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Leveritt also reported that Jack Blum, an investigator for John Kerry's subcommittee probing the Contra drug-smugglers, said that "The Justice Department flipped out to prevent us from getting access to people, records-anything that would help us find out about it." Blum also says the FBI denied the very existence of records relating to Mena. Blum said he uncovered a  

Leveritt also reported that Jack Blum, an investigator for John Kerry's subcommittee probing the Contra drug-smugglers, said that "The Justice Department flipped out to prevent us from getting access to people, records-anything that would help us find out about it." Blum also says the FBI denied the very existence of records relating to Mena. Blum said he uncovered a  

procedure which was particularly troubling because people would call the customs office in Miami and say, "Stand down, flights are going out, flights are coming in", and then the customs inspections would be stopped. Blum also said that officials at the [[Justice Department]] told US Attorneys "not to talk to us or give us paper." In November 1996, a CIA inspector general's report was declassified which admitted that the CIA had been at Mena for routine aviation related services, that L.D. Brown, an Arkansas State policeman assigned to security at the  

procedure which was particularly troubling because people would call the customs office in Miami and say, "Stand down, flights are going out, flights are coming in", and then the customs inspections would be stopped. Blum also said that officials at the [[Justice Department]] told US Attorneys "not to talk to us or give us paper." In November 1996, a CIA inspector general's report was declassified which admitted that the CIA had been at Mena for routine aviation related services, that L.D. Brown, an Arkansas State policeman assigned to security at the  

Arkansas' governor mansion and his driver, had been a candidate for CIA employment in 1994 at the suggestion of Bill Clinton and the CIA had limited contact with Seal and installed cameras on his plane.

Arkansas' governor mansion and his driver, had been a candidate for CIA employment in 1984 at the suggestion of Bill Clinton and the CIA had limited contact with Seal and installed cameras on his plane.

Brown noticed an ad in the paper for CIA employment and discussed it with Bill Clinton who encouraged him to apply. Bill Clinton even suggested the topic of the essay he was to write, drug smuggling in Central America, and edited the essay for him. An individual at the CIA headquarters in [[Dallas]] interviewed him and told him that he would be getting a phone call from someone he needed to meet and that phone call was from Barry Seal who invited him to come to Mena. Seal invited him to take an airplane flight on a C-123 in 1984 which he did and on  

Brown noticed an ad in the paper for CIA employment and discussed it with Bill Clinton who encouraged him to apply. Bill Clinton even suggested the topic of the essay he was to write, drug smuggling in Central America, and edited the essay for him. An individual at the CIA headquarters in [[Dallas]] interviewed Brown and told him that he would be getting a phone call from someone he needed to meet and that phone call was from Barry Seal who invited him to come to Mena. Seal invited him to take an airplane flight on a C-123 in 1984 which he did and on  

this flight, some [[Hispanic]]s threw some containers out of the plane and at the end of the  

this flight, some [[Hispanic]]s threw some containers out of the plane and at the end of the  

flight they loaded duffel bags and flew them back to Mena. Seal showed Brown that there was cocaine in the duffel bag.  

flight they loaded duffel bags and flew them back to Mena. Seal showed Brown that there was cocaine in the duffel bag.