Jerry Spott person
also: spot, Spott
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Dewey Claridge ordered
Jerry Spott documented
“by the ambassador in the CIA every single time. Leahy went on to Panama, where Dewey Claridge, making a circuit of stations, had just visited. Leahy told the chief, former CATF boss Jerry Spott, that he wanted a briefing on the Nicaraguan p…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 43:24
Jerry Spott refused_to_communicate_with
William Casey documented
“by the ambassador in the CIA every single time. Leahy went on to Panama, where Dewey Claridge, making a circuit of stations, had just visited. Leahy told the chief, former CATF boss Jerry Spott, that he wanted a briefing on the Nicaraguan p…”
▶ The Colonel's Corner Safe for Democracy Part 44 (46) @ 43:24
Mentions (5)
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but the Carter administration had not written off the Sandinistas. He was going to give $120 million in foreign aid to Managua. El Salvador was a thornier matter. To handle both the projects, in late 1980, Langley set up a Central American …
▶ 45:22
My plan is simple. I take the war to Nicaragua. Start killing them. Casey loved it. Claridge left with a mandate to draft a finding to cover the operation. Much of the work fell to the Central American Task Force Chief, Jerry Spott. Intelli…
▶ 57:50
In November, even before the finding had been signed, Claridge took spot and two other officers to Buenos Aires to hash out the details. Argentina wanted to hear Washington say it would stay the course and the CIA would not bug out when the…
▶ 43:24
by the ambassador in the CIA every single time. Leahy went on to Panama, where Dewey Claridge, making a circuit of stations, had just visited. Leahy told the chief, former CATF boss Jerry Spott, that he wanted a briefing on the Nicaraguan p…
▶ 43:54
to Casey from Leahy or Simmons. Wouldn't send it. Just before the delegation had left Washington, John McMahon had pledged full CIA cooperation. And here they were, refusing to even communicate with the CIA director. Furious, Leahy threaten…