#WashingtonDC
7 entries tagged WashingtonDC.
People (5)
- Charles Marsh Charles Edward Marsh (1887-1964) was a Texas newspaper publisher and early patron of Lyndon Johnson who served as a documented conduit for British Security Coordination intelligence operations in wartime Washington D.C.
- Douglas Ammerman Douglas Edward Ammerman was one of two Finders members arrested in Tallahassee on February 4, 1987 while transporting six malnourished children in a van, charged with misdemeanor child abuse and later released when all charges were dropped in March 1987.
- John J. Cox John J. Cox was a former Finders member associated with General Scientific Corporation of Rockville, Maryland, whose precise role connecting the company to the group is disputed between a 1990s investigative memo and MPD Intelligence documents in the FBI Vault disclosure.
- Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (1916-1990), best known as a children's author, served as a BSC influence agent in Washington D.C. from 1942 to 1944, penetrating senior American political circles through his relationship with journalist Charles Marsh and later contributing to the official BSC history.
- Robert Garder Terrell Robert Gardner Terrell (aliases: 'Tobe Terrell,' 'Genghis K. Plato') was the principal spokesman and financial manager of The Finders, a former IRS appeals officer and certified public accountant who was associated with Future Enterprises, a company that provided computer training to CIA employees.
Organizations (2)
- Future Enterprises Washington D.C.-area computer training company associated with The Finders that provided CIA employee software training in the 1980s, cited by investigators as evidence of a direct CIA-Finders organizational link.
- The Finders The Finders was a Washington D.C.-based communal group led by Marion Pettie that came to public attention in 1987 when members were arrested transporting malnourished children, with a subsequent federal investigation abruptly closed after the CIA acknowledged an interest in the group.