Ivan Gomez person

“He called me in December of 1996, barely able to contain his excitement. He'd found Carlos Cabreza, who admitted that he had, in fact, delivered millions of dollars in drug money to the Contras. Cabreza had names, dates, and amounts, George…”

“A one-page story with no one's name on it, which reportedly infuriated Cepos. Occasionally, Pete Carey would call with a question or two. He wasn't having much luck cooperating with Carlos Cabrese's statements. He told me he was trying to l…”

“Cabrese told CIA investigators that in April or May of 1982, he had a meeting at the San Jose Hotel. Well, where Perina and Sanchez introduced him to a man he had never seen before. The man called himself Ivan Gomez and told Cabrese that he…”

“So this is actually a CIA agent, Ivan Gomez, the agency's man in Costa Rica. Gomez said that he was there to, quote, to ensure that the profits from the cocaine went to the Contras and not into someone's pocket, unquote. Caprese saw the CIA…”

“The polygraph examiner apparently did not ask the CIA director about laundering cash for the Contras. Despite Gomez's admissions, the CIA inspector general dismissed Cabrese's story as an invention, suggesting that the trafficker could not …”

“in interviews with the Justice Department in 1997. Gomez was fired by the CIA in 1989 because of his repeated inability to pass polygraph tests concerning his drug dealing. The CIA toyed with the idea of reporting him to the Justice Departm…”