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category: PROMIS Scandal
summary: FBI agent from Lexington, Kentucky, investigating PROMIS software sales to
  Israel who was reportedly disaffected over the October Surprise.
tags:
- Person
- PROMIS
- CIA
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[E.B. Cartinhour](/people/eb-cartinhour/) was an [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) agent from Lexington, Kentucky. According to [Ari Ben-Menashe](/people/ari-ben-menashe/), Cartinhour was one of two [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) agents who had been en route to Martinsburg to meet [Danny Casolaro](/people/danny-casolaro/) as part of their investigation into the sale of the [PROMIS](/programs/promis/) software to [Israel](/places/israel/) and other intelligence agencies. Ben-Menashe claimed that Cartinhour was disaffected because his superiors had refused to indict high [Reagan](/people/ronald-reagan/) officials for their role in the [October Surprise](/events/october-surprise/). Ben-Menashe further alleged that the agents were prepared to give Casolaro proof that the [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/) was illegally using [PROMIS](/programs/promis/) software.[^1]

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[^1]: Seymour, Cheri. *The Last Circle: Danny Casolaro’s Investigation into the Octopus and the PROMIS Software Scandal*. First Edition. TrineDay, 2010.