Robert Bonner person
also: Judge Robert Bonner, Judge Bonner, Bonner, former head of DEA, Robert Bonner
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Claims (4)
Robert Bonner appointed
Dale Bellema Company documented
“who was married to the daughter of a former New Mexico governor, Jack Campbell. Through Campbell and his business trips to New Mexico, Bob, a native of Chicago and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, learned of the availability of Bel…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 17 @ 18:38
Robert Bonner member_of
DEA book_quoted
“To their surprise, a Venezuelan undercover agent said the CIA had approved the delivery. DEA Administrator Robert Bonner ordered an investigation and discovered the CIA had, in fact, shipped a load from its warehouse in Venezuela. The quote…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 5 @ 2:32
Robert Bonner exposed
CIA documented
“incensed at the agency's actions, which was carried out over the DEA objections, went on a national television show and essentially accused the CIA of engaging in narcotic trafficking. The CIA operation, which was carried out with the assis…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner The Great Pretense Part 8 @ 39:10
Robert Bonner member_of
Dale Bellema Company documented
“So he's a watchdog for the mob-adjacent family, Galetas. And why was he angry at the article? Because they accused the family of being associated with the mob. When Bob and Crocker, who owned 60% of Bellama, took over the New Mexico company…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Mafia, CIA, & George Bush Part 17 @ 19:40
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His indictment was still sealed in Miami. Meanwhile, you just can't make this shit up. Meanwhile, CIA officer Mark McFarlane, whom DEA chief Bonner had also wished to indict. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. CIA officer, the DEA chief wanted to indi…
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Robert Bonner told Congress these emerging modern day gangsters have set up raw cocaine distribution outlets in cities all across the country. It was organized crime akin to the mafia. Congress passed a whole new set of anti-crack laws that…
▶ 18:09
By 1958, Bellema was reportedly the sixth largest home builder in the world. In 1973, a year after Dale Bellema, that was his nickname, died, the company was sold to Ernest Hahn, a shopping center developer in California. In 78, Tamco bough…
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who was married to the daughter of a former New Mexico governor, Jack Campbell. Through Campbell and his business trips to New Mexico, Bob, a native of Chicago and graduate of the University of Notre Dame, learned of the availability of Bel…
▶ 19:40
So he's a watchdog for the mob-adjacent family, Galetas. And why was he angry at the article? Because they accused the family of being associated with the mob. When Bob and Crocker, who owned 60% of Bellama, took over the New Mexico company…
▶ 20:12
This 50-50 joint venture, Beloma Community Development, began buying land in New Mexico and other adjoining states. There were several unanswered questions about the purchase of Beloma from the Goleta family. What was the purchase price? Wh…
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DEA had refused to sanction the operation because the CIA had approached them to go in dibs with them. And the DEA had refused. Judge Robert Bonner was in charge of the DEA at the time. The shipment was intercepted by the Border Patrol in M…
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the vehicle. And the CBS transcripts of a show that they aired in November of 1993, less than a month after Bonner's term as administrator of the DEA had ended. So this is the interview. Morley Safer says, a ton of pure cocaine worth hundre…
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Robert Bonner, the recently retired head of the DEA administration, says, well, they, and then Mike interrupts, in cooperation with the CIA? That's what, that's exactly what appears to have happened, Judge Bonner says. Mike Wallace then say…
▶ 6:30
did. We talked to some people at the CIA. They said the DEA does the same thing all the time. What? So that makes it okay? They let drugs walk. They let drugs into the traffic and look the other way to further an important goal, fund their …
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covered the fact that anybody in the DEA that spoke up at some level, whether it was at Judge Bonner's level or not, they were basically stuck in a closet until they were so frustrated that they would simply retire. The book then moves on t…
▶ 2:32
To their surprise, a Venezuelan undercover agent said the CIA had approved the delivery. DEA Administrator Robert Bonner ordered an investigation and discovered the CIA had, in fact, shipped a load from its warehouse in Venezuela. The quote…
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It wouldn't be the first time the CIA has been accused of running roughshod over law enforcement priorities. In the early 1990s, the CIA ran a spook mission designed to infiltrate Colombian narco-trafficking groups. That resulted in at leas…
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incensed at the agency's actions, which was carried out over the DEA objections, went on a national television show and essentially accused the CIA of engaging in narcotic trafficking. The CIA operation, which was carried out with the assis…