John Vandewerker was a former CIA officer who once employed [[Richard Wilker]] as a salesman and knew of Wilker and [[Ronald Lister]]'s business activities in [[El Salvador]].[^1] Vandewerker said he knew Lister and Wilker were involved in some business activity in El Salvador. "It was kind of touchy... as far as getting out of the country and all that kind of stuff." He did not elaborate. Coincidentally, Vandewerker's name was found in the notebooks of investigative reporter [[Danny Casolaro]] after his death, in connection with the goings-on at the [[Cabazon Indian Reservation]].[^1] Vandewerker also confirmed to journalist Nick Schou that Ronald Lister and [[William Nelson]] knew each other. When Lister was running to Fluor Corporation's headquarters in 1982 and 1983, it was Nelson—the CIA's former deputy director of operations—with whom he was meeting.[^2] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty" [^2]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Chapter 10: "Teach a man a craft and he's liable to practice it"