Exhibit 315

Report of Investigation, Vol. II, The Contra Story (98-0001-IG, unclassified 8 Oct 1998)

Exhibit 315 · Inspector general report

Report of Investigation, Vol. II, The Contra Story (98-0001-IG, unclassified 8 Oct 1998)

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.

Executive Summary and Conclusions. Volume II reviews CIA records on hundreds of Contra organizations and individuals and finds several dozen Contra-related individuals and one Contra organization (the ADREN '15th of September' group) subject to drug-trafficking allegations or information. It finds no information that CIA or its employees conspired with or assisted Contra-related drug trafficking to raise funds, and also finds that CIA acted inconsistently when it received such allegations, did not inform Congress of eight of ten Contra-related individuals during the period of the FY 1987 statutory prohibition, and had no published regulations on contacts with suspected traffickers outside counternarcotics operations. States that the investigation was not intended to prove or disprove the allegations.

Source: CIA Office of Inspector General
Date: 8 October 1998
Quoted from: Vol. II, Executive Summary and Conclusions, Key Findings
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://irp.fas.org/cia/product/cocaine2/intro.html
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit
Note: Introduction: 'The investigation on which Volume II is based was not intended to prove or disprove the allegations or information received by the Agency concerning possible drug trafficking by specific individuals or organizations.' The report also states: 'No information has been found to indicate that the non-inclusion of narcotics violations by assets in the crimes reporting requirements of the 1982 DoJ-CIA MOU was intended to protect Contra activities.' The 'acted inconsistently' finding is carried by exhibit cia-oig-1998-vol2-handling. FAS copy; the original CIA reading room copy should replace it.

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Finding INF-2.9: Primary record 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.
Finding INF-2.10: Primary record 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.
Finding INF-5.3: Primary record 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.
Finding DEF-6.6: Primary record 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.