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I Ran Drugs for Bush and Company—Neal Matthews Cocaine flights into U.S. , Force Bases? Dirty deals all I way to the top! Air the Media Hits—Timothy Ryan 32 “We have suspects. But we have no motive.”An exciting patchwork that reveals why U.S. citizens are too often the last to know 13 How low can you go? Lower. Much lower. The first piece of a book-in-the-works. Dancing Through the Glass—Keith Jellum Short takes. Stifling heat. Mindless haste. Red Guards. Open-air justice. Apartheid? First clear these plates. 22 we Wingy, true stories fr< Spi Sal Nobel Peace Prize Address—The Dalai Lama 43 A message of peace and hope “for all sentient beings.” M Marcos got ’em; their widows Three Poems—Maia Penfold 17 “messages from a zone of war” from the author of “Porpers” (FA/ WI’88) Play It Again, Uncle Sam— Martin A. Lee & Norman Solomon 28 “Erect a mountain of lies.” Some dare call it diplomacy. I t Artist Gregory Grenon slaps it right on the lens—through a glass brightly. Ouagadougou—Donald Sellers strike back. Why were involved? down...Ge Cover image: Denise. Denise. Gregory Grenon is featured in a story on page 22. M mPEOPLE PMEK ’MP p / ^ t r CMEEPILIGTHE GLOCE, SEAYCOOLMm T 71CTORY! Our enem ies’ empires lie in shambles! Mikhail Gorbachev is reeling every direction he turns. Manuel Noriega u / was last seen in our deepest, darkest prison cell. Oh, will he ever return? The Ortega Bunch has been brought to its knees. * Bring on the millenium. It’s celebration time. Buy a few junk bonds. Better yet, stock up on Savings and Loans. They’re U.S. government guaran teed . Before the euphoria takes us to that higher ground, let’s get a reality check. We hardly need Pravda to tell us that our neverending peacetime expansion is tattered around the edges. * Take drugs—always a seamy business. Senator John Kerry (D- Massachusetts) chaired a sub-committee examining the drug crisis, and issued a report implicating, among others, Manuel Noriega, most elected officials of the Bahamas, and those nefarious Contras, all deeply involved with the Medellin Cartel. So far unsurprising. What’s staggering are hints about how deeply our own government—our CIA, armed services and even the Drug Enforcement Administration—has been involved. True, plausible denial is their trademark. They’ll never admit a thing. In fact, they’ve been running drugs to finance undercover operations since Laos in the late-’60s, and got heavily involved again in the early- ’80s, ostensibly to keep the Con tras in guns and butter. Remember the televised Iran-Contra hearings, when Sen. Inouye closed off testimony, even entire sessions. They weren’t talking about their hairdressers. In our lead story, you’ll read contract pilot Tosh Plumlee’s account of drug running for the U.S.A. He names names. “We’re spending billions for a drug war that could have been stopped in 1982,” he claims, “and George Bush knew.” Did he or didn’t he? Only Manuel Noriega, who not too long ago claimed he had our Big Chief “by the balls,” and those members of the Contra clan, the Medellin Cartel and the U.S. intelligence community who traded arms for both cocaine and the use of Cartel-controlled airfields throughout Central America know for sure. CIA contract agent Richard Brenneke has just been acquitted of claims that he lied about the 1980 “October Surprise,” a deal made in Paris between a Reagan-Bush team and the Ayatollah’s men for the release of the U.S. hostages, which did happen just as Reagan assumed office. We’ve learned subsequently that the U.S. traded arms with Iran throughout the decade, despite firm denials for years by the Reaganauts. Meanwhile dozens of Reagan operatives, most recently Oliver North, John Poindexter and Samuel Pierce, have been indicted and/or convicted of raiding the public purse, lying to Congress, and leaving us holding a nearly empty bag. Oh yes, let’s not - - jj $ sen a to r a n ( ] representatives who let their campaign financing greed pave the way to the virtually limitless ban bailout. * 0 ASo where does that leave us? Is politics inevitably corrupt? One thing is certain. The vast sums of money available to ndercover “intelligence” operations have created a hydra-headed monster, linked to drug and weapon mafias worldwide. The TH E SOLUTION S IN E Q U A N 0 N flo w o f drugs into our nation will never be curbed unless we control our own cowboys. Stanfield Turner, CIA director under TO KEEP THE DOCILE FOLK OF E PLURIBU5 UNUM. ASLEEP IN FRONT OF THEIR I V 5 ,M > OFF THE STREETS. Clinton St. is published by CSQ—a project of Out of the Ashes Press. P.O. Box 3588, Portland, OR 97208— 503 222-6039. Subscriptions are $12/year (6 issues). Unless otherwise noted, all contents copyright ©1990 Clinton St. Jimmy Carter, began unveiling the labyrinth he inherited from Geo. Bush, head of the CIA under Gerald Ford. The hostage manipulation ended that process. The people dying in droves on our nation’s streets, our own hard-won freedoms, are ultimately victims of the corruption unveiled in this issue, corruption reaching up to the highest echelons of power. To make real change on this and other critical issues, don’t look to traditional sources, who too often serve as flacks for those in power. We must bring pressure from both inside and outside, as increasing numbers are doing in China and Tibet; Romania and Lithuania; South Korea and the Philippines. Look to the Christie Institute and CISPES; Earth First!, NCAP, and the NRDC; the Oregon Peace Institute and Sane—there are scores more. Support the alternative press and radio. Work to elect officials standing against the tide of insider politics. Most of all, look to yourself. Working with others you can make a difference! DM Clinton St.—Spring 1990 5
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