Scott Weekly, nicknamed "Dr. Death" for his SEAL demolition expertise, was a former Navy SEAL and [[Ronald Lister]]'s identified CIA contact who participated in covert operations for the National Security Council and State Department during the 1980s while simultaneously being connected to the [[Danilo Blandon|Blandón]] drug investigation.[^1] ### Background Weekly was a classmate of [[Oliver North]] at the Naval Academy before being "kicked out in 1968 because of the buildup of a large number of demerits." He joined the SEALs, became a demolition and weapons expert, and earned two Bronze Stars in Vietnam. A federal public defender described him in 1987 as "some sort of a combination between John Wayne and Rambo and Oliver North, perhaps, and James Bond." A U.S. Customs agent told federal investigators his SEAL service gave him "contacts in the intelligence community, including the CIA and NSA."[^1] ### Operation Lazarus In 1983, Weekly and former Green Beret lieutenant colonel James "Bo" Gritz were arrested in Thailand during a covert mission to locate American POWs in Laos. The operation, code-named "Lazarus," was initially supported by the army's Intelligence Support Activity (ISA) and had DIA involvement. Gritz said "CIA-DIA knew" of the mission. Columnist Jack Anderson later reported the mission had "at least initial support from the CIA and the Pentagon," based on court records from the Ronald Rewald case. Rewald said he supplied funds "at the CIA's behest."[^1] ### Connection to Lister and the Contras Weekly was identified by Ronald Lister during the October 1986 [[LASD Major Violators]] raids as his CIA contact, "Mr. Weekly." Lister wrote in seized documents that he "had regular meeting with DIA subcontractor Scott Weekly. Scott had worked in El Salvador for us. Meeting concern my relationship with Contra grp. in Cent. Am." Weekly admitted to ATF agents he "had been involved with the Contras in the past, when Pastora was in power." A U.S. Customs official said "Weekly was acting at the direction of Customs when he was involved with the Contras."[^1] ### Afghan Training and C-4 Case In early 1986, Weekly and Gritz were recruited to train Afghan Mujahedeen fighters. They obtained approval from State Department officials William Bode and Colonel Nestor Pino Marina, who worked with Oliver North on the Contra project. The training was funded by Stanford Technology, one of North's "Enterprise" front companies. In late 1986, Weekly shipped 200 pounds of C-4 plastic explosives aboard commercial passenger flights to Las Vegas. An ATF report found in the CIA's files "indicated that Weekly claimed he had done this for CIA."[^1] ### The Tapes and Bush Connection Justice Department official Mark Richard's handwritten notes of a briefing on Weekly's case recorded: "Weekly posts on tape that he's tied into CIA and Hasenfus. Said he reports to people reporting to Bush." The tapes of Weekly's intercontinental telephone conversations were obtained by the Justice Department but do not appear to have been turned over to Iran-Contra prosecutor Lawrence Walsh. Weekly was convicted of transporting explosives and sentenced to five years. After fourteen months, a hearing revealed he had been working for the U.S. government. His probation required him to report any future contact with the State Department, Defense Department, CIA, or any intelligence agency.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Chapter 19: "He reports to people reporting to Bush"