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By March of 1986, the CIA had already decided to begin extricating itself from Bill Clinton's Arkansas and move the operation to [[Mexico]] largely based upon two factors (1) the bust of Clinton's brother Roger and others close to Clinton on cocaine charges, and (2) the looting of cash, which was the government's property, by the Clinton's Arkansas political machine. A general air of sloppiness and corruption pervaded the Clinton end of the operation.

By March of 1986, the CIA had already decided to begin extricating itself from Bill Clinton's Arkansas and move the operation to [[Mexico]] largely based upon two factors (1) the bust of Clinton's brother Roger and others close to Clinton on cocaine charges, and (2) the looting of cash, which was the government's property, by the Clinton's Arkansas political machine. A general air of sloppiness and corruption pervaded the Clinton end of the operation.

A few weeks after Barry Seal a meeting was held in a bunker at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock. The participants were Bill Clinton, Clinton's aide Bob Nash, Terry Reed, Felix Rodriguez, Oliver North, resident CIA agent Akihide Sawahata and an unidentified man in charge (possibly [[Robert Gates]] or William Barr) who represented himself as the emissary of CIA Director Bill Casey.

A few weeks after Barry Seal a meeting was held in a bunker at Camp Robinson in North Little Rock. The participants were Bill Clinton, Clinton's aide Bob Nash, Terry Reed, Felix Rodriguez, Oliver North, resident CIA agent Akihide Sawahata and an unidentified man in charge (possibly [[Robert Gates]] or William Barr) who represented himself as the emissary of CIA Director Bill Casey.  

Casey's emisary spoke directly to Clinton,  

Casey's emisary spoke directly to Clinton,  

Ths total lack of security and intelligence professionalism was why the CIA wanted out of Arkansas. The final loose end that needed to be tied up was the investigation of Bill Clinton's half-brother, Roger and his friends.

Ths total lack of security and intelligence professionalism was why the CIA wanted out of Arkansas. The final loose end that needed to be tied up was the investigation of Bill Clinton's half-brother, Roger and his friends.

{{Cquote|We are all in this together and let's not forget that the vice-president and Mr. Casey want this operation to be a success. Mr. Seal carried with him a falsely created, high-level profile of a drug runner. All of the cops in the country were investigating a drug operation. They put the police into a position where we could control them. We fed them what we wanted to feed them, when we wanted to feed them. Seal was a diversion. It was perfect until your brother started free enterprising and now we have to shut it down.}}

{{Cquote|We are all in this together and let's not forget that the vice-president and Mr. Casey want this operation to be a success. Mr. Seal carried with him a falsely created, high-level profile of a drug runner. All of the cops in the country were investigating a drug operation. They put the police into a position where we could control them. We fed them what we wanted to feed them, when we wanted to feed them. Seal was a diversion. It was perfect until your brother started free enterprising and now we have to shut it down.}}

It was the arrests of Roger Clinton and Dan Lasater - not the Hasenfus shoot-down months later - that threatened to expose the operation and prompted the CIA to shut it down.  

It was the arrests of Roger Clinton and Dan Lasater - not the Hasenfus shoot-down months later - that threatened to expose the operation and prompted the CIA to shut it down. Casey's emissary said of the money investigation,  

 

Casey's emissary said of the money investigation,  

{{Cquote|Mr. Meese is intervening right now and there will be no money investigation. The United States Attorney's Office in Little Rock is 'getting religion' as we speak.}}

{{Cquote|Mr. Meese is intervening right now and there will be no money investigation. The United States Attorney's Office in Little Rock is 'getting religion' as we speak.}}

Gov. Clinton's reputation as a cad did not go unnoticed by the CIA. The emissary ended the meeting with words of encouragement.

Gov. Clinton's reputation as a cad did not go unnoticed by the CIA. The emissary ended the meeting with words of encouragement.