CIA. Hitz Report on Contras and Cocaine. Volume II. 1998-04-27
Central Intelligence Agency. Allegations of Connections Between CIA and the
Contras in Cocaine Trafficking to the United States. 96-0143-IG. Volume II:
The Contra Story. Issued on 1998-04-27 as a classified report, and 1998-10
in declassified form. 236 pages. (This page count depends on the printout;
the report itself uses paragraph or item numbers instead. NameBase also
used these, resulting in numbers from 1 to 1148, new numbers for appendices
A to E, and again for graphical reproductions of documents in G1 to G14.)
In August 1996, Gary Webb and the San Jose Mercury News sparked a
frenzy about the CIA's role in 1980s cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles.
After the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, and Washington Post savaged
Webb's story in three-part harmony, the Mercury News caved and Webb was out
of a job. Four so-called "investigations" were launched on the issue of CIA,
contras, and cocaine: two by Congress, one by Justice, and one by the CIA's
then-Inspector General, Frederick Hitz. Two years later, it looked like a
fizzle. Then Volume II of the Hitz report was posted on the web, and quite
unexpectedly, it was full of names. Hitz lacked subpoena power, but he had
a 17-person team dig out old CIA records. This report reviews the record
of CIA message traffic, letters, and documents. There are no stunning
conclusions, merely an overwhelming impression for anyone who reads it:
CIA consistently dropped the ball on this issue, and rarely ran with it to
begin with, except to neutralize external pressure. Their only concern was
the contra war effort, and everything else took a back seat.
- ABRAMOWITZ MORTON I (259, 310, 337, 473, 1081, 1086-91)
- ABRAMS ELLIOTT L (166, 333, 597, 819, 1086, 1091)
- AGUADO MARCOS ANTONIO (239, 273-86, 365, 776, 1034, 1050, 1058, 1095)
- ALPA AIRLINES (228, 287, 295, 364)
- AMADOR CARLOS ALBERTO (436-60, 1033)
- AMERICAN FREEDOM FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION (585)
- ANDREAE CHARLES N III (CHIP) (1100)
- ANDREWS DUANE R (583)
- ARANA GARCIA JOSE ARNOLDO (FRANK) (608-19)
- ARCOS CRESENCIO S (575)
- ARGUELLO GALO BERGMAN (623, 625, 639-42, 650)
- ARONSON BERNARD W (575)
- ATHA PAUL (C3, 5-6, 9-10, 12-3, 15, 20-1)
- ATLAS AVIATION (894-5)
- AVILES SAENZ FRANCISCO (352, 354)
- AVIRGAN TONY (485, 513, A5, E1, 2-9)
- BELL GRIFFIN B (50)
- BERMUDEZ ENRIQUE V (165, 167, 177-8, 182, 537-49, 574-5, 652, 654, 659)
- BERRY STEVEN K (236, 1098)
- BETZNER GARY WAYNE (765-6, 774-5)
- BLANDON DANILO (658)
- BLANDON JOSE I (369)
- BOLANOS JOSE ORLANDO (461-79)
- BOREN DAVID LYLE (D-OK) (474, 1117-8)
- BORGE TOMAS (C2, 4, 6, 9-10, 14-8, 20, 22, 26)
- BRADLEY BILL (D-NJ) (1114, 1140-1)
- BRAUTIGAN FERNANDO (179-80, 191)
- BRUEMMER RUSSELL J (529)
- BUCKMAN ROBERT (242, 261, 582, 957, 1107)
- BUSH GEORGE H.W. (1074, 1081, 1084)
- BUSTILLO JUAN RAFAEL (1055, 1061)
- BUSTILLOS JACINTO (C11)
- CABALLERO ALFREDO (829-32)
- CABEZAS RAMIREZ CARLOS AUGUSTO (678-81, 683-4)
- CALERO ADOLFO (165, 530-6, 816)
- CALERO MARIO JOSE (164, 550-9, 891)
- CALVO CARLOS (349)
- CAMPBELL NORMAN (191)
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- CARDENAL JOSE FRANCISCO (620-3, 630-8)
- CARLTON CACERES FLOYD (770, 829)
- CASEY WILLIAM JOSEPH (25, 57, 64)
- CASTILLO CELERINO III (1026-31, 1047, 1063, 1065)
- CASTRO FRANK (EULALIO FRANCISCO) (429, 431, 434, 759-61, 781, 788, B1, 2-22)
- CASTRO RAUL (BROTHER OF FIDEL) (C19)
- CESAR ALFREDO (251, 327, 334, 399-407, 409, 426)
- CESAR OCTAVIANO (239, 327-39, 407)
- CHAMORRO ADOLFO (POPO) (66, 118, 203, 208, 213, 226, 238, 243-63, 323, 387-8, 1095)
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- CHAMORRO FERNANDO (EL NEGRO) (346-58, 375, 430, 627)
- CHAMORRO ROBERTO (TITO) (213, 264-73)
- CHANES FRANCISCO (PACO) (431, 482, 484, 487-9, B20)
- CHASE GARY (100, 104, 522, 714, 717-8)
- CHRISTIC INSTITUTE (E4, 5, 9)
- CINQUEGRANA A RICK (65, 76, 82-4, 87, 89-91, 99, 105, G14)
- CIVILIAN MILITARY ASSISTANCE (488, A3)
- CLARKE GEORGE W (CIA) (81, 93, 98)
- CLARRIDGE DUANE R (DEWEY) (150, 1125, 1133, C27)
- COALITION FREE WORLD (625)
- COHEN EDMUND (74, 78-80, 86, 92, 97, 101, 103)
- COHEN WILLIAM S (R-ME) (474, 493)
- CORONEL CARLOS (629)
- CORREA FRANK (860-1)
- CORVO RENE (428-35, 512, 762-3, 782, B10, 11-2, 17-8)
- CRESPOU ENRIQUE (314, 316)
- CRUZ ARTURO JOSE (629)
- DAVILA MEMBRENO JOSE (231, 408-22)
- DIACSA COMPANY (801, 829-33)
- DIAZ CARLOS (AMB) (C8, 11)
- DIEGO WYCLIFFE (A4)
- DOHERTY DAVID P (66, 263)
- DONNELLY WILLIAM FRANKLIN (873)
- DORN ALVIN K (527, 797, 957-8)
- DOWNS ALAN (181, 194)
- DUEMLING ROBERT WERNER (802, 804, 864, 890, 1100)
- DUPART LOUIS H (117, 128-9, 237, 422, 492-3, 515, 523, 616, 793, 870, 877, 884, 942, 1100-3)
- DURAN GERARDO (203, 208, 213, 228, 248, 250, 255, 278, 287-311, 321, 446, 498, 776, 1099)
- DYKSTRA JAMES (419-20, 957, 1141-2)
- EL PASO INTELLIGENCE CENTER (854, 1019)
- ESCOBAR GAVIRIA PABLO EMILIO (C18)
- ESPINOZA CASTRO RICARDO ROBERTO (440-1, 443)
- ESPINOZA RODRIGUEZ ALCIDES (177, 179, 192)
- ESQUIVEL ALBERTO (769)
- EVANS MARK (JUSTICE DEPT) (82-3, 89)
- EWART MAX (394, 396-8)
- FAGOTH STEDMAN (184, 584-93, A4)
- FERNANDEZ JOSEPH F (529)
- FERNANDEZ UBALDO (806)
- FIERS ALAN D JR (240-2, 262-3, 285-6, 338-9, 412-22, 434-5, 494, 598, 618-9, 795-8, 804-5, 1108-11)
- FRIGORIFICOS PUNTARENAS COMPANY (480-2, 486, 801, 806-14)
- FRIXONE DONALDO (859, 987-8, 996-1003)
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- GATES ROBERT MICHAEL (30-1, 116-7, 123-4, 141, 259, 310, 378, 940-3, 1068, 1081, 1086, 1090-1, 1137-8)
- GEORGE CLAIR ELROY (30, 116, 852, 938-9, 942)
- GIZA RICHARD M (583, 866, 890)
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- GOMEZ IVAN (PSEUDONYM) (661-728)
- GOMEZ JULIO (611-2)
- GOMEZ MARTIN ALBERTO (987-8, 1008-11)
- GOMEZ MARTIN HORATIO (987, 1004-7)
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- GRASHEIM WALLY (1030)
- GREGORY HAYDEN (995)
- GRIES DAVID D (796, 957, 1106-7)
- GUERRA MANUEL ENRIQUE (PILLIQUE) (302)
- HAAS JOSEPH (VORTEX) (859, 987-95)
- HALL KEITH R (957)
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- HEALY MARTA (332)
- HELGERSON JOHN L (1092, 1113, 1122, 1143-7)
- HERMAN HERNANDEZ ROGER (594-602)
- HERREROS ALBERTO PRADO (839, 854, 858-9)
- HERREROS STEPHEN (987-8, 1019-21)
- HIDALGO GERARDO (361, 363)
- HODGSON JENELEE (393-8)
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- HOLMES SVEN (474, 957-8, 1069, 1092, 1143-4)
- HONDU CARIB COMPANY (801, 891-904)
- HONEY MARTHA (485, 513, 685, E1, 2-9)
- HOOCKER COE EDWIN (179-81, 193-4)
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- HUDSON EMERY (191)
- HULL JOHN FLOYD (275, 482, 508, 513, 756-99, 1100, 1103, 1112, A4, E4)
- HYDE ALAN (MARISCOS HYBUR COMPANY) (913-61)
- HYDE SHIPPING (919)
- IBARRA PASOS JAIME (PACHELLI) (320)
- INTER-AMERICAN DEFENSE COLLEGE (537)
- INTERNATIONAL CENTER DEVELOPMENT POLICY (A11, 17-8)
- JAMESON W GEORGE (936-7, 1100)
- JEREZ ALVARO (409)
- KAPASAR RANDY (1031, 1063)
- KERR RICHARD J (C26)
- KERRY JOHN FORBES (D-MA) (434-5, 486, 764, 770, 799-800, 1101, 1117-22, 1144)
- KOZAK MICHAEL G (575)
- LATIMER THOMAS K (956, 1099)
- LAU RICARDO (EL CHINO) (177-80)
- LAWTON MARY C (83)
- LEHDER RIVAS CARLOS ENRIQUE (B19, C18)
- LETONA MAURICIO (859, 987, 1016-8)
- LETT JOHN (858)
- LUGAR RICHARD GREEN (R-IN) (800, 1101)
- MAKOWKA BERNARD (72-3, 79, 85, 89, 91, 95-6, 101-2)
- MANGLAPUS RAUL S (A15, 16-8)
- MARISCOS HYBUR COMPANY (913-61)
- MARKAIR INC (909-12)
- MARTINEZ HUGO (1028)
- MARTINEZ GUTIERREZ GERARDO (179-80)
- MARTINEZ SAENZ HAROLD (225, 423-7)
- MATTA BALLESTEROS JUAN RAMON (613, 815, 817, 819-20, 825)
- MAYORGA DAVID (228, 233, 278, 280, 298, 322, 443-4, 526, 810, 830)
- MCCALL RICHARD (CONGRESSIONAL AIDE) (1100)
- MCCAVITT JOHN J (1030, 1047)
- MCMAHON JOHN NORMAN (125, 254, 308, 1093, 1135)
- MENDIETA CHAVES GUILLERMO (177-8)
- MENESES NORWIN (EL PERICO) (282, 353, 355, 652-4, 659)
- MESSICK RICHARD (1100-2)
- MILIAN RODRIGUEZ RAMON (806, 808, 811-2)
- MIRANDA JAIME ENRIQUE (282)
- MONTEALEGRE FRANCO (C14)
- MORALES GEORGE (14-5, 38, 208, 212-6, 246-7, 250, 253-4, 269, 278, 328-32, 498, 773, 776, 798, 1084, 1094)
- MOSS FRANK (PILOT) (891-904)
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- MURILLO ESCOBAR ROLANDO (JOSE) (625, 645-6)
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- NICARAGUAN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE OFFICE (556, 559, 802-4, 816, 864)
- NORIEGA MANUEL ANTONIO (361, 366, 370)
- NORTH OLIVER L (816, 829)
- NUNEZ MOISES DAGOBERTO (480-96, 508, 761, 777, 806)
- OCEAN HUNTER COMPANY (480, 482, 486, 489, 520, 526, 528, 801-2, 806-14)
- ONEIL MICHAEL J (237, 582-3, 795, 887-8)
- ORTEGA DANIEL (D1)
- OWEN ROBERT W (324)
- PACHECO CARLOS (383)
- PALMER MICHAEL B (834-90, 988)
- PASTORA EDEN (148, 150, 164, 201, 206, 209, 213, 217-42, 278, 625, 627, 643, 786, 1084, 1094, 1096, 1098)
- PEARLINE DAVID (493, 835, 864, 888, 995)
- PELL CLAIBORNE (D-RI) (1117-22, 1144)
- PENA CABRERA RENATO (625, 651-60)
- PEREIRA LANUZA HORACIO (343, 368, 605, 679-80)
- PEREZ JOSE (SETCO AIR) (612-3, 824)
- PEREZ MANUEL (SETCO AIR) (613, 824)
- PEREZ SALA JUSTINIANO (177-80, 182-5, 188, 195-8)
- PEROU FERNANDO (314, 316)
- PERRY WILLIAM (NSC) (1100)
- PINEL SEBASTIAN (CHATAN) (603-7)
- PORRO RUBIALES MANUEL (177, 180, 183, 186)
- PORTU PEDRO (291)
- POSEY THOMAS VINCENT (431, A4)
- PRADO HERNANDEZ CARLOS (CAROL) (187, 202-3, 231, 278-80, 379-92)
- PRODUCTOS DEL ATLANTICO (480)
- QUEZADA ACUNA GUSTAVO (WAYKIE) (497-507)
- RAMIRO ROGER J (619, 650)
- RANGEL CHARLES B (D-NY) (1106)
- RICHARD MARK M (65, 83-4, 88, 211, G14)
- RIVAS JUAN RAMON (QUICHE) (167, 560-83, 1128-32)
- RIVERA BROOKLYN (312)
- RIVERA AGUIRRE JUAN FRANCISCO (177, 180, 183, 185, 187-8, 197)
- RIZZO JOHN A (CIA LAWYER) (573, 1100, 1128)
- ROBELO ALFONSO (312-9)
- ROBELO JOSE (CHEPON) (319-26, 430)
- RODRIGUEZ CESAR (229, 389)
- RODRIGUEZ FELIX ISMAEL (1027, 1064)
- RODRIGUEZ LUIS (COCAINE TRAFFICKER) (486, 806-8)
- RODRIGUEZ GACHA JOSE GONZALO (C18)
- ROGERS WILLIAM PIERCE (42)
- ROJAS CHINCHILLA CARLOS (E3)
- ROSENBLITH RONALD (1100)
- RUDMAN WARREN B (R-NH) (493)
- SACASA-UROUYO EDUARDO JOSE (625, 644)
- SALINAS PASOS MARCO (C8, 11)
- SALOMON DORIS (683)
- SANCHEZ HERDOCIA TROILO (679)
- SARCOVIK SERGIO (298, 444)
- SAVALA JUAN (627, 647-9)
- SCHOOL AMERICAS (537)
- SCHROEDER JERRY (83)
- SETCO AIR (613, 801, 815-28)
- SHEEHAN DANIEL P (E5, 7-8)
- SILVA IRVING (987-8, 1012-5)
- SILVER DANIEL B (78)
- SMITH BETTY ANN (215)
- SMITH WILLIAM FRENCH (25, 57-64, 108, G2)
- SNIDER L BRITT (957)
- SOGHANALIAN SARKIS G (201, 381)
- SOTO CARLOS (806, 808)
- SOUTHERN AIR TRANSPORT (905-8)
- SPADAFORA HUGO (366-7, 370, 762)
- SPORKIN STANLEY (103, 211)
- STEIN JOHN HENRY (126, 1133)
- STILL RICHARD B (1148)
- STOLZ RICHARD FAURS JR (572-3, 842-3, 923, 949-52, 1139, 1146)
- STRUVE GUY MILLER (263)
- SUAREZ GOMEZ ROBERTO (316, 695)
- SUAREZ LEVY ROBERTO (316, D2)
- TALAVERA JOSE RENE (C8)
- TAMBS LEWIS ARTHUR (428, B20)
- TENET GEORGE J (417, 1140)
- TERRELL JACK REYNOLDS (431, 487, 762-3, 782, 789-91, A1, 2-19)
- THORNBURGH RICHARD L (43)
- TROTT STEPHEN S (263)
- UNIVERSAL AIR LEASING (834-890, 987-1021)
- VAUGHAN FEDERICO (1125, C2, 5-6, 9, 12, 22, 26)
- VELEZ GUSTAVO (798)
- VELIZ CRUZ REYNER (281, 1034, 1050)
- VESCO ROBERT LEE (C3, 4, 19, 22)
- VIDAL FELIPE (508-29)
- VIKES CARLOS (298)
- VILLAGRA GUTIERREZ HUGO (177, 180, 183, 185, 188-90)
- VILLALOBO MANUEL (177)
- VIQUES CARLOS (446)
- VORTEX CORPORATION (801, 805, 834-90, 987-1021)
- WALKER WILLIAM GRAHAM (1100)
- WALSH LAWRENCE EDWARD (492, 494, 529)
- WARNER JOHN S SR (43)
- WATSON TEOFILO (770)
- WEBSTER WILLIAM HEDGCOCK (799, 1112)
- WELD WILLIAM F (66)
- WILSON PETE (R-CA) (1115)
- WINER JONATHAN M (1100)
- ZARCOVICH JORGE (446-7, 459)
- ZARCOVICH SERGIO (446-7, 459)
- ZAVALA JULIO (352, 354, 649)
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