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October 12, 1986:<br />

Eugene Hasenfus, the U.S. airman downed in Nicaragua, gave and signed an affidavit in<br />

which it was stated: `` About Max Gomez [Felix Rodriguez], Hasenfus says that he was<br />

the head Cuban coordinator for the company and that he works for the CIA and that he is<br />

a very close friend of the Vice-President of the United States, <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong>.... Max<br />

Gomez, after receiving his orders was the one who had to ... [say] where the air drops<br />

would be taking place.<br />

About Ramon Medina [escaped airplane bomber Luis Posada Carriles], Hasenfus says<br />

that he was also a CIA agent and that he did the `small work' because Max Gomez was<br />

the `senior man.' He says that Ramon took care of the rent of the houses, the maids, the<br />

food, transportation and drivers, and also, coordination of the fuel for the aircraft, etc. ''<br />

[emphasis in the original].@s7@s9 His cover being blown, and knowing he was still<br />

wanted in Venezuela for blowing up an airliner and killing 73 persons, Posada Carriles<br />

now `` vanished '' and went underground.@s8@s0<br />

October 19, 1986:<br />

Eugene Hasenfus, interviewed in Nicaragua by Mike Wallace on the CBS television<br />

program `` 60 Minutes, '' said that Vice President <strong>Bush</strong> was well aware of the covert arms<br />

supply operation. He felt the Reagan-<strong>Bush</strong> administration was `` backing this 100<br />

percent. '' Wallace asked Hasenfus why he thought that Gomez/Rodriguez and the other<br />

managers of the covert arms resupply `` had the blessing of Vice President <strong>Bush</strong>. ''<br />

Hasenfus replied, `` <strong>The</strong>y had his knowledge that he was working [on it] and what was<br />

happening, and whoever controlled this whole organization--which I do not know--Mr.<br />

Gomez, Mr. <strong>Bush</strong>, I believe a lot of these other people. <strong>The</strong>y know how this is being run.<br />

I do not. ''@s8@s1<br />

Iran-Contra Characters Fall In and Out<br />

November 3, 1986:<br />

<strong>The</strong> Lebanese newspaper Al-Shiraa revealed that the U.S. government was secretly<br />

dealing arms to the Khomeini regime. This was three weeks after the Eugene Hasenfus<br />

expose@aa of <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong> made world headlines. Yet the <strong>Bush</strong> administration and its<br />

retainers have since decided that the Iran-Contra affair `` began '' with the Al-Shiraa<br />

story!<br />

November 22, 1986:<br />

President Reagan sent a message, through Vice President <strong>George</strong> <strong>Bush</strong>, to Secretary of<br />

State <strong>George</strong> Shultz, along the lines of `` Support me or get off my team. ''@s8@s2<br />

December 18, 1986:

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