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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 10:41 AM
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CUNNINGHAM SCANDAL FIGURE LINKED TO IRAN CONTRA COCAINE TRAFFICKING
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CUNNINGHAM SCANDAL FIGURE LINKED
TO IRAN CONTRA COCAINE TRAFFICKING



*World Exclusive*
Dec 6 2005--Venice,FL.
by Daniel Hopsicker


San Diego businessman Brent Wilkes, a key figure in the Randy “Duke” Cunningham bribery scandal—as well as the Justice Department investigation of Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff—worked in Honduras during the 1980’s for a company accused by federal prosecutors of deep involvement in cocaine trafficking.

Over the weekend the San Diego Union-Tribune, Cunningham’s hometown paper, reported that Brent Wilkes has a two decade long history of close links with the CIA.

The company which provided Wilkes his initial entree into the world of lucrative government defense contracts, said the paper, was World Finance Corp.

World Finance Corp., the MadCowMorningNews has learned, achieved notoriety during the Iran Contra Scandal for highly questionable activities in Honduras.

"It was drugs, it was money-laundering, it was everything," South Florida detective James Rider told Robert Parry of The Consortium at the time. "I know the CIA was in there somewhere."
"Police

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http://www.madcowprod.com/
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 10:44 AM
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1. From corrupt republicans to corrupt republicans...
Wilkes career bridges the endpoints of the modern conservative movement.
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hang a left Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 07:08 PM
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2. Can't believe noone wants to read this???
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Quakerfriend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 07:27 PM
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3. My thoughts exactly!
We need to keep this KICKED!:kick:
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laylah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Dec-07-05 08:02 PM
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4. I "like" the sound of this;
however, how credible is this source?

Jenn
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