Richard Shelby person
also: U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama, Senator Shelby, Shelby
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Richard Shelby removed_from_power
Anthony Lake documented
“not going to allow Anthony Lake to be the CIA director. So he tried several different stalling tactics. Asking for his FBI file was but one of those. They had lots of questions about his involvement in Bosnia. And they focused on…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe For Democracy Part 53 (55) @ 1:34
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what he was up against in Burma in a letter that he sent in 1997 to then U.S. Senator Richard Shelby of Alabama. In the letter, Layton claims Huddle and Brown were bent on portraying the State Law and Order Restoration Council, the oppressi…
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While it's actually working with the DEA to eradicate opium. Just to be clear. Horn's success in getting rid of the opium had set a series in motion of overt and clandestine efforts on the part of Huddle and Brown to undermine him. Gosh, th…
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Horn's attorney told me that he would be subject to criminal prosecution for disclosing the name. The name, Arthur Brown, has been published numerous times in media stories about the CIA's operation in Burma and is referenced in the letter …
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Layton also claims that Huddle undermined Horn's efforts to provide Burma's prosecutors and police with U.S. assistance to implement its drug laws. Why? Well, we know why. In contrast, Layton pointed out in his letter to Senator Shelby, Mr.…
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burned a source. Layton, in his 1997 letter to Senator Shelby, describes this event, quote, DEA's well-placed contact from the largest opium producing area in Burma provided DEA with a proposal to withdraw from opium production. The documen…
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who had been studying nuclear physics in the US and other Western countries, had died in a mysterious death. The assistant, named Shelby, told Wilson that Gaddafi believed these deaths to be assassinations. According to an FBI report, the r…
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that Shelby told Wilson that Gaddafi was convinced that the assassinations was an Israeli operation. What neither Shackley nor Wilson knew was that Weiss had been working for both the Israelis and the Soviets at various times in his career …
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the CIA as there were questions about Tony Lake's nomination, which is who Clinton had nominated. So we're going to pick up from there. The major logjam for Tony Lake was Richard Shelby from Alabama. He is the Senate Select Committee on Int…
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not going to allow Anthony Lake to be the CIA director. So he tried several different stalling tactics. Asking for his FBI file was but one of those. They had lots of questions about his involvement in Bosnia. And they focused on…
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you're a spy, like a traitor to your country for not wanting innocent people to die. And so, of course, Shelby, along with the other Republicans, because this is under the Clinton administration, made hay with that, as he should have. So th…
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But you should take note of the fact that the FBI actually gave the Senate his FBI file. Because in most cases, when that is asked for, they don't get it, which is what's going to happen with George Tenet. Shelby asked for his as well, and …
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So when Shelby, after he got the files and reviewed them, demanded another delay so all of the committee people could see it, that's when Lake threw in the towel. He withdrew his nomination and Clinton had a few choice comments about being …
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George Tenet is nominated. I mentioned that Shelby had asked for his file and didn't get it. Also, there were other good signs, if you're Tenet, one of which was a provision that was put in the 1998 Intelligence Authorization Act that was r…