Smuggler's End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal

Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal had a brief, but spectacular, career as a cocaine smuggler-turned DEA informant. At the height of his career, he was under investigation by the DEA in Mena, Arkansas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in addition to being under the watchful eye of the FBI. Despite the heat surrounding Seal, he made a drug run to Nicaragua in 1984, where he picked up 1,465 pounds of cocaine and took photos of Sandinista soldiers loading the drugs. Then the Washington Post leaked the story, revealing that Seal was working undercover for the CIA. As a result of the article, Seal has long been identified as an undercover CIA informant. The conspiracy revolving around this supposition included the attorney general, FBI agents, Gov. Bill Clinton, and others inside the CIA.

Author Del Hahn, who worked on the FBI drug task force that targeted Seal, presents a different story. Hahn begins by calling into question the accuracy and legitimacy of the primary literary sources that support these "CIA/Mena myths." In doing so, Hahn aims to dispel the distorted stories, rumors, and outright lies about Seal, the government's investigation of him, and the actions that led to his murder by Colombian drug lords in 1986 at a halfway house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Smuggler's End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal

Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal had a brief, but spectacular, career as a cocaine smuggler-turned DEA informant. At the height of his career, he was under investigation by the DEA in Mena, Arkansas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in addition to being under the watchful eye of the FBI. Despite the heat surrounding Seal, he made a drug run to Nicaragua in 1984, where he picked up 1,465 pounds of cocaine and took photos of Sandinista soldiers loading the drugs. Then the Washington Post leaked the story, revealing that Seal was working undercover for the CIA. As a result of the article, Seal has long been identified as an undercover CIA informant. The conspiracy revolving around this supposition included the attorney general, FBI agents, Gov. Bill Clinton, and others inside the CIA.

Author Del Hahn, who worked on the FBI drug task force that targeted Seal, presents a different story. Hahn begins by calling into question the accuracy and legitimacy of the primary literary sources that support these "CIA/Mena myths." In doing so, Hahn aims to dispel the distorted stories, rumors, and outright lies about Seal, the government's investigation of him, and the actions that led to his murder by Colombian drug lords in 1986 at a halfway house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

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Smuggler's End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal

Smuggler's End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal

Smuggler's End: The Life and Death of Barry Seal

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Overview

Adler Berriman "Barry" Seal had a brief, but spectacular, career as a cocaine smuggler-turned DEA informant. At the height of his career, he was under investigation by the DEA in Mena, Arkansas, and New Orleans, Louisiana, in addition to being under the watchful eye of the FBI. Despite the heat surrounding Seal, he made a drug run to Nicaragua in 1984, where he picked up 1,465 pounds of cocaine and took photos of Sandinista soldiers loading the drugs. Then the Washington Post leaked the story, revealing that Seal was working undercover for the CIA. As a result of the article, Seal has long been identified as an undercover CIA informant. The conspiracy revolving around this supposition included the attorney general, FBI agents, Gov. Bill Clinton, and others inside the CIA.

Author Del Hahn, who worked on the FBI drug task force that targeted Seal, presents a different story. Hahn begins by calling into question the accuracy and legitimacy of the primary literary sources that support these "CIA/Mena myths." In doing so, Hahn aims to dispel the distorted stories, rumors, and outright lies about Seal, the government's investigation of him, and the actions that led to his murder by Colombian drug lords in 1986 at a halfway house in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781455621019
Publisher: Pelican Publishing Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 04/21/2016
Sold by: Bookwire
Format: eBook
Pages: 320
File size: 12 MB
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About the Author

Marine veteran Del Hahn received a bachelor of science in commerce from Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, under the GI Bill. He worked as a parts expeditor for the Euclid Road Machinery Division of General Motors and as a revenue officer for the IRS in Toledo, Ohio, before joining the FBI as a special agent. He is self-employed as a private investigator and lives with his wife, Carolyn, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

Table of Contents

Part 1 The Man

Introduction 7

Acknowledgments 15

Chapter 1 Friendly Skies 19

Chapter 2 The Natural 25

Chapter 3 First Arrest: Origin of the CIA Myth 31

Chapter 4 The War on Drugs 39

Chapter 5 The Target and Little Rock 47

Chapter 6 Cocaine Airline 61

Chapter 7 Title III Wiretap 69

Chapter 8 Seal Cuts a Deal 81

Chapter 9 The Nicaragua and Las Vegas Missions 87

Chapter 10 Continuing Criminal Enterprises 99

Chapter 11 Counterattacks 107

Chapter 12 The Middle District of Louisiana Plea Agreement 115

Chapter 13 Air Max and Air Rik 121

Chapter 14 Time Served 131

Chapter 15 The Sentencing: Clash of Egos 137

Chapter 16 "Murder Most Foul" 145

Part 2 The Myths

Chapter 17 The Crimes of Mena 157

Chapter 18 Spooks at Mena 175

Chapter 19 The Cadillac Papers and Barry's Bank 183

Chapter 20 Congress Investigates 187

Chapter 21 "I Have No Knowledge.…" 211

Chapter 22 The Christie Institute 219

Chapter 23 Mister Wheaton 227

Chapter 24 Terry Reed versus Time Magazine 233

Chapter 25 "N Number" Games 251

Chapter 26 Slopping Hogs and FBI Containment At Mena 259

Chapter 27 Barry and the Boys 277

Chapter 28 Closing Thoughts 285

Where Are They Now 299

Notes 302

Bibliography 307

Index 309

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