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The Mena Scandal
The Mena Scandal
An archive of the Washington Weekly. Note: this page contains links to Washington Weekly
stories about the Mena scandal. A subscription is required to read these
stories.
Historial Background
When a C-123 military cargo plane crashed in Nicaragua October 5, 1986
with weapons and CIA employees on board, it unraveled what became known
as Iran-Contra. The weapons were supplied by the CIA and destined for
the Nicaraguan Contras. Special prosecutor Lawrence Walch spent 6 years
finding out who in the Reagan administration was involved in the operation.
What few people considered at the the time, however, was that the training
of pilots and loading of weapons took place at the little town of Mena,
Arkansas. Nobody asked what the involvement of the governor of Arkansas
was in this operation. Today, the governor is President of the United
States, and people have started asking what involvement, if any, Bill Clinton
had in the Iran Contra operation.
- July 25 1994 Arkansas Crime Inc. (Editorial)
- Sep 07 1994 Clinton Linked to Iran-Contra (Editorial)
- Sep 12 1994 Clinton Used Police Against Opponents (Editorial)
- Oct 10 1994 Clinton denies knowledge of Iran-Contra operation in Arkansas (Editorial)
- Oct 10 1994 Excerpt from Clinton Press Conference Oct. 7
- Oct 17 1994 Clinton's Link to Iran-Contra Documented (Editorial)
Money Laundering and Drug Trafficking
People have come forward and alleged that Clinton had made
a deal with the CIA. Clinton laundered CIA money through his Arkansas Development
Finance Authority, and took a 10% cut on all proceeds.
Even worse, a number of people have testified under oath that
the airplanes returned to the U.S. with cocaine, most of which was unloaded
at Mena, Arkansas for shipment to larger U.S. cities.
- Feb 06 1995 Detailed Documentation Backs Claims of Mena Affair
The Cover-Up
How could this go on for years without detection? Why wasn't this investigated
by Walch, by Arkansas State Police, by the Arkansas Attorney General, by
Congress or by the news media? There is mounting evidence of one of the
largest cover-ups in U.S. history:
- Oct 23 1994 The Mena Coverup (Editorial)
- Oct 31 1994 Anatomy of a Press Conspiracy (Editorial)
- Dec 12 1994 Another Washington Weekly Prediction Comes True (Editorial)
- The Mena Story
- Jan 09 1995 Investigation of the Mena Affair (Editorial)
- Feb 06 1995 Washington Post Accused of Grand Scale Political Cover-Up (Editorial)
- Feb 20 1995 Interview with Arkansas Judge Jim Johnson
- Former Arkansas
Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson reveals government efforts to
block investigations of the Mena affair and investigations of
Clinton's fraudulent Whitewater loans, and explains how business
interests, news media, politicians, and courts in Arkansas manage
to block the truth from coming out.
- May 15 1995 Interview with Terry Reed
- Reed describes how CNN concocted an interview with him.
- Jun 05 1995 The Story that was Suppressed by the Washington Post
Terry Reed's Lawsuit
Terry Reed was a pilot and a subcontractor working for the CIA Iran-Contra
operation. When he discovered that drugs were shipped to the U.S., he left
the operation in disgust. He soon found himself and his family the target
of a lawsuit claiming insurance fraud. The Reed family was cleared of
the allegations in federal court in Wichita, Kansas. Shortly thereafter,
the Reed family filed a civil suit against those who had brought the wrongful
suit against them. Two employees of Bill Clinton, Buddy Young and
Tommy Baker were charged with fabrication of evidence and other civil
rights violations:
- Jan 16 1995 The Federal Court Case Against Clinton's Former Security Chief (Editorial)
- Feb 27 1995 The Most Criminal and Corrupt Administration in History (Editorial)
- A list of alleged crimes and ethics violations.
Harrassment and Intimidation
After years of stalling, the lawsuit by the Reed family finally started
rolling early this year. Depositions have been taken from a
number of people and they
have all told the same story under oath. They also revealed that two U.S.
senators tried to block an IRS investigation of money laundering at Mena.
Unfortunately, these witnesses have suffered harrassment and intimidation
because of their explosive testimony:
- Mar 20 1995 MENA TRIAL IMPLICATES SENATORS, CLINTON APPOINTEE
- Apr 10 1995 Update on The Expanding Probe of The Mena Scandal
- Allegations of U.S. Senators Blocking the Mena Investigation
- Witness in Mena Trial Dead
- Trooper Says Clinton Was Told About Mena
- Mena Investigator Transferred
- Apr 24 1995 Witnesses in Mena Suit Suffer Harassment and Intimidation
- May 15 1995 Interview with Terry Reed
- Reed's Mena lawsuit is moving closer and closer to
Bill Clinton - at the peril of those called to testify.
Reed also describes how CNN concocted an interview with him.
Starr is Asking Questions About Mena
Now it appears that Whitewater prosecutor Kenneth Starr has followed
the thread from Whitewater to Mena, and started asking questions about
Clinton's involvement in the Mena operation:
- Apr 10 1995 Update on The Expanding Probe of The Mena Scandal
- Starr Asking Questions About Clinton's Links to Mena
- Apr 17 1995 Whitewater Update
- Starr investigating scam loans at ADFA
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