Reddit reviews Barry & 'the Boys' : The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History
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Yes. Here is the Amazon link (which only shows bookdealers). It's a Daniel Hopsicker book. Judging by the average asking prices this book would seem to be in high demand, yet it's relatively recent (2001). Add to this the many "must-read" recommendations I have read on various JFK/Deep State type forums, this sounds like a book no one should miss. [It even has a deliberate missing chapter...which apparently the author was forced to pull.]
Please DM me about this if it's easier! Thanks a lot!
Edit: Plus, just read the Amazon reviews (written when the book was in print). It is difficult not to see as peculiar that this book does not even have a limited low-volume annual printing...
Philip Zelikow:
I don't know who smuggled more. By the federal government's own estimate, Seal imported drugs at a street value of between $3 billion and $5 billion.
Seal and Jung were both entrepreneurs and smugglers for the Medellin organization. The difference is while Jung was just a drug smuggler, Seal was involved in secret government operations and business.
Jung dropped out of college; was kicked out of the military for selling weed; and had only 30 hours flight time when he started smuggling.
Seal was Army Special Forces; the youngest ever 707 pilot; youngest 747 pilot; thousands of hours flight time; life time CIA agent; Operation 40 assassination squad; Bay of Pigs; flew kill teams and explosives in and out of Cuba; served with Lee Harvey Oswald in Civil Air Patrol; involvement in Watergate; Kennedy assassination; delivered arms/money to Contras, Oliver North, etc
One time, GW and Jeb Bush were tricked by Seal into being caught on a hidden camera unloading cocaine from one of Seal's planes.
Seal took photos of Escobar and Ochoa when the CIA didn't even have a clue what they looked like. President Ronald Reagan showed these photos on television. The Washington Times runs a story which details "DEA informant Barry Seal's successful infiltration into the Medellin cartel's operations in Panama." The story was leaked by Oliver North show the Nicaraguan Sandanistas' involvement in the drug trade. Ten days later, Carlos Lehder, Pablo Escobar, Jorge Ochoa and Jose Gonzalo Rodriguez Gacha are indicted by a Miami federal grand jury based on evidence obtained by Seal. In February 1986, Seal is assassinated in Baton Rouge by gunmen hired by the cartel.
source: http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/cron/#ixzz1e3krcQvW
Info on Pablo Escobar and the Cartel: http://www.gather.com/viewArticle.action?articleId=281474976958270
Barry & 'the Boys' : The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History
http://www.amazon.com/Barry-Boys-Americas-Secret-History/dp/0970659105
Seal purchased surplus minesweeper and "carried out a CIA operation to detect nuclear devices in Nicaragua from his airplane".
After Seal's assassination, his C-123K Fairchild was shot down over Nicaragua with Eugene Hasenfus on board.
source: http://www.idfiles.com/mine-sweeper.htm
photo of plane: http://www.costaverde.com/pgallery/el_avion_3_peq.jpg
Eugene Hasenfus started the Iran/Contra ball rolling when in Oct. 1986, a C-123 cargo plane was shot down over the jungles of Nicaragua. The only survivor was Eugene Hasenfus who, when asked by his captures who he worked for, stated "GEORGE BUSH".
source: http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x1102167
Barry & 'the Boys' : The CIA, the Mob and America's Secret History
http://www.amazon.com/Barry-Boys-Americas-Secret-History/dp/0970659105
I just sold a book for $100 that I paid a buck for. I love days like that. http://www.amazon.com/Barry-Boys-Americas-Secret-History/dp/0970659105