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Crossin Anderson person

also: Anderson, Croson Anderson, Crossan Anderson

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“After these debriefings on July 17th, 1987, Croson Anderson pulled the plug on the task force investigation. It had lasted less than seven months and had accomplished nothing except for to provide cover for Menendez and a CIA associate to v…”
▶ The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20 @ 31:14

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The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 7:26 Despite the overall failure of the raids and the departure of the majors, FBI agent Douglas Auckland and DEA agent Tom Shretner kept working. If they couldn't get their respective agencies to help them investigate the Nicaraguan drug ring, …
The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 8:21 The prosecutor agreed to offer the case to the task force, which was very selective about the cases it adopted. I wonder why that is. I'll tell you why it is, but we're going to go on with the story. They had to be big ones so they could co…
The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 8:49 asking the IRS to supply agents to help out on the case. As you know, Anderson wrote, this is a narcotics investigation involving FBI, DEA, and Los Angeles Sheriff Department units in Riverside and Whittier, California. It's a sensitive mat…
The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 15:46 But it appears there were other factors behind the DEA's sudden urge to insert Menendez and the CIA agent into Blanton's organization. That was to avoid the embarrassment of Menendez falling into the hands of Costa Rican police, and more im…
The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 26:01 It now appears that there was no such cooperation agreement between Menendez and the Justice Department. It was all a lie. That it was an invention to placate the FBI agents after their racketeering case was rejected. The Justice Department…
The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 29:43 for several more months. In May, federal prosecutor Crossan Anderson called Gonzalez in Costa Rica and told him to get Mr. CIA to California so he could answer questions. Gonzalez replied that he didn't think Roberto would come, but promise…
The Colonel Corner Dark Alliance Part 20
▶ 31:14 After these debriefings on July 17th, 1987, Croson Anderson pulled the plug on the task force investigation. It had lasted less than seven months and had accomplished nothing except for to provide cover for Menendez and a CIA associate to v…