Brian Caldwell person
also: Caldwell, Codwell
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Joe Kelsoperson · 8Drug Enforcement Administrationorganization · 6Douglas Lee Kotchenbergerperson · 5Larry LaDodgeperson · 3U.S. Embassyorganization · 2Costa Rican National Narcotics Policeorganization · 2Arrest of Joe Kelsoevent · 2U.S. Customs Serviceorganization · 2Robert Nevesperson · 1Costa Ricacountry · 1Panama Canalplace · 1United States Secret Serviceorganization · 1San Joséplace · 1Canadacountry · 1William Rosenblattperson · 1
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Joe Kelso spied_on
Brian Caldwell guest_asserted
“participating in drug manufacturing. Okay, Kelso said. He said it was later determined that the two men may have been part of Norse resupply operation, which could or couldn't have been official CIA, but they were basically still working fo…”
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▶ 31:16
and left it at that. Kelso claimed that Agent LaDodge authorized him to pursue the allegations further. He snooped around Neves and the other DEA agents working at the embassy for a couple of months, enlisting the aid of a Canadian who work…
▶ 42:03
The New Orleans agent, Douglas Lee Kotchenberger, met with Kelso and Codwell in early August, ostensibly to debrief them and also to pay them the money that Mr. LaDodge felt was owed to them. Rosenblatt testified to this. He did not check i…
▶ 42:31
According to the Iran-Contra Committee Minority Report, Kelso and Caldwell told Customs that the DEA agents in Costa Rica knew the location of the drug labs and had been paid to conceal the locations of narcotics. Kelso said he gave Kotchen…
▶ 43:01
relatively inexperienced, became nervous, insisting that he had to report the information to the DEA attache in Costa Rica at the embassy, the very person that was being accused of the wrongdoing. Kelso couldn't believe his ears. If he had …
▶ 43:30
To qualify or disqualify it would be stupid, Kelso testified, because if he was doing it, he would normally head over and do something to protect himself so that no one could touch him. Kelso said Kotchenberger had explicit orders not to sa…
▶ 43:58
that it was a waste of time, get back on the airplane, and immediately take the documentation out of town. The agent's response, Kelso said, was, wow, that's not State Department policy. I can't do that. I'm going to get in trouble. Kotchen…
▶ 45:26
How standard is it that you get accusations about the DEA dealing drugs? How standard is that? The next day when Kelso and Brian Caldwell were lounging in their rooms in the hotel in San Jose, the DEA called the Costa Rican National Narcoti…
▶ 45:56
The DEA has been tipped off. Kelso's got the goods on him. So they call the Costa Rican police to go arrest Kelso. Kelso said they came stomping in there and demanding to see Caldwell and the stuff. And he saw a couple rolled up maps and he…