Exhibit 318

The BCCI Affair, S. Prt. 102-140 (Kerry and Brown)

Exhibit 318 · Congressional report

The BCCI Affair, S. Prt. 102-140 (Kerry and Brown)

Justice Department personnel in Washington, Miami and Tampa obstructed and impeded attempts by New York District Attorney Robert Morgenthau to obtain critical information concerning BCCI in 1989, 1990, and 1991, and in one case, a federal prosecutor lied to Morgenthau's office concerning the existence of such material.

Executive Summary, Findings 4 and 7 on Justice Department handling and the CIA.

Source: United States Senate, Committee on Foreign Relations
Date: December 1992
Quoted from: Executive Summary, Finding 4
Grade: Primary record
Document: https://fas.org/irp/congress/1992_rpt/bcci/
Accessed: 2026-11-09
Cited by: Findings citing this exhibit

Cited by

Finding DEF-6.7: Primary record The Senate BCCI report found that Justice Department personnel obstructed the Manhattan District Attorney's inquiry and that the CIA continued to use BCCI and First American after it knew BCCI was a criminal enterprise.