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Oliver North was a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps and a central figure in the Iran-Contra Affair. He was implicated in various covert operations, including arms dealing and alleged drug profits.1
North was alleged to have received drug profits from Monzer Al-Kassar, a Syrian kingpin and arms dealer, to purchase arms for the Nicaraguan Contras. The United States Tower Commission probe into Iran-gate revealed that Al-Kassar had been paid $1.2 million by North's co-conspirator General Richard Secord to move weapons from Israel to the Contras.1
Bill Turner, a friend and confidante of Danny Casolaro, claimed to have seen papers from Casolaro that connected North and the Bank of Credit and Commerce International. North's personal notebooks documenting the Iran-Contra Affair also contained Ian Stuart Spiro's name.1
Footnotes
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Seymour, Cheri. The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010. ↩︎