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Conspiracy Nation -- Vol. 1 Num. 17
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("Quid coniuratio est?")
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MENA -- ONE MORE TIME
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by Brian Francis Redman, Editor-in-chief, Conspiracy Nation
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Copyright (c) 1994 -- All rights reserved
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I am grateful to one of the readers of "Conspiracy Nation" (CN)
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for sending me some clippings from the *Wall Street Journal*
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regarding the Mena, Arkansas matter.
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Let me begin by saying that I am not a "fundamentalist," don't
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belong to the "religious right," and in fact have not seen the
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inside of a church for *years*. I have also *never* voted for a
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Republican and have actually *always* voted Democratic, except
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for the last election when I voted for Perot. So I have voted for
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McGovern, Carter, Mondale, Dukakis and should not be considered a
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right wing reactionary or whatever.
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So this is by way of a preface. I have nothing against Clinton,
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except that he is an asshole.
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I know we have all heard about Mena, Arkansas and the activities
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that were supposed to have gone on down there. (That is, unless
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you get your news from the television or from most newspapers, in
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which case you probably haven't heard a thing about it.) But
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let's just review the situation. Again, I am not part of a
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Republican plot against Clinton; I am not part of a Christian
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Fundamentalist plot against Clinton. Also, LaRouchies please
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note: I am not a British agent. I am just the everyday editor of
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a great metropolitan conspiracy column, trying to figure out what
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the hell is going on.
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So to summarize, we have:
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1) During the 1980s, a small airport outside of Mena, Arkansas
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was used by the CIA to illegally smuggle arms to the Contras down
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in Nicaragua. Nicaragua, for you sports fans, is a country in
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Central America. {1}.
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2) After delivering weapons to the Contras, many of the pilots
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allegedly smuggled cocaine back into the U.S., back to Mena.
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According to Edward Jay Epstein, writing in the *Wall Street
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Journal*, "This led to the Mena complex being investigated in
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1984 by the Arkansas State Police." {2}. But, obviously, *for
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some reason*, the investigation never reached full term.
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3) A lot of money was flowing into Arkansas as a result of these
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activities. This money was laundered through local businesses and
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Arkansas banks. "This, in turn, led to an Internal Revenue
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Service investigation of the companies involved." {3}.
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4) Guess who was the Governor of Arkansas while all this was
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going on? Why shucks! None other than that "young man in a
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hurry," Beeeel Cleeeenton.
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What's that you say? "Why Brian, this is the first I've heard
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about this!" Don't feel bad. Most Americans who rely on
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television for their news are probably equally uninformed. "The
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original report on Whitewater by Jeff Gerth of the New York Times
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was ignored for many months. The Mena story probably will suffer
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the same fate..." write Bill Plante and Michael Singer of CBS.
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{4}.
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At this point, I can't help but wonder: Why aren't we hearing
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more about this story? It's quite a shocker, the government
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selling cocaine to American school children to finance an illegal
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operation in Central America -- and with Beeeel Cleeeenton and
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Heeeely Cleeeenton in the vicinity. Did they know what was going
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on?
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Did they know what was going on? Well Larry Nichols, longtime
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associate of the Clintons and then-employee of the Arkansas
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Development Finance Authority says that *Mr.* Slime, at least,
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knew what was going on: "Bill Clinton was involved with people
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who gave cocaine away to young girls. Bill Clinton was involved
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with people who were laundering drug money." {5}.
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Did Bill Clinton allow the CIA to use his state as a "banana
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republic" in return for a portion of the money from cocaine
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smuggling and money laundering? Here are the ABC's: (A) A *lot*
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of money was coming into Arkansas as a result of this CIA
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operation; (B) It is alleged by several persons involved with the
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operation that Bill Clinton made sure that Arkansas law
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enforcement personnel "looked the other way"; (C) So one hand
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washes the other -- Arkansas, Arkansas bankers, and Arkansas
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businessmen get large cash infusions during the 1980s and in
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return, Clinton's troopers, etc. don't get too nosy about what
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all those planes are doing at Mena late at night.
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As Bill Duncan, a former IRS investigator, put it: Yes,
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corruption is involved. Yes, a cover-up has taken place. {6}.
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So maybe you think Clinton is innocent. But the real question is,
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why isn't there a real investigation going on? Even more than
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that, why are so many Americans uninformed about these shocking,
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plausible and corroborated charges? It is alleged by many
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knowledgable persons, *including former insiders*, that Bill
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Clinton permitted and benefited from the smuggling of *millions
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of dollars worth* of cocaine into the United States. That is
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quite a story. Why haven't we heard about it?
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--------------------------<< Notes >>----------------------------
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{1} "On the Mena Trail" by Edward Jay Epstein. *Wall Street
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Journal*. Sorry, date and page unavailable.
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{2} Ibid.
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{3} Ibid.
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{4} "Still a Strong Scent on the Mena Trail," by Bill Plante and
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Michael Singer, CBS News. *Wall Street Journal*, Letters to the
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Editor. Sorry, date and page unavailable.
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{5} "The Truth Will Set Us Free," by Larry Nichols. *For The
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People News Reporter*, May 30, 1994, p. 13.
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{6} "Mena Airport: Arkansas' Contra Connection?" *700 Club* Fact
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Sheet.
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Aperi os tuum muto, et causis omnium filiorum qui pertranseunt.
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Aperi os tuum, decerne quod justum est, et judica inopem et
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pauperem. -- Liber Proverbiorum XXXI: 8-9
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