res. 585 and floor statement of Rep. Beilenson). https://irp.fas.org/congress/1992_cr/h921002-october.htm
[^10]: Parry, Robert. "The Russian Report," *Consortium News*, August 5, 2010. https://consortiumnews.com/2010/080510.html Sole source for the Hamilton statement as reported by Parry.
[^11]: Hamilton, Lee H. "DIALOGUE: Last Word on the October Surprise?; Case Closed." *The New York Times*, January 24, 1993 (Section 4, p. 17). https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/24/opinion/dialogue-last-word-on-the-october-surprise-case-closed.html The text states that the staff "conducted over 230 formal interviews and depositions" and finds "virtually no credible evidence."