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Terry Read is/was a former-CIA operative who by his own account was used to train Nicaraguan pilots in [[Iran Contra]], then was involved in production of shipping weapons to them, but claimed originally not to have known about the trafficking of cocaine back to USA. | Terry Read is/was a former-CIA operative who by his own account was used to train Nicaraguan pilots in [[Iran Contra]], then was involved in production of shipping weapons to them, but claimed originally not to have known about the trafficking of cocaine back to USA. | ||
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==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| − | + | He fought for eight years in the [[Vietnam War]],<ref name=Mena>http://www.iahushua.com/WOI/MENA.html</ref> and was chosen as a member of [[Task Force Alpha]], which he described as "the deniable link between authorized military operations and the ''un''authorized activities of the Central Intelligence Agency". He set up and ran a machine tools front company in USA, then in [[Mexico]] for the CIA, connected to production of weapons without serial numbers for distribution to the Contras in Nicaragua. | |
| − | ==Drug trafficking== | + | ===Iran-Contra=== |
| − | When he discovered that his warehouse was being used for the transshipment of tonnes of [[cocaine]] to [[Mena]], Arkansas, he decided to quit. In ''[[The Mena Connection]]'' he tells how he and his wife then spent about 6 months on the run after his handlers accused ''him'' of drug trafficking and claimed that he and his wife were both armed and dangerous. Later they spent 2.5 years going through the US justice system before both being found innocent. | + | [[Oliver North]], under the alias of '' recruited him in 1982 - when North was at the White House - to raise money and secure airplanes for the Nicaraguan Contras. Eventually, Reed trained Nicaraguan pilots at a rural airstrip at Nella, Ark.<ref name=Mena/> |
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| + | ===Drug trafficking=== | ||
| + | When he discovered that his warehouse was being used for the transshipment of tonnes of [[cocaine]] to [[Mena]], Arkansas, he decided to quit. | ||
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| + | ==Life as a fugitive== | ||
| + | In ''[[The Mena Connection]]'' he tells how he and his wife then spent about 6 months on the run after his handlers accused ''him'' of drug trafficking and claimed that he and his wife were both armed and dangerous. Later they spent 2.5 years going through the US justice system before both being found innocent. | ||
==Whistleblowing== | ==Whistleblowing== | ||
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Terry Read co-authored the 1994 ''[[Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA]]'' with [[John Cummings]], which [[Mark Gorton]] references,<ref>[[Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State]]</ref> and in 1995 he created the 2 hour 15 minute film.''[[The Mena Connection]]''<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/title/mena-connection/oclc/38456474</ref> | Terry Read co-authored the 1994 ''[[Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA]]'' with [[John Cummings]], which [[Mark Gorton]] references,<ref>[[Document:Fifty Years of the Deep State]]</ref> and in 1995 he created the 2 hour 15 minute film.''[[The Mena Connection]]''<ref>http://www.worldcat.org/title/mena-connection/oclc/38456474</ref> | ||
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| + | ==Lawsuit== | ||
| + | In 1996 he and his wife, [[Janis Kerr Read]] brought a lawsuit against [[Raymond Young]], [[Tommy L. Baker]], [[Donald Sanders]] & other unknown parties in connection with the Read's persecution by the US justice system. He withdrew it after U.S. District Judge [[George Howard Jr.]] of Arkansas ruled that the Reeds could not introduce any evidence in their civil suit relating to Terry Reed's missions with the FBI, the CIA, former Gov. Bill Clinton, the late international drug dealer Barry Seal or Dan Lasater, a Clinton associate convicted on drug charges, since he claimed that their evidence "was based on conjecture, speculation and coincidence" and not on "a factual foundation." | ||
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Revision as of 11:53, 15 February 2016
 Terry Reed  (soldier, spook, pilot, businessman, whistleblower, filmmaker) | |
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| Spouse | Janis Kerr Read |
| Member of | Task Force Alpha |
Terry Read is/was a former-CIA operative who by his own account was used to train Nicaraguan pilots in Iran Contra, then was involved in production of shipping weapons to them, but claimed originally not to have known about the trafficking of cocaine back to USA.
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Career
He fought for eight years in the Vietnam War,[1] and was chosen as a member of Task Force Alpha, which he described as "the deniable link between authorized military operations and the unauthorized activities of the Central Intelligence Agency". He set up and ran a machine tools front company in USA, then in Mexico for the CIA, connected to production of weapons without serial numbers for distribution to the Contras in Nicaragua.
Iran-Contra
Oliver North, under the alias of recruited him in 1982 - when North was at the White House - to raise money and secure airplanes for the Nicaraguan Contras. Eventually, Reed trained Nicaraguan pilots at a rural airstrip at Nella, Ark.[1]
Drug trafficking
When he discovered that his warehouse was being used for the transshipment of tonnes of cocaine to Mena, Arkansas, he decided to quit.
Life as a fugitive
In The Mena Connection he tells how he and his wife then spent about 6 months on the run after his handlers accused him of drug trafficking and claimed that he and his wife were both armed and dangerous. Later they spent 2.5 years going through the US justice system before both being found innocent.
Whistleblowing
Terry Read co-authored the 1994 Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA with John Cummings, which Mark Gorton references,[2] and in 1995 he created the 2 hour 15 minute film.The Mena Connection[3]
Lawsuit
In 1996 he and his wife, Janis Kerr Read brought a lawsuit against Raymond Young, Tommy L. Baker, Donald Sanders & other unknown parties in connection with the Read's persecution by the US justice system. He withdrew it after U.S. District Judge George Howard Jr. of Arkansas ruled that the Reeds could not introduce any evidence in their civil suit relating to Terry Reed's missions with the FBI, the CIA, former Gov. Bill Clinton, the late international drug dealer Barry Seal or Dan Lasater, a Clinton associate convicted on drug charges, since he claimed that their evidence "was based on conjecture, speculation and coincidence" and not on "a factual foundation."
