Richard J. Kerr
Kerr appeared before Senator John Kerry's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations on October 25, 1992, to discuss the CIA's knowledge of BCCI's activities.
Richard J. Kerr served as Acting Central Intelligence Agency Director. In 1991, he confirmed that the agency had used BCCI to move money around the world.1
Role in BCCI Affair
Kerr appeared before Senator John Kerry's Subcommittee on Terrorism, Narcotics, and International Operations on October 25, 1992, to discuss the CIA's knowledge of BCCI's activities.2 He stated that the CIA had not been involved with a BCCI "black network" of thugs and assassins, nor had it used BCCI for arms sales to Iran or diversion of funds for the Nicaraguan Contras.3 He also denied that the CIA had a relationship with Agha Hasan Abedi or had placed him on a watch list.4
Despite these denials, Kerr admitted that the CIA did maintain accounts with BCCI, describing them as normal operational accounts.5 The Kerry subcommittee's report suggested that William J. Casey's actions, including any role in the Iran-Contra Affair, were undertaken in his position as an adviser to the President, rather than as Director of the CIA, allowing them to be undocumented and deniable.6
Sources
- Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 9. ↩
- Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 89. ↩
- Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 348. ↩
- Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 348. ↩
- Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 149. ↩
- Beaty, Jonathan and Gwynne, S. C. The Outlaw Bank: A Wild Ride into the Secret Heart of BCCI. New York: Random House, 1993, p. 348. ↩
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