The Lacuna Project

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Agency

CIA Office of Inspector General

Findings that rest on exhibits naming this entity

  • INF-2.9: The CIA Inspector General's Volume II report, unclassified on 8 October 1998, found "No information has been found to indicate that CIA as an organization or its employees conspired with, or assisted, Contra-related organizations or individuals in drug trafficking to raise funds for the Contras or for any other purpose," and Volume I found no CIA relationship with Ricky Ross, Danilo Blandon or Norwin Meneses.
  • INF-2.10: The same Inspector General reported that "CIA acted inconsistently in handling allegations or information indicating that Contra-related organizations and individuals were involved in drug trafficking," and told the House Intelligence Committee on 16 March 1998 that there were instances where CIA did not "in an expeditious or consistent fashion, cut off relationships" with individuals supporting the Contra program who were alleged to have engaged in drug trafficking.
  • INF-5.3: Volume I of the CIA Inspector General's 1998 report found no information that any CIA employee or anyone acting for the CIA had "any direct or indirect dealing with Ricky Ross, Oscar Danilo Blandon or Juan Norwin Meneses." Volume II found that the CIA "acted inconsistently in handling allegations or information" that Contra-related individuals and organizations were involved in drug trafficking, and that it did not inform Congress of eight of ten Contra-related individuals during the fiscal year 1987 statutory prohibition.
  • DEF-6.6: The CIA Inspector General found no information that the CIA or its employees conspired with Contra-related persons in drug trafficking, and found that the CIA acted inconsistently when it learned of trafficking allegations.

Exhibits naming this entity

  • Exhibit 314 29 January 1998. CIA Office of Inspector General: Report of Investigation: Allegations of Connections Between CIA and the Contras in Cocaine Trafficking to the United States, Vol. I, The California Story (96-0143-IG)
  • Exhibit 315 8 October 1998. CIA Office of Inspector General: Report of Investigation, Vol. II, The Contra Story (98-0001-IG, unclassified 8 Oct 1998)
  • Exhibit 316 8 October 1998. CIA Office of Inspector General: CIA OIG Vol. II, conclusion on handling of allegations
  • Exhibit 317 16 March 1998. CIA Office of Inspector General: Statement of Frederick P. Hitz, Inspector General, CIA, before HPSCI