The Department of Justice launched an internal inquiry in 1993 into CIA involvement with [[The Finders]] and a potential FBI coverup of the group's operations. The inquiry was initiated after the Department received a copy of the U.S. Customs memo compiled by Special Agent [[Ramon J. Martinez]] on the raids of The Finders properties in February 1987.[^1] Details of the inquiry were leaked to the Washington Times, which published an article in December 1993 citing both the U.S. Customs memo and the Metropolitan Police Department report on CIA involvement. The article reported that a Metropolitan Police document dated February 19, 1987, quoted a CIA agent confirming that the agency was sending personnel to a Finders Corp., [[Future Enterprises]], for training in computer operations. The Department of Justice investigation examined whether the FBI had improperly classified or suppressed evidence related to The Finders' activities in 1987.[^1] The inquiry focused on multiple intelligence connections uncovered during the investigation. [[Marion Pettie]], the leader of The Finders, had a late wife named [[Isabelle Pettie]] who had been a CIA employee. One of his sons had worked for [[Air America]], a CIA cutout used to traffic heroin during the Vietnam War. [[Future Enterprises]] had provided software training for CIA employees, and an employee of the company named [[Robert Garder Terrell]] was a member of The Finders who had been let go in February 1987. The convergence of these connections suggested a pattern of overlap between The Finders and the intelligence community.[^1] The Department of Justice inquiry represented a rare instance of internal government examination of potential intelligence community involvement in organized child abuse networks. The investigation's findings were not publicly released in full, and the case was ultimately closed without prosecution of intelligence personnel. The 2019 FBI release of heavily redacted case files included documents related to the 1993 inquiry, though much of the material remained classified or redacted.[^1] ### Footnotes [^1]: Dovey, S. (2023). Eye of the Chickenhawk. United States: Thehotstar.