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Allegations Regarding Vince Foster, the NSA, and
Banking Transactions Spying, Part II
by J. Orlin Grabbe
Upon hearing of the alleged connections between Vincent
Foster, the NSA, and its subsidiary Systematics--since
renamed ALLTEL Information Services (4001 N. Rodney Parham Rd.,
Little Rock, Arkansas 72212-2496, phone 501/220-5100)--
ALLTEL Corp. (1 Allied Dr., Little Rock, Arkansas 72202, phone
501/661-8000) hired a San Francisco libel attorney named
Charles O. Morgan (450 Sansome Street, 13th Floor, San
Francisco, CA 94111-3382, phone 415/392-2037) to threaten
journalists who made such allegations.
ALLTEL feared the economic consequences of the charges made
against its private subsidiary: "Banking and financial
institutions are clients of ALLTEL. The irresponsible and false
statements . . . have and will cause my client substantial damage"
(letter from Charles O. Morgan to Agora Inc., March 28, 1995).
Published news articles in the *American Banker* and elsewhere show
that Systematics' (ALLTEL Information Serivces') customers have
included Home Bank, Manufactuers Hanover (now merged with Chemical),
Vboss, Southwestern Bell, various overseas military bases,
City National, California Federal Bank, Federal Home Loan Bank
of San Francisco, Guaranty Federal Savings Bank, River Forest
Bankcorp, First Busey Corp, Decatur Federal Savings and Loan,
Republic National Bank of New York, Anchor Savings Bank, Integra
Financial Corp, Banc One, Nations Bank, Citicorp, Vermont National
Bank, CNB Bancshares, Liberty Bancorp of Oklahoma City, First Union,
First National Bank of Maryland, Amcore Financial, Horizon, Oxford
First Corp, Navy Federal Credit Union, People's National Bank, Drung
Thai Bank Ltd., Bank of Commerce Berhad, Unisys Corp, Corestates
Financial Corp, Novorosiysk Industrial Commercial Ecobank, Royal
Bank of Trinidad and Tobago, United Overseas Bank (Singapore),
Soneri Bank Ltd (Pakistan), Banco National Ultramarino SA
(Macao), BMJ Financial Corp, Security Bank (Arkansas),
Hiberia National Bank, Glendale Federal Bank, First Alabama
Bancshares, Union Bank of Manila, First Pacific National
Bank, Pine Bluff National Bank, Consolidated Bank (Miami),
Citibank of Australia, Savings Bank of the Russian Federation,
Family Bank, Sabine State Bank & Trust, Central Bank, Chemical
Bank, Citibank, Moscow Savings Bank, National Home Mortgage
Company, Barclays Bank PLC, Keycorp, Bank IV Kansas, Borel
of California, Dime Bancorp, and Bellsouth Cellular Corp.
According to John E. Steuri, Chief Executive Officer, President,
and Chairman of the Board of Systematics: "Today, we have
banking, financial services, cellular telephone and hospital
clients in thirty-six (36) countries outside the United States"
(memo from John Steuri to Jim Norman, March 8, 1995, with the
subject listed as "Systematics").
Attorney Charles O. Morgan sent threatening letters to, among others,
Agora Inc., publisher of Strategic Investment (824 East Baltimore
Street, Baltimore, MD 21202-4799), to David Fondiller and Jim Norman
of Forbes (62 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10011), and to Bill Hamilton
of Inslaw Inc. (1125 15th St. N.W., #300, Washington D.C.
20005-2707, phone 202/828-8600).
In denying various allegations, Charles O. Morgan makes personal
claims of knowledge that border on the supernatural. For
example, Strategic Investment had written in its March 22,
1995, issue: "Several years ago, investigative reporter Danny
Cassalario [sic] spent many months investigating the Inslaw
case. He told associates that his probe had revealed an
astonishing tale of corruption that he intended to reveal in
a story entitled 'The Octopus.' He was days away from
completing his story when he was found dead, allegedly a
'suicide.' "
In his March 28, 1995, letter to Agora, Inc., Charles O. Morgan
makes the blanket assertion:
"Systematics was not in any way involved in any investigation
by Danny Cassalario [sic]" (page 2).
How could Charles O. Morgan possibly know what topics Danny
Casolaro, a private journalist, was investigating at the
time of Casolaro's death?
Was Charles O. Morgan in close communication with Danny
Casolaro at the time of Casolaro's death?
Did Charles O. Morgan examine Casolaro's papers and notes
following Casolaro's death, to determine if there were any
references to Systematics?
Or did Charles O. Morgan rely on statements by the FBI/Justice
Department regarding the topic of Casolaro's investigations?
If so, he was relying on a biased source, for according to
the "Executive Summary" of a document supplied by Inslaw to
each member of the House Judiciary Committee:
The Office of Special Investigations' (OSI's) "publicly-
declared mission is to locate and deport Nazi war criminals.
The Nazi war criminal program is, however, a front for the
Justice Department's own covert intelligence service,
according to disclosures recently made to INSLAW by several
senior Justice Department career officials. ....
"According to written statements of which INSLAW has obtained
copies, another undeclared mission of the Justice Department's
covert agents was to insure that investigative journalist
Danny Casolaro remained silent about the role of the Justice
Department in the INSLAW scandal by murdering him in West
Virginia in August 1991. INSLAW has acquired copies of two
relevant written statements furnished to a veteran investi-
gative journalist by a national security operative of the U.S.
Government, several months after Casolaro's death. ..."
Finally, did instead Charles O. Morgan simply rely on Sytematics'
assertions that it was not the subject of investigation by
Danny Casolaro? If so, why would Systematics make such an
assertion? Who would suppose there was a connection between
Systematics and the death of Danny Casolaro?
Charles Morgan's denials suggest to me that an important part of
the Kenneth Starr investigation into matters related to Whitewater
should focus on the relationship between the death of Danny Casolaro
and the death of Vincent Foster.
And Kenneth Starr should question Charles O. Morgan with respect
to his personal knowledge of the topics of Danny Casolaro's
investigation which lead to Casolaro's death.
[to be continued]
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