Note the dates on each citation. This corroborates an earlier post we had, where some insider whistleblower was saying the Mena investigation would be hit by a heavy damage-control operation. -rkm @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Date: Mon, 15 Jan 1996 Sender: No World Order <•••@••.•••> Subject: Mena (fwd) >>Spin control? The following paragraph was printed on the front page of the Friday, November 24, 1995 issue of *The Wall Street Journal* in the Washington Wire column: MENA PROBE: House Banking Chairman Leach sends colleagues a letter on |plans to investigate allegations of drug smuggling and money laundering at the Mena, Ark., airport during the 1980s. Leach says he will also examine "whether past government reviews and investigations associated with Mena Airport were handled properly." The following excerpt is from a newspaper article written by columnist Robert D. Novak that was published in the Sunday, December 3, 1995 issue of *The Chicago Sun-Times* on page 43: House Banking Chairman James Leach, in a memo to his committee's members, has suggested that his low-key Whitewater investigation may lead to hearings on a high-profile issue: allegations of money laundering and drug smuggling at Mena Airport in southwestern Arkansas. Leach disclosed that investigators are probing "whether businesses based at, or operating through, the Mena Airport engaged in systematic money laundering." They also are exploring, he said, whether the source of laundered money was convicted drug smuggler Barry Seal during the time he said he was working for the Central Intelligence Agency. Published accounts for years have linked wrongdoing at Mena to the then-governor of Arkansas, Bill Clinton. But Leach's memo did not mention Clinton and asserted "the Mena-related allegations involve possible improper conduct spanning several federal administrations." The following paragraph was published on the front page of the Friday, December 29, 1995 issue of *The Wall Street Journal* in the Washington Wire column: The House is investigating alleged drug smuggling and money laundering at Mena Airport in Arkansas. Congressional investigators already have met with officials from the intelligence community, the FBI and the Drug Enforcement Administration. To date, they have turned up nothing to indicate Clinton was associated with any wrongdoing at the remote airport. Sincerely, Duane J. Roberts •••@••.••• Undergraduate Student Criminology, Law, and Society School of Social Ecology University of California, Irvine @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~ Posted by Richard K. Moore (•••@••.•••) Wexford, Ireland •••@••.••• | Cyberlib=http://www.internet-eireann.ie/cyberlib Materials may be reposted in their entirety for non-commercial use. ~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~--~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=~
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