Roger Morris
Historian and former NSC staffer who documented connections between Barry Seal's drug operations at Mena, Arkansas and the CIA.
Roger Morris was a historian and former National Security Council staffer who wrote Partners in Power (1996), a book about Bill and Hillary Clinton that documented connections between Barry Seal's drug-smuggling operations at Mena, Arkansas and the CIA.1
Barry Seal and CIA Connections
Morris wrote that Seal's "personal records showed him to be a contract CIA operative both before and during his years of drug-running in Mena in the 1980s." He also wrote that Seal worked for the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), "where coded records reportedly showed him on the payroll beginning in 1982."1
Danny Ray Lasater and Organized Crime
Morris wrote that "whatever the limits or extent of Danny Ray Lasater's cocaine trafficking or the nature of his other dealings, most believed that beyond him the larger corruption in Little Rock and elsewhere pointed unmistakably to organized crime, not to mention the vast crimes of Mena - none of which would be pursued." Morris also described an investigation into Lasater that was shut down prematurely.1
Shredding of Mena Files
Morris wrote that "in sworn testimony, a former staff member of the Arkansas State Police Intelligence Unit would describe 'a shredding party' in which she was ordered to purge the state's Mena files of nearly a thousand documents, including those referring specifically to Iran-Contra conspirator Oliver North and Seal associate Terry Reed."1
Sources
- Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. Seven Stories Press, 1998. Chapter 6: "They were doing their patriotic duty" ↩
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