Thomas Dowling person
also: Father Thomas Dowling, Dowling, Father Dowling
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Claims (3)
Thomas Dowling funded
Institute for American Strategy documented
“Dowling testified that the money went to a nonprofit organization that he had set up in San Francisco called the Latin American Strategic Studies Institute. In addition to Dowling, the institute employed a recently retired CIA officer with …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 9 @ 54:12
Oliver North paid
Thomas Dowling documented
“He lived in San Francisco. He didn't go to Nicaragua. Dowling later admitted that he had received $73,000 in cash and traveler's checks from Oliver North, CIA agent Adolfo Calero, and other members of North's operation between 1986 and 87 t…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 9 @ 53:41
Thomas Dowling member_of
Unification Church documented
“Operation Gladio, Operation Condor, stepped in and began funneling money and supplies to the Contras. Dowling was a member of this organization and was part of the National Advisory Board and a frequent speaker at their events. Among the do…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 9 @ 56:56
Mentions (9)
▶ 51:17
of their group was a man called Father Thomas Dowling. He was a San Francisco, a San Franciscan whom Sunilco had thought was some kind of priest, though he sometimes passed himself off as a Roman Catholic priest. Dowling was an ordained mem…
▶ 51:46
called North American Old Roman Catholic Church of the Euclid Succession. That's quite a name. The church whose legitimacy is a matter of some debate. While working for this group and the Contras, Dowling appeared before Congress in 1985, s…
▶ 52:17
to testify as a witness to Sandinista atrocities. His appearance had been arranged by the State Department, Office of Public Diplomacy for Latin America. It was later described, this particular office, as a CIA-ran domestic propaganda machi…
▶ 53:12
Almost all of these activities were hidden from the public view, and many of the individuals involved were never questioned or interviewed by the Iran-Contra committee. Of course they were not. It's a CIA front. They weren't going to talk t…
▶ 53:41
He lived in San Francisco. He didn't go to Nicaragua. Dowling later admitted that he had received $73,000 in cash and traveler's checks from Oliver North, CIA agent Adolfo Calero, and other members of North's operation between 1986 and 87 t…
▶ 54:12
Dowling testified that the money went to a nonprofit organization that he had set up in San Francisco called the Latin American Strategic Studies Institute. In addition to Dowling, the institute employed a recently retired CIA officer with …
▶ 54:46
The supposed priest said, I met Cicada when I spoke before a retired group of intelligence officers a few years back. Now, this guy, you spell his name, Q-U-E-S-A-D-A. We've come across him in several of our stories. The CIA officer confirm…
▶ 55:49
He was involved on the political side of things. Again, bullshit. All right. In addition to his work with Oliver North and the San Francisco FDN, Father Dowling was also heavily involved in the San Francisco group with Ainsworth. And this i…
▶ 56:56
Operation Gladio, Operation Condor, stepped in and began funneling money and supplies to the Contras. Dowling was a member of this organization and was part of the National Advisory Board and a frequent speaker at their events. Among the do…