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1984 WBRZ Profile of Operation 40 Operative and JFK Assassination Conspirator Barry Seal
Summary: "Meet the real Barry Seal" - 1984 WBRZ News Investigation:
- (00:00-02:11) Barry Seal's Dual Role: Barry Seal, a Baton Rouge pilot and alleged arms/drug smuggler, was working with both the DEA and CIA while simultaneously being targeted by Louisiana law enforcement. He secretly videotaped himself receiving $10,000 cash from a DEA operative for "self-protection," claiming he was unfairly investigated despite no evidence of drugs or guns being found on him.
- (04:47-06:52) The Nicaragua Sting Operation: Seal conducted a CIA/DEA-coordinated mission to Nicaragua where he secretly photographed cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar and Sandinista government officials loading 1,400 pounds of cocaine onto his plane Barry Seal and Bill Clinton in Mena, Arkansas | Roger Reaves and Lex Fridman | Video Summary and Q&A | Glasp, proving the Nicaraguan government's involvement in international drug trafficking. The operation involved flying from South Florida to Colombia and into Managua with CIA-installed hidden cameras.
- (09:13-15:52) Coerced Witness Testimony: Ken Webb, a lifelong friend of Seal, claimed Louisiana State Police drug agents (Lt. Butch Milam and Sgt. Jack Kittan) pressured him into becoming an informant and later into providing false testimony before a grand jury. Webb stated agents told him they would "get Barry Seal whatever it takes" and that he saw fabricated reports claiming he witnessed drug transactions that never occurred.
- (19:23-30:02) Perjury and Cover-Up Allegations: Despite Webb giving a 115-page sworn statement recanting his testimony in October 1983, U.S. Attorney Stanford Bardwell blocked Webb from correcting his grand jury testimony. Seal and his attorneys accused federal prosecutors of knowingly introducing perjured testimony and obstructing justice, claiming Bardwell was protecting subordinates who had committed "improprieties."
- (32:33-40:29) Targeting Defense Attorneys: Multiple defense lawyers, including Roy Fugler (who had never spoken to Webb beyond introductions), were subjected to investigations, with approximately $200,000 in legal fees seized from Fugler's rental car. Attorneys described systematic harassment including grand jury subpoenas designed to breach attorney-client privilege and intimidate those representing unpopular clients.
- (42:31-45:45) The Miami Connection and Contract on Seal's Life: The Nicaragua operation resulted in indictments of 11 people including members of the Ochoa family (major Colombian cocaine suppliers). Seal, who reportedly earned a million dollars per trip smuggling drugs How Barry Seal made $1 million a trip smuggling drugs | Roger Reaves and Lex Fridman | Video Summary and Q&A | Glasp, faced a $350,000 contract on his life after becoming a witness against Escobar and Ochoa, creating tension between federal prosecutors in Louisiana (who wanted to indict him) and Miami (who needed him as a credible witness).
- (46:29-51:14) Systemic Prosecutorial Misconduct: The investigation revealed a pattern of government overreach including the use of unreliable informants (like Joseph Hauser in the BRILAB case), manipulation of witness testimony, abuse of the grand jury process, and prosecutors who were "hellbent on convicting" targets regardless of evidence. Defense attorneys argued that the competition to make "the big case" led investigators to abandon rules governing the justice system.
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Original Source Attribution:
'Meet the real Barry Seal - WBRZ News Vault' | WBRZ | Oct 10, 2023 | https://youtu.be/_U-SCNs4aCY?si=AcjYnbkG9imPcICz
Packed with real-life footage of the man who inspired the hit Tom Crusie move 'American Made,' WBRZ sits down with infamous drug smuggler Barry Seal in this vintage news story.
First aired 1984
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https://spartacus-educational.com/JFKseal.htm
Barry Seal, the son of a candy wholesaler, was born in Baton Rouge on 16th July, 1939. Seal's father was a member of the Ku Klux Klan.
Seal became obsessed with aircraft and took his first solo flight at the age of fifteen and was soon making a living towing advertising banners. In 1955 Seal joined the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) in Baton Rouge. Soon afterwards Seal took part in a CAP joint training mission with the New Orleans unit that was run by David Ferrie. According to John Odom, a fellow CAP member, Seal met Lee Harvey Oswald during this training.
Tosh Plumlee claims that Barry Seal began working for the Central Intelligence Agency in the mid 1950s: "Barry Seal was involved with military intelligence in the early days... Military intelligence was the real game, with the CIA just acting as logistical people. Barry was a peripheral player back then, but he was a CIA 'contract' pilot all the way back to 1956 or 1957."
In 1958 Seal began ferrying weapons to Fidel Castro fighting against the the Fulgencio Batista regime in Cuba. At the time a section of the CIA was supporting the overthrow of Batista. However, the policy changed soon after Castro gained power and Seal is said to have taken part in air attacks on the new government.
The following year Barry Seal became a CIA pilot in Guatemala. It is also believed that Seal was involved in training Cuban exiles on No-Name Key in Florida and on the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain in Louisiana. He also ran a couple of companies based in Baton Rouge: Seal Sky Service and Aerial Advertising Associates and had an office in the International Trade Center run by Clay Shaw.
Gerry Hemming claims that Barry Seal was a member of Operation 40 in the early 1960s. Hemming told author, Daniel Hopsicker: "Yeah, Barry was Op 40. He flew in killer teams inside the island (Cuba) before the invasion to take out Fidel."
In December, 1962, Seal joined the 21st Special Forces Group and attended the Fort Benning Jump School. In May 1963 he was assigned to company D Special Operations Detachment of the 20th Special Forces Group Airborne. Seal also seems to have been involved in the assassination of John F. Kennedy. According to his wife, Deborah, "Barry Seal flew a getaway plane out of Dallas after JFK was killed."
In 1964 Seal joined the 245th Engineer Battalion based in St. Louis. He left in 1966. Soon afterwards he went to work for Howard Hughes and the TWA Corporation. According to his biographer, Daniel Hopsicker (Barry and the Boys), Seal "becomes first the youngest 707 Captain, and then later the youngest Captain of a 747."
Tosh Plumlee claims that Barry Seal also worked for Ted Shackley and the CIA: "Barry Seal did a lot of damn good stuff in the late 60s. In 67 and 68 he was with Air America in South Vietnam and Laos during Search and Destroy and Special Ops with Ted Shackley's boys. He'd been recruited for Special Ops because of the Cuban thing."...
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