Louis Tams person
also: Ambassador Louis Tams, Tams, T-A-M-B-S, Tam, Tamba, American ambassador, Tam's
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Louis Tams member_of
United States documented
“even though it had nothing to do with the Soviets or the Cubans. They just said it looked like that. You know, like Brennan's famous, it has the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. This had the hallmarks of Soviet influence. CIA Director W…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3 @ 38:16
Louis Tams took direction from
William Clark book_quoted
“unusually ideological political appointee who on drug matters took direction not from the State Department, but from William Clark, Reagan's national security advisor. But Tam's charges were supported by official testimony before congressio…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner Drugs, Oil and War Part 7 @ 17:16
Oliver North appointed
Louis Tams book_quoted
“had talked to Oliver North, purporting to speak for the RIG. North gave Tams the task of getting the Southern Front moving again. Elliott Abrams gave no such order, according to the author, nor did Secretary Shultz in his written instructio…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 47 (49) @ 16:58
Louis Tams framed
Cuba host_asserted
“In another large lab complex, they found 300 empty ether bottles, an arsenal of weapons, and a FARC uniform. For the Reagan enthusiasts, all this was proof that the narco-terrorism marriage had been consummated, and the U.S. ambassador, Lou…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Cocaine Death Squads and War on Terror Part 3 @ 1:07:09
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▶ 38:16
even though it had nothing to do with the Soviets or the Cubans. They just said it looked like that. You know, like Brennan's famous, it has the hallmarks of Russian disinformation. This had the hallmarks of Soviet influence. CIA Director W…
▶ 1:07:09
In another large lab complex, they found 300 empty ether bottles, an arsenal of weapons, and a FARC uniform. For the Reagan enthusiasts, all this was proof that the narco-terrorism marriage had been consummated, and the U.S. ambassador, Lou…
▶ 1:07:41
After the raid, Tamba flew to Washington and offered a background briefing to American reporters and emphasized the presence of gorillas, even though there wasn't any. The New York Times echoed Tam's story that the Colombian police had seiz…
▶ 42:56
If Menendez wanted to help the Reagan administration, he'd come to the right place. The U.S. Embassy in San Jose, Costa Rica was the nerve center for all of their covert operations in the Contra War. And these included a number of illegal C…
▶ 38:14
This is a man who had dealings with, obviously, the director of the CIA. You know, he deals with my division chief, unquote. North was telling U.S. ambassadors what to do. In 1985, before taking his new job as ambassador to Costa Rica, Loui…
▶ 16:51
cracking down on drugs. It had everything to do with tracking down on drug competition. Many of the 1984 charges of the Sandinista Medellin FARC alliance came from the U.S. ambassador in Bogota, Louis Tams. Tams was an…
▶ 17:16
unusually ideological political appointee who on drug matters took direction not from the State Department, but from William Clark, Reagan's national security advisor. But Tam's charges were supported by official testimony before congressio…
▶ 16:29
For the most part, San Jose had been willing to wink at the contra activities, making arrests and seizures in the most egregious cases. Still, Costa Rica's official position remained neutral. Allowing land to be used was an act of commissio…
▶ 16:58
had talked to Oliver North, purporting to speak for the RIG. North gave Tams the task of getting the Southern Front moving again. Elliott Abrams gave no such order, according to the author, nor did Secretary Shultz in his written instructio…
▶ 18:26
From the beginning, there was a security breach just waiting to happen. This secret airstrip could be seen from the air by planes using the standard air approach into the Capitol's airport. A security breach did occur. The instigator was El…
▶ 18:55
not a word about the plantation. Abrams finally asked, what about that airfield? Both Abrams and Tams saw the CIA station chief turn colors. He thought he was going to have a coronary attack. Fernandez took Abrams aside, indicating his offi…