Restricted Interagency Group organization
also: RIG
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Claims (2)
Oliver North member_of
Restricted Interagency Group documented
“The policy fights in 83 had neutralized Reagan's crisis pre-planning group as a Nicaraguan secret war command. Central America policy fell to the restricted interagency group of senior officials. North represented the NSC at these meetings,…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 46 (48) @ 35:03
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 (6)
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with overthrowing the Sandinistas. And that's what the narrative was and the propaganda that was put out everywhere. Ironically, there is no evidence that any Cubans were ever killed. Most likely there weren't any. Most of the pieces were i…
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Claridge estimated a month and a half to implant a CIA base and logistics network with activation in two months. The CIA, Claridge, put the cost at about the same as a single F-16 fighter jet, whatever that is, millions. Diplomat Thomas End…
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The policy fights in 83 had neutralized Reagan's crisis pre-planning group as a Nicaraguan secret war command. Central America policy fell to the restricted interagency group of senior officials. North represented the NSC at these meetings,…
▶ 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…
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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…