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| − | | | + | |description=Chief investigator for the [[Kerry Subcommittee]], testified before the [[US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]] about [[CIA Drug trafficking]] as part of [[Iran-contra]] that "We don't have to investigate. We already know." Also played a central role in the [[Lockheed Aircraft bribery]] investigation and that of the [[BCCI]]. |
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| + | }}'''Jack Blum''' is/was a lawyer who helped [[US/Deep state/Exposure|expose]] the [[US Deep state]].<ref>https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/weekly-standard/the-return-of-jack-blum</ref> | ||
==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | [[Lawyer]]. He spent fourteen years as a staff attorney with the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee | + | [[Lawyer]]. He spent fourteen years as a staff attorney with the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. |
| − | As chief investigator for the Kerry Subcommittee on narcotics and terrorism, Jack Blum testified before the [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]] about [[CIA/Drug | + | ===Lockheed/Bribery scandals=== |
| + | {{FA|Lockheed/Bribery scandals}} | ||
| + | Jack Blum played a central role in the [[Lockheed Aircraft bribery]] investigation of the 1970's and in the investigation of the [[BCCI]]. | ||
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| + | ===CIA Drug Trafficking=== | ||
| + | {{FA|CIA/Drug trafficking}} | ||
| + | As chief investigator for the Kerry Subcommittee on narcotics and "terrorism", Jack Blum testified before the [[Senate Select Committee on Intelligence]] about [[CIA/Drug trafficking]] as part of [[Iran-contra]] that "We don't have to investigate. We already know."<ref>[[Mike Ruppert]], [http://web.archive.org/web/20120205052552/http://www.fromthewilderness.com/ssci.shtml Senate Select Committee on Intelligence] saved at [http://archive.is/TXrN9 Archive.is]</ref><ref>https://www.c-span.org/video/?76157-1/cia-alleged-cocaine-sales</ref> During that hearing (at 00:22:08) he also stresses that: "We knew about the connection between the West Coast cocaine trade and the Contras. It was an astonishing case, called the [[Frogman case]]. In that case, I believe it was in that case, the United States attorney for San Francisco, a man by the name of Russo Nello, return thirty five thousand dollars of cocaine proceeds - voluntarily - to the Contras. When it had been seized as a proceeds of drug trafficking. We found that absolutely astonishing, I know of no other situation where the Justice Department was so forthcoming in returning seized property." | ||
==Later activities== | ==Later activities== | ||
Latest revision as of 12:54, 9 January 2023
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Chief investigator for the Kerry Subcommittee, testified before the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about CIA Drug trafficking as part of Iran-contra that "We don't have to investigate. We already know." Also played a central role in the Lockheed Aircraft bribery investigation and that of the BCCI. | |
Jack Blum is/was a lawyer who helped expose the US Deep state.[1]
Contents
Career
Lawyer. He spent fourteen years as a staff attorney with the Senate Antitrust Subcommittee and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Lockheed/Bribery scandals
- Full article: Lockheed/Bribery scandals
- Full article: Lockheed/Bribery scandals
Jack Blum played a central role in the Lockheed Aircraft bribery investigation of the 1970's and in the investigation of the BCCI.
CIA Drug Trafficking
- Full article:
CIA/Drug trafficking
- Full article:
As chief investigator for the Kerry Subcommittee on narcotics and "terrorism", Jack Blum testified before the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence about CIA/Drug trafficking as part of Iran-contra that "We don't have to investigate. We already know."[2][3] During that hearing (at 00:22:08) he also stresses that: "We knew about the connection between the West Coast cocaine trade and the Contras. It was an astonishing case, called the Frogman case. In that case, I believe it was in that case, the United States attorney for San Francisco, a man by the name of Russo Nello, return thirty five thousand dollars of cocaine proceeds - voluntarily - to the Contras. When it had been seized as a proceeds of drug trafficking. We found that absolutely astonishing, I know of no other situation where the Justice Department was so forthcoming in returning seized property."
Later activities
As of 2016, he was treasurer of the Center for International Policy.[4]
