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Robert McFarlane, former national security adviser for Reagan, dies at 84
May 13, 2022
"Former White House national security adviser RobertMcFarlane — who pleaded guilty for his role in the Iran-Contra affair— died at a Michigan hospital on Thursday. He was 84.
McFarlane died from complications of a previous illness, his family said in a statement.
“As his family we wish to share our deep sadness at the loss of our beloved husband, father and grandfather, and note his profound impact on our lives,” the family said in the statement to the Associated Press.
“Though recognized as a strategic political thinker, we remember him for his warmth, his wisdom, his deep belief in God, and his commitment to serving others.”
McFarlane, a former Marine lieutenant colonel who served in Vietnam, had resigned from his White House post in 1985 before the Reagan administration pushed him into participating in a clandestine plan to to exchange Iran arms for western hostages in the Middle East.
The proceeds from the exchange would be passed along to the Contra rebels in Nicaragua fighting against the Marxist Sandinista government.
McFarlane led the secret delegation to Iran, armed with a cake and a Bible signed by Reagan, with the hopes of making contact with those who could influence the release of American hostages."
The scheme became public after the Sandinistas shot down a cargo plane in October 1986 filled with CIA-arranged arms, revealing one of the largest political scandals of the 20th century.
In February 1987, McFarlane was rushed to a Washington-area hospital after overdosing on Valium the day before he was scheduled to testify before a presidential commission about his leading role in the operation.
In March 1988, he pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of keeping information from Congress, which he admitted, but claimed he acted in what he believed to be the country’s best interests.
″I did indeed withhold information from the Congress,” he told reporters at the time. “I believe strongly that, throughout, my actions were motivated by what I believed to be in the foreign policy interest of the United States.″
He and five others connected to the scandal were later pardoned by President George H.W. Bush.
McFarlane had risen to lieutenant colonel in the Marines, and to positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations, where he served as a national security special assistant to the two presidents.
https://nypost.com/2022/05/13/robert-mcfarlane-former-national-security-adviser-dies-at-84/
>The scheme became public after the Sandinistas shot down a cargo plane in October 1986 filled withCIA-arranged arms, revealing one of the largest political scandals of the 20th century.
wrong plane
The C-130 put him out of the flying business as they don't need Flight Engineers.
Twisted themselves into a pretzel when they called Blacks Black-White Supremacists.
They treat everyone like mushrooms- keep us in the dark and feed us shit. The old Govt "need to know" bs.
I'm sure they have people for that. They do nothing but rule, they have minions. They seriously "compartmentalized" -too many agencies, NGOs, departments. This is insane. Time for the rope. Or a small cell thinking about the rope.
Regime Change Deluxe, the song remains the same.. Syrian Free Army 120k, 10k Officers. They KNOW it's over. They HAD to go whole hog. Good Lord these sick fucks.
Wiki is woefully inadequate, so many missing entries.
Neustar Inc is Big Brother on steroids. WITH Government contracts (that aren't real specific)
https://www.home.neustar/industries/government
GSA Schedule: 47QRAA20D008G -searching that pulls up the contract, not a lot of detail and MAS (Multiple Award Schedule) that makes it even more murky.
The categories for awards: o (other than small business)
Contract 541910:
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Contract 3: OLM
Order-Level Materials (OLM) OLMs are supplies and/or services acquired in direct support of an individual task or delivery order placed against a Federal Supply Schedule (FSS) program con……
(these links are hugely long, assuming they won't poast , located via search:
GSA Schedule: 47QRAA20D008G -from Neustar page.
Ain't this just dandy? Joffe must be a spook. Or a spook contractor.
No Table!
Neustar, Wikileaks Podesta Email 4-14-2014; This is a giant money sucking cesspool (IMO)
"FW: Innovation: The Government Was Crucial After All by Jeff Madrick (New York Review of Books - Apr 24, 2014 issue)"
https://www.wikileaks.org/podesta-emails/emailid/1506