Alan Fiers person
also: Alan Friars, Fiers, Friars, fires, Alan Fires, George, Alan Fiers, The restifier, F-I-E-R-S
Explore in graph → Export claims (CSV) ↓
Related entities (most co-mentioned)
CIAintelligence service · 35William Caseyperson · 22Oliver Northperson · 19Iran-Contra affairevent · 17Claire Georgeperson · 14Richard Secordperson · 8United Statescountry · 6Elliot Abramsperson · 6Felix Rodriguezperson · 6Robert Gatesperson · 5Nicaraguacountry · 5Joseph Fernandezperson · 5Boland Amendmentevent · 4U.S. State Departmentorganization · 4U.S. Congressorganization · 4Dewey Claridgeperson · 3Costa Ricacountry · 3San Salvadorplace · 3Robert McFarlaneperson · 3Lawrence Walshperson · 3John Hallperson · 3CIA Central Task Forceorganization · 3National Security Councilorganization · 3Ronald Reaganperson · 3
Claims (17)
Alan Fiers member_of
CIA documented
“While CIA officers denied that they were running the show, they did finally admit they were keeping a very close eye on it. Yeah, sure you were. Quote, we had a capability, indeed, a responsibility for reporting what had been happening at I…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 14 @ 13:34
William Webster fired
Alan Fiers documented
“Webster then decided to reprimand Claridge and drop him a grade. Both retired, but he fired Alan Fiers and secured resignments from Jim Adkins and Joe Fernandez. Now, again, as a reminder, that doesn't mean they went away. That is a paperwo…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 49 (51) @ 19:48
George H.W. Bush pardoned
Alan Fiers documented
“along with CIA officers Duane Claridge, Alan Fiers, F-I-E-R-S, and Claire George, received never-before-granted pardons by President George H.W. Bush on December 24, 1992, following his re-election loss of the previous month. According to t…”
▶ The Colonels corner prelude to terror chapter 30 @ 1:00:10
William Casey appointed
Alan Fiers documented
“By the time Fiers was slated to take over the Afghan task force, instead Casey told Fiers he couldn't have the post. Casey would not say why. Fiers answered that he would serve wherever Casey wanted him. A couple of days later, Claire Georg…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 38:00
George H.W. Bush pardoned
Alan Fiers book_quoted
“On Christmas Eve of 1992, Bush suddenly pardoned a series of figures, including Weinberger, George, Dewey, Claridge, Elliott Abrams, Robert McFarlane, and Alan Fiers. That marked the end of a season of inquiries. So every single person that…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 48 (50) @ 30:00
Alan Fiers member_of
CIA book_quoted
“at Langley, Bob Gates, who had replaced John McMahon as the deputy DCI, received the data on the covert operation as if they didn't have it already because Casey's intimately involved with it. Alan Fires objected that the plane and other eq…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 48 (50) @ 9:31
Alan Fiers knew_about
Michael Palmer documented
“even before they recommended the company for the humanitarian project. It's the fucking reason they did. Come on. At least two agency officials, Alan Fiers and an unnamed CIA contractor, knew about Palmer's drug dealing before the agency ag…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 1:22:04
Alan Fiers guided
U.S. State Department documented
“before they had to turn it over to Oliver North because of a congressional law. So in other words, the CIA never stopped doing what they were doing despite laws that prohibit them from doing it, which means they're lawless, which means they…”
▶ The Colonels Corner Dark Alliance Part 13 @ 1:23:35
Gust Avratosis succeeded
Alan Fiers documented
“had been deputy to Mac Gaffin from the early days and knew all the players, but he was on the wrong side of the new boss, Claire George. Abratosis, Kutos, campaigned for the position, and one day when George was out of town, convinced Assoc…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 16:22
William Casey appointed
Alan Fiers documented
“George, in turn, persuaded William Casey to approve a comrade from the African division, Burt Dunn, to head the Near East. Then came the matter of a task force chief. Alan Friars, the lead candidate, still had a few months to run on a tour …”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 41 (43) @ 15:52
Alan Fiers member_of
CIA documented
“was done, but that was, I mean, we know now that was going to be two years. So Alan Fiers, the guy we talked about through this whole series, pleaded guilty in July of 1991. And Gates was fearful that he would be implicated since he pled gu…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 50 (52) @ 3:12
Alan Fiers covered_up
John Hall documented
“Fiers Jr. was convinced that Hall's Ranch was being used for Contra drug flights. There is no doubt in Fiers' mind that Pastora's men trans-shipped drugs out of the airstrip on Hall's Ranch. Investigators for the Iran-Contra prosecutor, Law…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 12 @ 26:28
Alan Fiers approved
Agavian Cesar documented
“Drug-based, this same thing. Chamorro went higher than that to Langley. I called our contact at the CIA. Of course I did, Chamorro told the Post. The truth is, we were still getting some CIA money under the table. They said Morales was fine…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 12 @ 30:50
Oliver North received_call_from
Alan Fiers documented
“asked whether Buffalo did business with the CIA. Sheehy said, absolutely not. However, there's an entry in Oliver North's White House notebook that indicates otherwise. On March 21st, 1985, North received a phone call from Alan Fiers, the d…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 19:58
Alan Fiers member_of
CIA documented
“John Hall is the guy that had the ranch in Costa Rica. Rob Owens, who is Oliver North's right-hand man. This list was compiled by North on April 18th, 1986, apparently during a telephone conversation with Alan Fiers, director of the CIA's C…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia CIA & George Bush Part 9 @ 41:00
Alan Fiers headed
CIA Central Task Force documented
“asked whether Buffalo did business with the CIA. Sheehy said, absolutely not. However, there's an entry in Oliver North's White House notebook that indicates otherwise. On March 21st, 1985, North received a phone call from Alan Fiers, the d…”
▶ The Colonel’s Corner-Mafia, CIA, and George Bush Part 16 @ 19:58
Alan Fiers member_of
Restricted Interagency Group documented
“a restricted RIG, RIG. The existence of this core group is disputed by Abrams, the purported chairman, though he admits its meetings took place. But the RIG figured widely in sworn testimony before Congress, a special prosecutor, and federa…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 35:32
Mentions (78)
▶ 26:00
Every one of the flights I made to Costa Rica, the cocaine was the Contras, not mine, Morales testified. I have no suppliers in Colombia. I don't need to go to Costa Rica, he said. While Hall was vehemently denied all of the accusations tha…
▶ 26:28
Fiers Jr. was convinced that Hall's Ranch was being used for Contra drug flights. There is no doubt in Fiers' mind that Pastora's men trans-shipped drugs out of the airstrip on Hall's Ranch. Investigators for the Iran-Contra prosecutor, Law…
▶ 26:55
this around 1986 when he heard all the evidence from Senator John Kerry's hearing and from the newspapers. Friars is adamant that he had no knowledge of CIA complicity in any of this. Hall said that about Friars' testimony that he was aston…
▶ 30:50
Drug-based, this same thing. Chamorro went higher than that to Langley. I called our contact at the CIA. Of course I did, Chamorro told the Post. The truth is, we were still getting some CIA money under the table. They said Morales was fine…
▶ 31:20
In congressional testimony, former Costa Rican liaison chief, excuse me, station chief Joe Fernandez and fires once ordered him to use two suspected drug trafficking in a still secret CIA operation involving the Contras. Quote, for politica…
▶ 33:54
the dopey, gap-toothed zealot portrayed by the Reagan administration and the press, North was one of the most powerful men in Washington. The spring of 1985, he was on top and testified at Allen Fires, the CIA's Central American Task Force …
▶ 35:21
Subjects so highly classified, even top CIA officials didn't know about all of them. He told me in 1985 that there was two squadrons of stealth bombers operational in Arizona. And I just thought he was crazy, Fiers testified. It was one of …
▶ 35:51
There were many other instances when he told me things that I thought was totally crazy that turned out to be absolutely true. One of the many surprises North had for Fires was the fact that he had received specialized training, usually res…
▶ 36:20
cascade of cover companies, just quote, just like they taught us at the CIA clandestine training site, unquote. And I thought that was pretty interesting because I went there and I didn't learn how to do any of that stuff. And I also didn't…
▶ 36:49
Fires called him a power figure in the government, a force to be reckoned with. When he asked for something, people jumped. When he gave orders, they followed. Ollie North had the ability to work down in my chain of command and to cause it …
▶ 39:10
It takes tons of material to sustain an army in the field, particularly one that is warring deep inside enemy territory, separated by days of supply depots. The CIA had plenty of experience handling such complicated logistics problems, but …
▶ 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…
▶ 1:00:16
Fidel's existing connections with a top DEA official was fascinating considering the Cuban Shady's background. Fidel's criminal history reflects the assortment of assault, robbery, narcotics, and firearm violations. A CIA IG wrote, and incl…
▶ 1:05:50
was the Iran-Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh, upon whom every potential allegation of drug trafficking by the Contras was dumped by the CIA and the Reagan administration. Of course, Walsh had neither the time nor the authority to investiga…
▶ 1:07:44
CIA played a critical role in the humanitarian aid operation involving the shrimp companies without the agency, Byers said. He basically said that the humanitarian office had created a shell entity. We were to be the eyes and ears in the ai…
▶ 1:13:34
With CIA agents in 1991, CIA officer Fryer admitted that the CIA had gotten information that Palmer was dealing drugs during that. Fires heard that since Palmer's people got caught taking a plane of drugs into the U.S., and this is what cau…
▶ 1:22:04
even before they recommended the company for the humanitarian project. It's the fucking reason they did. Come on. At least two agency officials, Alan Fiers and an unnamed CIA contractor, knew about Palmer's drug dealing before the agency ag…
▶ 1:23:35
before they had to turn it over to Oliver North because of a congressional law. So in other words, the CIA never stopped doing what they were doing despite laws that prohibit them from doing it, which means they're lawless, which means they…
▶ 1:24:05
In 1998, Fiers told CIA interviewers in 1987 that he and the humanitarian office director, Robert Dumling, had frequent meetings regarding possible contract cargo carriers. Fiers said that he had checked out some of the carriers for Dumling…
▶ 13:34
While CIA officers denied that they were running the show, they did finally admit they were keeping a very close eye on it. Yeah, sure you were. Quote, we had a capability, indeed, a responsibility for reporting what had been happening at I…
▶ 15:02
working on helicopter-based counterinsurgencies into and attacking the FARC in Colombia. While Rodriguez had always claimed, sometimes under oath, that he was retired from the CIA, and in El Salvador, mainly as a volunteer and a private cit…
▶ 15:30
He testified that Rodriguez was sent there in early 1985 as part of a CIA organization that became after fires took over the Central American Task Force. So basically, he was working there kind of under the reporting of this hierarchy of fi…
▶ 15:58
of our efforts in San Salvador and made adjustments in the undertaking that left certain questions, certain activities that we had, it left a void, said, unquote, said Byers in 1992. Quote, Felix Rodriguez was put into, sent to El Salvador …
▶ 19:19
During the 1985 and 86, there is some independent evidence to suggest Wheaton's conclusions. In an interview with Iran-Contra investigators, former CIA Central American Task Force Chief Alan Fiers admitted that he and North, in late 1985, d…
▶ 19:58
asked whether Buffalo did business with the CIA. Sheehy said, absolutely not. However, there's an entry in Oliver North's White House notebook that indicates otherwise. On March 21st, 1985, North received a phone call from Alan Fiers, the d…
▶ 20:29
who would later plead guilty to withholding information from Congress during the Iran-Contra investigation. Fires reported that a pilot for a Buffalo Airlines 707 flying from Poland to Guatemala was on the ground in London. The next entry s…
▶ 41:00
John Hall is the guy that had the ranch in Costa Rica. Rob Owens, who is Oliver North's right-hand man. This list was compiled by North on April 18th, 1986, apparently during a telephone conversation with Alan Fiers, director of the CIA's C…
▶ 41:26
Now, remember, Alan Fiers is the guy that was covering for the corrupt DEA in El Salvador, where they were running everything out of El Palapango, whatever the airport is there, with the death squads in El Salvador. He covered all of the op…
▶ 59:42
of those types of things, because they were guilty of them, would actually add teeth to them. In the end, everyone Walsh charged was convicted, with the exception of a single CIA officer whose case was dismissed on national security grounds…
▶ 15:52
George, in turn, persuaded William Casey to approve a comrade from the African division, Burt Dunn, to head the Near East. Then came the matter of a task force chief. Alan Friars, the lead candidate, still had a few months to run on a tour …
▶ 16:22
had been deputy to Mac Gaffin from the early days and knew all the players, but he was on the wrong side of the new boss, Claire George. Abratosis, Kutos, campaigned for the position, and one day when George was out of town, convinced Assoc…
▶ 16:52
to lead his Central American Task Force. COTOS then had ties to Charlie Wilson, so they got along great. During George Shultz's 1983 Pakistani visit, Zia had Akhtar of the ISI brief the visiting party on the status of operation. Akhtar repo…
▶ 35:32
a restricted RIG, RIG. The existence of this core group is disputed by Abrams, the purported chairman, though he admits its meetings took place. But the RIG figured widely in sworn testimony before Congress, a special prosecutor, and federa…
▶ 36:02
Abrams' logs show that these officials met seven times in 1985 and 86. They also show that there was at least 18 sessions of the rig that supposedly didn't exist. Where Oliver North pushed so hard that some saw him as a loose cannon, Alan F…
▶ 36:36
He behaved with caution on Project Democracy. Fires knew no Spanish, though he had a reputation as a linguist. What? That's like one of the easiest languages to learn. He was a member of the agency's Middle East group. Fires was not entirel…
▶ 37:02
during the 1965 U.S. intervention in the Dominican Republic. Colleagues credit him with sharp political instincts, yet on Project Democracy, not so much. The CIA chief knew his way out of a tight situation. Admiral Turner had selected fires…
▶ 37:32
summoned Fires and demanded to know why he should get the post and why he was any good at all. Fires talked his way out of it. Over four years in Riyadh, he gained Casey's confidence, accompanying the CIA director when he visited, preparing…
▶ 38:00
By the time Fiers was slated to take over the Afghan task force, instead Casey told Fiers he couldn't have the post. Casey would not say why. Fiers answered that he would serve wherever Casey wanted him. A couple of days later, Claire Georg…
▶ 38:31
Yeah, like the Pakistan-Afghanistan wasn't high politics. Just days after he took over, controversy over the psychological warfare manual exploded. Casey had fires up on the seventh floor to demand the damage be limited. Ronald Reagan had d…
▶ 39:01
Because he didn't know too much about what was going on. The episode led to his first appearance before the Senate Intelligence Committee. Fires felt like a cat being thrown into a clothes dryer. Of course, by then, the CIA operation had be…
▶ 39:32
He was originally refused. Right. Where does this guy get this information? The CIA never refused to help the NSC. Claridge called fires to say things were afoot and that fires had not been in briefed about. Then he advised him to collabora…
▶ 40:06
to Al Wiedemeyer. Both went to see the deputy DO, George. Within a day or so, the full group assembled in Casey's office where the CIA director held the meeting. By then, Reagan had been reelected. The problem of aiding the Contras had acqu…
▶ 40:35
North sat to the side. Casey turned to North and said, Ollie, Alan tells me that you are operating in Central America. Is that true? He looked at Fires. Alan, tell Ollie what you told Claire. Fires did so. Then Casey turned back to North. O…
▶ 41:06
Alan Fiers emerged incredulous. He looked at Claire George for enlightenment. The DDO warned Fiers. George interrupted. Something in the dark of night, Bill Casey has said, I will take care of Central America, just leave it to me. And what …
▶ 41:38
Fires determined that he was a buffer between the task force officers and the controversies he expected on the project. Assistant Secretary of State Elliott Abrams noticed rivalry between North and Fires. That may have been for Casey's ear.…
▶ 43:41
even working outside the agency on different aspects of the Contra activity. North formed another such link outside the purview of Fires. Because the Boland Amendment expressively prohibited the CIA assisting the Contra, a channel such as N…
▶ 44:09
Casey called and inquired how things were going. Fires asked Casey if he wanted the story plain or gilded. When Casey said he wanted it straight, Fires told him his prospects were terrible. They agreed to meet the next morning. At Langley, …
▶ 44:37
Fires came back. Casey read the memo, then said he would take care of policy and Fires should focus on the operation. After that, Fires, too, had a direct line to Casey. Fires saw their relationship akin to that of a father and son. Fires, …
▶ 53:30
Siegleb gave Oliver North a Contra weapons wish list, which the Chanel group used for fundraising. At least John Siegleb had the contacts to bring Adolfo Calero the cheapest weapons and ammunition that could be bought. Langley was aware of …
▶ 54:01
George also spoke with Alan Fiers about weapons being bought in China by Richard Secord. A year later, in April of 86, the CIA reporting from Europe picked up indications of purchases on behalf of the Contras by Secord and his agent, CIA Th…
▶ 57:28
All future contact with these entities are, until further notice, to be solely, repeat solely, for the purpose of collecting positive intelligence information in the interest of the U.S. That's just a cover story. Now, supposedly, there wer…
▶ 57:57
Soon after Boland took effect, Fires rejected North's invitation to a meeting with Calero. Bill Casey, however, continued to march to the beat of his own drum. Casey would not discuss the contra aid with friend Joe Kors, but had no hesitati…
▶ 59:25
articles in the National Intelligence Daily, which Robert Gates published, continued to highlight problems. Years later, analysts accused Gates of slanting the books in favor of the rebels. But a 1990 IG study found that the products had be…
▶ 59:54
with circulation of intelligence reports. In any event, Casey and Fires had to be engaged in wishful thinking to believe the Contras were doing well. At best, as we can discern, Casey led Project Democracy. He used North and his field comma…
▶ 1:00:23
who supposedly was handcuffed by the Boland Amendment for intelligence and technical support. When diplomacy became necessary, North and Fires could sway Elliott Abrams at the rig group, but both the Contras and benefactors had their own ag…
▶ 2:31
The two discovered that the CATF had sent maps displayed on poster boards, not at all suitable to be carried as a secret courier. Yeah, here, let me get all my big hard boards into a secret pouch. North called Alan Fiers with some choice wo…
▶ 9:43
Scaroni produced an opinion, rubber stamping the information. It found the NSC staff activity perfectly legal. At least twice when Allen fires question NSC staff actions, Oliver North referred to this legal opinion. Once North handed fires …
▶ 30:13
in early February, both of them said, we want every bit of support we can get from you. But instead of that, what we're getting is a lot of questions about the nature of our GADS organization. Casey made no promises, except for Casey has be…
▶ 30:44
who was on his back, had no qualifications to be even in the operation. Fires had no paramilitary experience, and the agency had few well-qualified people in its air branch. But again, they're not involved. The officer Fires had sent to see…
▶ 31:19
North told Secord that fires seem to have found religion. Secord heard rumors that Casey had come down hard on the task force chief. Secord wanted regular updates on the Sandinista troop movements and air defenses. Casey's reply has not bee…
▶ 33:15
once found the Contras in decline, except they weren't. Oh, the Contras, yes, they were. That April, when incoming division chief Jerry Gruner came through Central America to familiarize himself with the players and problems, Joe Fernandez …
▶ 33:49
A month later, when he raised the same issue at a regional session, Fiers knew nothing about the links, and Gruner apparently had not mentioned it to him. B.S. On May 28th, Fiers cabled Fernandez that Langley approved advice, communications…
▶ 47:39
to dub him as a dictator. That was when Congress passed Reagan's $100 million program. You know, you're not allowed to talk to the Russians. Once the budget was passed, Alan Fiers held the first of several conversations with General Secord …
▶ 54:11
Abrams handed him a three-by-five card with a typed bank account number on it. The assistant secretary's file card would later get diplomatic embarrassment. Abrams had gotten the bank numbers from both Alan Fiers at the CIA and Oliver North…
▶ 9:31
at Langley, Bob Gates, who had replaced John McMahon as the deputy DCI, received the data on the covert operation as if they didn't have it already because Casey's intimately involved with it. Alan Fires objected that the plane and other eq…
▶ 11:30
This is the CIA IG saying that he couldn't substantiate it, even though the DEA had received multiple cables from the one DEA agent in Costa Rica who went and scoped out El Pelopango and said, dude, they're flying drugs out of here. Directo…
▶ 13:57
On September 13th, Dutton reported on the encrypted device that Project Democracy had delivered 55,000 pounds of supplies. Through the rest of the month, perhaps seven loads were checked out of the warehouse and delivered to the Southern Fr…
▶ 17:56
On October 8th, Robert Gates appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee. He insisted the CIA had nothing to do with the Hassan bus plane and gave background data on Cooper and Sawyer. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee set a hear…
▶ 18:24
Alan Fiers decided George would be the respondent. I wonder if they drew straws. The cable with details on Felix Rodriguez reached George early enough to be included in his briefing book. But George ordered Fiers to edit out his statement o…
▶ 19:22
Far from knowing nothing about the benefactors, George actually had a former Secord employee in the DO Air Branch at the CIA. The man had helped set up El Pelopengo base. Immediately after Hasenfus shot down, he had been ordered to make him…
▶ 19:53
Norman Gardner Jr., one of the deputy DO's special assistants, had just debriefed the air branch officer and sat among George's entourage as he framed ignorance. George denied knowing Secord or any of the people that was associated with him…
▶ 20:51
At the Senate Intelligence Committee on December 3rd, George declared that he had learned of Richard Secord only after the fact. In a post-Hawk ass-covering attempt on December 5th, the CIA General Counsel issued an opinion claiming that wh…
▶ 30:00
On Christmas Eve of 1992, Bush suddenly pardoned a series of figures, including Weinberger, George, Dewey, Claridge, Elliott Abrams, Robert McFarlane, and Alan Fiers. That marked the end of a season of inquiries. So every single person that…
▶ 38:02
Everybody put on their shock face. For months, the issue remained submerged. But in early 87, after the CIA reentered the battle, Claire George and Alan Fiers came down to survey the new activity. They learned of the helicopter flights. Und…
▶ 18:40
That worked for a little bit, but the more information came out, the more people pressed for this. And finally, that was actually done. Meanwhile, Webster took his time on looking into Iran-Contra. George, Alan Fiers, and a couple of others…
▶ 19:48
Webster then decided to reprimand Claridge and drop him a grade. Both retired, but he fired Alan Fiers and secured resignments from Jim Adkins and Joe Fernandez. Now, again, as a reminder, that doesn't mean they went away. That is a paperwo…
▶ 3:12
was done, but that was, I mean, we know now that was going to be two years. So Alan Fiers, the guy we talked about through this whole series, pleaded guilty in July of 1991. And Gates was fearful that he would be implicated since he pled gu…
▶ 7:00
Most notably among them was Mel Goodman. He had been a colleague for years. Jennifer Glodsman, a former Soviet analyst, and Harold Ford. Yeah, the same Harold Ford that we know now. Alan Fiers appeared as part of the committee's fairly exte…