Doyle McManus person
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Los Angeles Timesorganization · 4Oliver Northperson · 3National Security Councilorganization · 2CIAintelligence service · 2Sandinistasorganization · 2Nicaraguacountry · 2Jeremiah O'Learyperson · 1Ronald Ostroperson · 1George H.W. Bushperson · 1Thomas Borgeperson · 1Ronald Reaganperson · 1United Statescountry · 1Colombiacountry · 1Barry Sealperson · 1Washington Timesorganization · 1
Claims (5)
Doyle McManus covered_up
Sandinistas host_asserted
“saw it in a box inside. Doyle McManus, the chief of the LA Times Washington Bureau, that explained it. In 1984, McManus had played a central role in spreading CIA's leaks about Barry Seale and the Sandinista dealing cocaine. Just in time fo…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 24 @ 54:43
Doyle McManus framed
Thomas Borge host_asserted
“and El Salvador. The following morning on the front page of the Times, McManus wrote that high-ranking members of the Nicaraguan government have been linked to the scheme involving Colombia's largest cocaine trafficker, U.S. intelligence so…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 24 @ 57:09
Doyle McManus framed
Umberto Ortega host_asserted
“Umberto Ortega of Nicaragua were among officials the source had implicated. All of that's a lie. A day later, McManus co-author Ronald Ostro reported that U.S. intelligence sources have obtained a photograph standing next to Pablo Escobar, …”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 24 @ 57:40
Oliver North supplied_arms_to
Doyle McManus book_quoted
“meaning he's basically on their payroll. O'Leary's story in the Washington Times, which had supported the Contras both editorially and financially, gave McManus the excuse he needed to rush the CIA's leak into the LA Times. According to Nor…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 24 @ 56:11
Doyle McManus member_of
CIA host_asserted
“and El Salvador. The following morning on the front page of the Times, McManus wrote that high-ranking members of the Nicaraguan government have been linked to the scheme involving Colombia's largest cocaine trafficker, U.S. intelligence so…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 24 @ 57:09
Mentions (6)
▶ 54:43
saw it in a box inside. Doyle McManus, the chief of the LA Times Washington Bureau, that explained it. In 1984, McManus had played a central role in spreading CIA's leaks about Barry Seale and the Sandinista dealing cocaine. Just in time fo…
▶ 55:11
contained several references to conversations he personally had with McManus and the White House shortly before and shortly after details of the CIA DEA sting was being fed to the press. So in other words, another mockingbird guy. McManus t…
▶ 56:11
meaning he's basically on their payroll. O'Leary's story in the Washington Times, which had supported the Contras both editorially and financially, gave McManus the excuse he needed to rush the CIA's leak into the LA Times. According to Nor…
▶ 56:40
L.A. Times says national security. This is a quote from North's notebook. McManus, L.A. Times says National Security Council to source claims. George H. Bush has pictures of Borge loading cocaine in Nicaragua, which is what they use to fram…
▶ 58:09
at a Nicaraguan airport. Unfortunately for the Times, no such photograph ever surfaced, and the DEA later admitted that no such information implicated any Sandinista official in any drug trafficking. The story was a hoax, lock, stock, and b…
▶ 58:38
The Times never admitted that it had wrongly accused two Nicaraguan government officials of cocaine trafficking based solely on unnamed intelligence sources. McManus and Ostro later teamed up to review allegations of contra-drug trafficking…