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Claims (12)
Claire George appointed
Milt Bearden documented
“About that time, George appointed Bearden station chief. The Russians began their summer offensive. They concentrated on several provinces, tried to clear Kost again, and fought a new battle for Zawah. The operations were standard. The Russ…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 45:55
Claire George member_of
Department of Homeland Security documented
“The Rolling Stone article also reported that whether the IG concluded ICE trafficked drugs is unknown, adding that the IG document makes clear that unauthorized disclosure of this report would result in criminal, civil, and administrative p…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 12 @ 4:24
Claire George member_of
CIA documented
“analysis at the Department of Homeland Security under George Bush II. Allen was also a veteran of the CIA and a major player in the Iran-Contra scandal that played out in the 80s during the Reagan administration when George Bush I served as…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 12 @ 4:56
George H.W. Bush pardoned
Claire George documented
“along with CIA officers Duane Claridge, Alan Fiers, F-I-E-R-S, and Claire George, received never-before-granted pardons by President George H.W. Bush on December 24, 1992, following his re-election loss of the previous month. According to t…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 1:00:10
William Casey appointed
Claire George book_quoted
“Claridge added to Casey's concern, describing the way Senator Moyhan pushed at him when the CIA man went to the Hill. Director Casey resolved to bring a new broom to deal with Congress, for which he summoned Claire George, the associate dep…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 45 (47) @ 4:07
David Blee appointed
Claire George documented
“In 75, Division Chief David Blee promoted his deputy, Claire George, to chief of station in Beirut, then considered a prestigious assignment. George was a skilled street man, relaxed ballroom dancer. He needed all the dexterity in Beirut.…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 39 (41) @ 35:25
William Casey reassigned
Claire George documented
“The CIA project had nearly ended before the last bullet was ready. The Mujahideen had long since switched to automatic weapons instead of these ancient bolt-action rifles. In 1984, William Casey needed a new team. Beset by problems from cov…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 15:22
Claire George appointed
Burt Dunn documented
“George, in turn, persuaded William Casey to approve a comrade from the African division, Burt Dunn, to head the Near East. Then came the matter of a task force chief. Alan Friars, the lead candidate, still had a few months to run on a tour …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 15:52
James Woolsey represented
Claire George book_quoted
“He had a legal role representing Charlie Allen trying to buck a reprimand for being involved in Iran-Contra. In 1992, Woolsey would have been better recognized as a Jackson Democrat, referring to Washington State's Henry Jackson, because he…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 51 (53) @ 5:58
George H.W. Bush pardoned
Claire George book_quoted
“On Christmas Eve of 1992, Bush suddenly pardoned a series of figures, including Weinberger, George, Dewey, Claridge, Elliott Abrams, Robert McFarlane, and Alan Fiers. That marked the end of a season of inquiries. So every single person that…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 48 (50) @ 30:00
Claire George member_of
CIA book_quoted
“Alan Fiers decided George would be the respondent. I wonder if they drew straws. The cable with details on Felix Rodriguez reached George early enough to be included in his briefing book. But George ordered Fiers to edit out his statement o…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 48 (50) @ 18:24
Claire George covered_up
Project Democracy book_quoted
“Alan Fiers decided George would be the respondent. I wonder if they drew straws. The cable with details on Felix Rodriguez reached George early enough to be included in his briefing book. But George ordered Fiers to edit out his statement o…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 48 (50) @ 18:24
Mentions (42)
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I saw that happen in other ways in other places with other agencies. FIRE's boss at the CIA was Claire George. And he echoed, I suffer from the bureaucrat's disease that when people call me and say I am calling from the White House for the …
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who once was described to CIA Intelligence Chief Charles Allen as great fun. Because, you know, that's a quality you want in your spies. Lawrence Walsh, the Iran-Contra special prosecutor, wrote in his book, Firewall, quote, Leiden was more…
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of those types of things, because they were guilty of them, would actually add teeth to them. In the end, everyone Walsh charged was convicted, with the exception of a single CIA officer whose case was dismissed on national security grounds…
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In 75, Division Chief David Blee promoted his deputy, Claire George, to chief of station in Beirut, then considered a prestigious assignment. George was a skilled street man, relaxed ballroom dancer. He needed all the dexterity in Beirut.…
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On June 16th, 76, the new American ambassador, Francis Malloy Jr. died under a hell of bullets on his way to a very first meeting with the president-elect of Lebanon. With him perished his driver and an embassy economic counselor, which may…
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The evacuation would be carried out by the U.S. Navy. The CIA scored a coup here because it had established a relationship with the PLO. And the PLO security forces now furnished protection for the maneuver, which had already ordered evacua…
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The CIA project had nearly ended before the last bullet was ready. The Mujahideen had long since switched to automatic weapons instead of these ancient bolt-action rifles. In 1984, William Casey needed a new team. Beset by problems from cov…
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George, in turn, persuaded William Casey to approve a comrade from the African division, Burt Dunn, to head the Near East. Then came the matter of a task force chief. Alan Friars, the lead candidate, still had a few months to run on a tour …
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had been deputy to Mac Gaffin from the early days and knew all the players, but he was on the wrong side of the new boss, Claire George. Abratosis, Kutos, campaigned for the position, and one day when George was out of town, convinced Assoc…
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a measure that probably cost the Russians more than the Stingers. There were so many ideal weapons introduced at various times, the CIA officers took to calling them silver bullets. Langley again revamped its high command for the secret war…
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Finally, the station chief in Islamabad moved on. At Langley one day in May of 86, Milton Bearden found himself in Claire George's seventh floor office. He hardly needed the weekend to decide. Milt Bearden became the CIA's new field command…
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In a maneuver worthy of CIA history on Central America, the deputy director of operations, Claire George, phoned Bearden to certify that the agency had had no rules or knowledge of the attacks. The station chief probably didn't know that th…
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Claridge added to Casey's concern, describing the way Senator Moyhan pushed at him when the CIA man went to the Hill. Director Casey resolved to bring a new broom to deal with Congress, for which he summoned Claire George, the associate dep…
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to provide support to Nicaraguan paramilitary resistance groups, and we have less of a leadership role and more of a passive role, which was a bold-faced lie. The booby trap finding, coupled with Casey's disastrous choice of congressional l…
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passionately in secrecy. George promised openness and made a show of it, inaugurating weekly lunches with the staff directors of the Senate and House Committee. Robert Simmons at first thought the lunches was a splendid device, but Simmons …
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Rob Simmons decided that George's idea of liaison amounted to a standard procedure of a clandestine service officer in a hostile country with Congress the country and the CIA officer saying only what seemed politically necessary or strategi…
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had been kept in the dark about some of Langley's activities, most predominantly in Central America. Robert Gates had previously complained to Stein on both Nicaragua and the Salvadoran issues, only to find the deputy director of operations…
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Was the congressional liaison responsible for the lackluster CIA briefings on the mining? He got promoted for that to deputy director of operations. Robert Gates thought that George, in command of the clandestine service, would fulfill the …
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By the time Fiers was slated to take over the Afghan task force, instead Casey told Fiers he couldn't have the post. Casey would not say why. Fiers answered that he would serve wherever Casey wanted him. A couple of days later, Claire Georg…
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He was originally refused. Right. Where does this guy get this information? The CIA never refused to help the NSC. Claridge called fires to say things were afoot and that fires had not been in briefed about. Then he advised him to collabora…
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Alan Fiers emerged incredulous. He looked at Claire George for enlightenment. The DDO warned Fiers. George interrupted. Something in the dark of night, Bill Casey has said, I will take care of Central America, just leave it to me. And what …
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Siegleb gave Oliver North a Contra weapons wish list, which the Chanel group used for fundraising. At least John Siegleb had the contacts to bring Adolfo Calero the cheapest weapons and ammunition that could be bought. Langley was aware of …
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On October 8th, Robert Gates appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He insisted the CIA had nothing to do with the Hassan bus plane and gave background data on Cooper and Sawyer. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee set a hear…
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Alan Fiers decided George would be the respondent. I wonder if they drew straws. The cable with details on Felix Rodriguez reached George early enough to be included in his briefing book. But George ordered Fiers to edit out his statement o…
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as the State Department. Removing that would clearly be misleading if George was to tell Congress, as he did, that the CIA knew nothing about the Contra Supply Network. When Jerry Gruner told the deputy that Joe Fernandez admitted phone rec…
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Far from knowing nothing about the benefactors, George actually had a former Secord employee in the DO Air Branch at the CIA. The man had helped set up El Pelopengo base. Immediately after Hasenfus shot down, he had been ordered to make him…
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Norman Gardner Jr., one of the deputy DO's special assistants, had just debriefed the air branch officer and sat among George's entourage as he framed ignorance. George denied knowing Secord or any of the people that was associated with him…
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At the Senate Intelligence Committee on December 3rd, George declared that he had learned of Richard Secord only after the fact. In a post-Hawk ass-covering attempt on December 5th, the CIA General Counsel issued an opinion claiming that wh…
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eventually indicted for false testimony in front of Congress. Fires and Abrams pleaded guilty to reduced charges. Claire George was found guilty on two of the 10 counts at a second trial after a hung jury. George's testimony on October 14th…
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Claire George assigned two DO officers to make an initial review of the Iranian side of the mess, which George briefed to the Senate Intel Committee on November 18, three days ahead of Casey's scheduled appearance. McCullough and David Gree…
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Two of George's staff muttering about how he had not told the Senate intelligence people anything about the November 1985 arms shipment, which, as earlier noted, had not been supported by any presidential finding at all. The deputy director…
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In May of 1987, he never saw the final denouncement. President Reagan would make many apologies. The Iran-Contra effectively turned him into a lame duck. Poindexter and North resigned. There would be congressional hearings aplenty, joint in…
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On Christmas Eve of 1992, Bush suddenly pardoned a series of figures, including Weinberger, George, Dewey, Claridge, Elliott Abrams, Robert McFarlane, and Alan Fiers. That marked the end of a season of inquiries. So every single person that…
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Everybody put on their shock face. For months, the issue remained submerged. But in early 87, after the CIA reentered the battle, Claire George and Alan Fiers came down to survey the new activity. They learned of the helicopter flights. Und…
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the book he's a registered democrat and um because of his defense department stints knew about spy satellites but his supposed closest association with the cia before that was in 1989 when…
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and submitted his report in September of 94. He found no fewer than 23 officers at fault, starting at the top. The IG's cast of culprits went from Casey, Webster, and Gates. The deputy director for operations, Claire George and Jack Devine,…
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The Rolling Stone article also reported that whether the IG concluded ICE trafficked drugs is unknown, adding that the IG document makes clear that unauthorized disclosure of this report would result in criminal, civil, and administrative p…
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analysis at the Department of Homeland Security under George Bush II. Allen was also a veteran of the CIA and a major player in the Iran-Contra scandal that played out in the 80s during the Reagan administration when George Bush I served as…
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which allegedly involved coordination with the CIA, it is very likely that Allen, as DHS chief intelligence guru, was clued in on the operation since ICE is part of DHS and ran the intelligence part by the CIA. Allen is not the lone Iran-Co…
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Pravitt, the former deputy director of the CIA clandestine operations about Rowland and his family in the spring of last year, 2007, unquote. Conrad also said he attended a national meeting in Reston, Virginia in the fall of 2006, which if …
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And they had people there from the CIA, FBI, and DHS, including Charles Allen, the Undersecretary for Intelligence and Analysis at DHS. Conrad says he sat at the same table with Carnaby, who had asked Allen, a speaker at the event, if the p…
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that it was in fact a problem. As it turns out, Houston cops were a bigger problem for Carnaby. Conrad adds that he didn't think Carnaby was on a full-time status with the CIA at the time of his death, that he had started doing contract wor…