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When asked about it in 1991, Governor [[Bill Clinton]] said he had authorized financial help for a grand jury investigation. He said his office dropped off the entire investigative file to a congressional committee. Charles Black, the Polk County prosecutor, publicly disputed the Clinton's recollection regarding an offer of financial help. Black said he asked for financial help, but the Clinton's office never followed up on the offer.

When asked about it in 1991, Governor [[Bill Clinton]] said he had authorized financial help for a grand jury investigation. He said his office dropped off the entire investigative file to a congressional committee. Charles Black, the Polk County prosecutor, publicly disputed the Clinton's recollection regarding an offer of financial help. Black said he asked for financial help, but the Clinton's office never followed up on the offer.

''The Clinton Chronicles'',<ref>https://youtu.be/vKdPaQnZ1DA </ref> documented the Mena airport as the command post of the biggest drug-smuggling operation in the [[United States]] importing $100 million per month in cocaine into Mena. It alleged that much of that money had been laundered through the Arkansas Deve!opment Finance Authority (ADFA), a bonding agency that Bill Clinton created to help small businesses get started. The video and Mara Leveritt's 1999 book, ''The Boys on the Tracks'' discussed that Bill Clinton's half-brother, Roger Clinton, and his bond dealer friend Dan Lasater had gone to prison for cocaine. Richard Garrett had stated on ''Unsolved Mysteries'', a television program which taped informational segments regarding the boys' deaths beginning in 1988, that Saline County and Central Arkansas were overrun with drug-trafficking at a high level that extended to other states and other counties.

''The Clinton Chronicles'',<ref>https://youtu.be/vKdPaQnZ1DA </ref> documented the Mena airport as the command post of the biggest drug-smuggling operation in the [[United States]] importing $100 million per month in cocaine into Mena. It alleged that much of that money had been laundered through the Arkansas Deve!opment Finance Authority (ADFA), a bonding agency that Bill Clinton created to help small businesses get started. The video and Mara Leveritt's 1999 book, ''The Boys on the Tracks'' discussed that Bill Clinton's half-brother, Roger Clinton, and his bond dealer friend Dan Lasater had gone to prison for cocaine. Richard Garrett had stated on ''Unsolved Mysteries'', a television program which taped informational segments regarding the boys' deaths beginning in 1988,<ref>http://unsolved.com/archives/don-henry-kevin-ives </ref> that Saline County and Central Arkansas were overrun with drug-trafficking at a high level that extended to other states and other counties.

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  

In September 1995, agent William Temple of the FBI office in Little Rock told Linda Ives and her husband that it might be time for her to consider that a crime was not committed although the FBI had been working for two years on the case through its agent, Phyllis Coman.

In September 1995, agent William Temple of the FBI office in Little Rock told Linda Ives and her husband that it might be time for her to consider that a crime was not committed although the FBI had been working for two years on the case through its agent, Phyllis Coman.

In March 1996, the documentary, ''Obstruction of Justice'',<ref>https://youtu.be/965M_9BCYsw </ref> was released about the investigation into the murders and Dan Harmon's activities. John Brown, a former Saline county detective on the video, made the link between drug corruption in Saline County and drug corruption at Mena which began when Russell Welch, the Arkansas State police investigator in Mena, gave him a statement made by a confidential informant in federal prison which said the boys were killed because of the drug activity they had discovered and it was connected to the drug enterprise headquartered at Mena. The video explained what was known about Barry Seal and his use of airplanes to distribute cocaine. Brown told of reports he had found in the Saline County Sheriffs office dating back to 1987 and 1988 ofresidents living there where the boys' bodies were found complaining of planes flying over the tracks at 100 feet above ground level with their lights out.

In March 1996, the documentary, ''Obstruction of Justice'',<ref>https://youtu.be/965M_9BCYsw </ref> was released about the investigation into the murders and Dan Harmon's activities. John Brown, a former Saline county detective on the video, made the link between drug corruption in Saline County and drug corruption at Mena which began when Russell Welch, the Arkansas State police investigator in Mena, gave him a statement made by a confidential informant in federal prison which said the boys were killed because of the drug activity they had discovered and it was connected to the drug enterprise headquartered at Mena. The video explained what was known about Barry Seal and his use of airplanes to distribute cocaine. Brown told of reports he had found in the Saline County Sheriffs office dating back to 1987 and 1988 of residents living there where the boys' bodies were found complaining of planes flying over the tracks at 100 feet above ground level with their lights out.

   

   

In November 1996, Linda Ives, Kevin Ives mother, got a call from Philip Weiss who told her  

In November 1996, Linda Ives, Kevin Ives mother, got a call from Philip Weiss who told her