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==The fair-haired boy==

==The fair-haired boy==

By March 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 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 the assassination of 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 [[William Barr]]<ref>Barr served at the time as Chief Counsel for the CIA airline Southern Air Transport, later as [[Attorney General]] under [[George HW Bush]].</ref> who represented himself as the emissary of CIA Director Bill Casey.  

A few weeks after the assassination of 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 [[William Barr]]<ref>Barr served at the time as Chief Counsel for the CIA airline Southern Air Transport, later as [[Attorney General]] under [[George HW Bush]].</ref> who represented himself as the emissary of CIA Director [[Bill Casey]].  

Barr spoke directly to Clinton,  

Barr spoke directly to Clinton,  

Barr stated intelligence agencies have the same problem drug traffickers have, laundering cash and finding a bank willing to break the law by not filing required documentation. The bond business gave the state a cash flow that would allow dirty and clean money to co-mingle. The CIA was lacking a dirty banker willing to ignore federal banking laws, but they found it in Governor Clinton's administration. The banker was the [[Arkansas Development Finance Authority]] (ADFA), which was created by and directly under the control of Governor Bill Clinton. Additionally, the ADFA paid more than $100,000 in legal fees to the [[Rose Law Firm]], in which his wife [[Hillary Clinton]] was partner.

Barr stated intelligence agencies have the same problem drug traffickers have, laundering cash and finding a bank willing to break the law by not filing required documentation. The bond business gave the state a cash flow that would allow dirty and clean money to co-mingle. The CIA was lacking a dirty banker willing to ignore federal banking laws, but they found it in Governor Clinton's administration. The banker was the [[Arkansas Development Finance Authority]] (ADFA), which was created by and directly under the control of Governor Bill Clinton. Additionally, the ADFA paid more than $100,000 in legal fees to the [[Rose Law Firm]], in which his wife [[Hillary Clinton]] was partner.

A state investment bank was [[capital]]ized by cash transfusions the CIA was taking great pains to hide. This solved the dilemma of funding the Contras, but no legal way to deliver it directly. The agency was barred by Congress with the Boland Amendment from converting the cash into weapons and training the Contras.  

A state investment bank was [[capital]]ized by cash transfusions the CIA was taking great pains to hide. This solved the dilemma of funding the [[Contra]]s, but no legal way to deliver it directly. The agency was barred by Congress with the [[Boland Amendment]] from converting the cash into weapons and training the Contras.  

The CIA needed other companies that would be a source of secretly produced weapons which would find their way into the hands of the Contras. Those [[business]]es needed payment to perform these services for the CIA and that cash came to them in an illegal, undetectable manner, through ADFA in the form of industrial development loans.  

The CIA needed other companies that would be a source of secretly produced weapons which would find their way into the hands of the Contras. Those [[business]]es needed payment to perform these services for the CIA and that cash came to them in an illegal, undetectable manner, through ADFA in the form of industrial development loans.  

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 end it. Barr said of the money investigation,  

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 end it. Barr 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|[[Edwin Meese|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. Barr ended the meeting with words of encouragement.

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

{{Cquote|Bill, you are Mr. Casey's fair-haired boy ... You and your state have been our greatest asset. Mr. Casey wanted me to pass on to you that unless you ****up and do something [[stupid]], you're No. 1 on the short list for a shot at the job that you've always wanted. You and guys like you are the fathers of the new [[government]]. We are the new covenant.<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA'', Shapolsky Publishers, 1994</ref>}}

{{Cquote|Bill, you are Mr. Casey's fair-haired boy ... You and your state have been our greatest asset. Mr. Casey wanted me to pass on to you that unless you ****up and do something [[stupid]], you're No. 1 on the short list for a shot at the job that you've always wanted. You and guys like you are the fathers of the new [[government]]. We are the new covenant.<ref>Terry Reed & John Cummings, ''Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA'', Shapolsky Publishers, 1994</ref>}}