Grayston Lynch
 Grayston Lynch     (Spook) | |
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| Born | 1923/06/14 Victoria, Texas |
| Died | 2008/08/10 (Age 85) Tampa, Florida |
| Nationality | American |
Grayston Lynch was a top CIA operative during the 1960's and until 1971 when he joined BNDD. | |
Grayston 1971 and beyond.
Much has been documented about Grayston with his CIA/Bay of Pigs involvement but little has been shared about his activities after 1971. During that year Grayston left CIA and went to work for the Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (BNDD Later named DEA). While working there Grayston noticed that many of the people he was finding who were actively smuggling were current or former CIA operatives. Some speculate that Grayston transferred to BNDD because the CIA was under heavy scrutiny and the most secret CIA operations needed to be carried out under other guises.
BUNCIN (Bureau of Narcotics Covert Intelligence Network)
The CIA and BNDD became joined at the hip with the formation of BUNCIN in December of 1972. Lucien Conien hired Grayston into BUNCIN and Bob Medell requisitioned Grayston Lynch to work directly with him. Lynch's primary task was to identify offshore suppliers of narcotics. Grayston had been running secret CIA operations in Cuba and South America for many years and knew the people and areas well. Speculation still exists whether this was Grayston's "cover" and more dubious activities were really being employed. With the advent of Watergate the CIA had to find new financing and more clandestine methods of carrying out operations as the CIA was under a microscope because of the Watergate break-in on June 17, 1972. The Narcotics "cover" was a great way to support dirty CIA operations carried out by BUNCIN that CIA could no longer undertake because of the unwanted Watergate scrutiny. BUNCIN became the "wild west" of CIA directed dirty special operations activities.
