Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office organization
also: the office, the State Department
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Claims (2)
Rob Owens member_of
Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office documented
“That meant I was hiring him. Owen was given a $50,000 contract as a quote-unquote facilitator, a job that mystified Doomling's aide, Chris Arcos. Arcos testified that no one was sure what, in fact, Rob Owens could do or bring to the office.…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 43:53
Medellin Cartel financed_via
Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office documented
“I, through my intermediaries, made it possible. Was any of the money that you provided the shrimp company traceable to drugs or drug-related transactions, Carey asked? No, sir. Why was that? Because we were experts at what we do. Millian, a…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 48:50
Mentions (8)
▶ 40:07
One of the vehicles North selected to handle that chore was a new unit set up inside the State Department called Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office. The office was officially created in the middle of 1985 to oversee deliveries of $27…
▶ 40:31
North and CIA first tried to get the operation placed inside the National Security Council, where it would be free from public scrutiny and North could control it directly. But that failed. Instead, Fiers said, North simply just hijacked it…
▶ 42:30
which is the perfect situation to have an actual CIA asset pretend like he's a civilian for that exact reason. But that all changed once Owen began working at the Nicaraguan humanitarian office, which probably explains Norse insistence that…
▶ 42:54
more operational relationship, Hernandez confirmed, because then he was a government employee. I asked him to find out things. The director was Robert Dumling, D-U-E-M-L-I-N-G, and his aides couldn't figure out why they needed to have Rob O…
▶ 43:24
But North kept pushing. Doomling said North had Contra leaders write letters demanding Owens hire. He lobbied Doomling's superior at the State Department, Assistant Secretary Elliott Abrams, a fervent Contra supporter. After one stormy meet…
▶ 53:10
It did, the pilot said. So how could a company started by the Medellin cartel and used as a front to run drug into America ever wind up with a contract from the U.S. Department of State Nicaraguan Humanitarian Assistance Office? Yes, they c…
▶ 56:57
U.S. intelligence sources were involved in Costa Rica to provide a check and balance on this, he said. They would be knowledgeable. They knew the lay of the ground. I thought it important and appropriate to talk with them, Owens testified. …
▶ 57:22
Their names were given to the Nicaraguan humanitarian office at the State Department. And it was my understanding that any account that that State Department office provided funds to was cleared by the FBI. The FBI was informed who was bein…