[CTRL] THE STRANGE DEATH OF COLONEL SABOW by Gary Null

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THE STRANGE DEATH OF COLONEL SABOW
http://www.garynull.com/documents/sabow.htm
By Gary Null

The official version of the colonel's death just doesn't add up. So his
brother is left asking a number of questions: What happened? Is it possible
that elements of every major department of government could have been
involved in either incompetence or intentional malfeasance, including a
coordinated coverup? And if the latter is the case, what could have been the
motive?

Note: The information on this website is not a substitute for
diagnosis and treatment by a qualified, licensed professional.

On the morning of January 22, 1991, neurologist Dr. David Sabow received a
telephone call while he was at work in his office. The call was one that
would change his life forever, and change his outlook on the integrity of
parts of this country's military and political systems. It was from a Marine
Corps chaplain, informing him that his older brother, Colonel James E.
Sabow, had just committed suicide. At first, Dr. Sabow could not process the
information. His thoughts were continually interrupted by snapshots of his
brother Jimmy's life. And there was also this: David knew his brother so
very well, and suicide was completely out of character for the man. Jimmy
Sabow was a well-respected, highly intelligent, and extremely talented
Marine officer, a man who had the ability to work as hard as he played and
who demonstrated a strong devotion to his family. David recalls, "He was,
without exaggeration, one of the best balanced individuals I've met in my
life. So, I was immediately taken aback by the designation of suicide,
simply because I knew my brother inside and out."

As it turned out, there were logical holes in the official account of
Colonel Sabow's so-called suicide. These, combined with the discrepancy
between what Dr. Sabow knew his brother to be and the idea of the man
committing suicide, led Dr. Sabow into an investigation of his brother's
death. He knew in his heart he could do no less.

Colonel Sabow's "suicide" and its aftermath have turned up far-ranging
ramifications. As this special in-depth investigation will show, an
unreported secret network of CIA agents was involved in illicit drug traffic
from Mena, Arkansas, and dozens of other small airports around the country,
the illegal sale of C-130 aircraft from the Forest Service, and the untimely
deaths of investigative reporters and pilots. These agents were also
involved with one of the largest drug trafficking operations coming into the
country and illegal arms going out of the country.

Events Leading to Colonel Sabow's Death

Dr. Sabow begins his account of the events preceding his brother's death in
late 1990. That was when Chief of Staff Colonel Joseph Underwood came under
investigation, allegedly as the result of an anonymous phone call to the
Department of Defense's fraud and abuse hotline. While Colonel Sabow was in
Minneapolis due to a family crisis, he received a phone call from Colonel
Underwood. They discussed the fact that the Inspector General of the Marine
Corps, Hollis Davison, and three assistants, had arrived on base, in El
Toro, California. Underwood stated that he (Underwood) was under
investigation for the illegal use of government aircraft.

After the call, Colonel Sabow explained to his brother David that
Underwood's investigation probably had to do with taking some golf clubs
along on a training flight. When David asked if this was a serious offense,
Jimmy replied that it wasn't; it was, in fact, rather commonplace. When you
went out on a training flight, he explained to the doctor, you took
equipment with you. If you played tennis, you took tennis rackets; if you
read, you took books; and if you were a golfer, you took golf clubs. Jimmy
went on to explain that Colonel Underwood was a champion golfer who played
in Marine Corps tournaments. At this point, James did not seem to be overly
concerned.

The Inspector General's visit took place in the middle of Operation Desert
Shield and right at the beginning of Desert Storm. Why the Marine Corps
would send the Inspector General's team to the California base at that
particular time to investigate Underwood for taking golf clubs along on a
flight remains a mystery, for, after all, Underwood was chief of staff.

On January 12, 1991, Colonel Underwood was relieved of his duties as chief
of staff. A day later, Colonel Sabow returned to El Toro, and learned of
Underwood's dismissal. He called his close friend Bill Callahan. Both men
were sure that something else was going on because many of the allegations
seemed trivial, commonplace, and not at all deserving of dismissal.

In the days following Underwood's dismissal, many officers were interviewed,
but Colonel Sabow was not one of them. He found it odd that no one was
talking to him. On January 16, General W.T. Adams informed Colonel Sabow
that he, Sabow, was under investigation by the Inspector General, who had
requested his presence at the legal department the next day.

Colonel Sabow immediately sought legal help and was assigned to Captain Paul
McBride, a young attorney in El Toro's legal department. Since no
allegations had been made against Sabow, McBride advised him not to make any
statements to the Inspector General during their meeting.

On January 17, Colonel Sabow and Captain McBride arrived at the Law Center
and met with the Inspector General and his staff. Colonel Sabow was informed
that he was under investigation for the alleged misuse of government
aircraft. The meeting lasted ten minutes. When Colonel Sabow left the room
he was immediately met by an aide who directed him to General Adams' office
across the street. General Adams relieved Colonel Sabow of his duties. The
entire scenario was obviously prearranged, as there was no time for the
Inspector General's office to discuss the situation with General Adams.

Colonel Sabow informed his staff of the news, collected his personal
belongings, and left. No sooner had he arrived home when military personnel
entered his premises and removed his autovan phone system and cellular
phone.

Colonel Sabow could not comprehend why he was being treated like a criminal
after he had devoted his entire life to the Marine Corps. His wife believed
that some terrible mistake had been made that would soon be righted. After
all, her husband, a loyal officer, had a sterling reputation. But much to
Colonal and Mrs. Sabow's dismay, no one called to tell them that an error
had been made.

Colonel Sabow met several times with his defense attorney, Captain McBride,
over the next four days and learned that no formal allegations had been made
against him. Several general areas of inquiry were provided by the Inspector
General, but any allegations against him in these areas Sabow could easily
refute through log books, signed orders, and other hard data.

Only one area was not covered by hard data--the transportation of several
unauthorized insignificant articles to his son in Spokane, Washington. The
articles, which included two posters, several carpet remnants, a pair of
twenty-year-old stereo speakers, and two plastic beer advertisements, had no
monetary value. The Inspector General's office repeatedly insisted on
referring to these items as furniture. Captain McBride believed that further
investigation was to be carried out on Colonel Underwood, but not on Colonel
Sabow.

On January 18, the Inspector General's team handed over their allegations to
General Adams. That evening, General Adams, General Davison, and General
J.K. Davis, a retired Assistant Commandant of the Marine Corps, met for
supper at Adams' residence. The following day, Davison returned to
Washington.

On Monday, January 21, 1991, Colonel Sabow met with Colonel Underwood and a
mutual friend, Archibald Scott. Scott quoted Colonel Sabow as saying,
"Quitters never win and winners never quit."

When James Sabow returned home, his wife, Sally, recalls, he was white as a
ghost. He was obviously upset but did not want to talk about it. An hour
later, Underwood stopped by and repeatedly tried to talk Jimmy into
accepting an early retirement to avoid a court-martial. Jimmy objected
strongly. At this, Underwood became quite angry. Sally stated, "I have never
seen such a vicious face as Joe's when Jimmy said he would not retire and
would take the entire matter to a court-martial if necessary. Underwood
jumped up and said, "You'll never go to a court-martial, and I mean never!"

Jimmy telephoned General J.K. Davis to get some advice. He assumed that the
general did not know about his situation. Davis never once mentioned his
prior Friday dinner with Generals Adams and Davison where he obviously would
have learned of the allegations against Colonel Sabow. General Davis later
did admit to Dr. Sabow that Jimmy intended to demand a court-martial to
clear his name. He spoke to Jimmy the night before his death and indicated
that Jimmy was in good spirits. Yet no one ever questioned him after the
death regarding Jimmy's state of mind.



Colonel Sabow's Death

Dr. Sabow relates what happened the day of his brother's death:

"Sabow arose between 5:30 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Sally did not feel well and
remained in bed and dozed. She was aware of many telephone calls while she
lay resting.

"Deirdre [Colonel Sabow's daughter] left for school at 7:20 a.m. She had
talked with her father while she prepared her lunch. He seemed cheerful,
talkative, and relaxed. She observed him as having already showered and
shaved.

"Sally joined her husband in the living room just after Deirdre left for
school. He showed Sally the morning newspaper, which contained an article
about Colonel Underwood being relieved of his command. Underwood had called
Sabow at about 7:00 a.m. and told him of the article. He also stated that
Jimmy would be in the news, the very next day. When Sabow told Sally of
Underwood's warning, Sally said this was absurd, for Underwood had no way of
knowing what would appear in the following day's newspaper."

Colonel Sabow's lawyer, Captain McBride, recalls three separate telephone
conversations he had with his client that morning. The last one was made at
8:10 a.m., and lasted ten minutes. In a later conversation with Dr. Sabow
and in a letter to General Adams, McBride described Sabow's attitude as
being appropriately concerned about his situation, but as not being
desperate. (This is important because it directly contradicts statements
made by Marine Corps investigators.)

"At 8:30 a.m.," Dr. Sabow reports, "Sally finished talking to Sue Bloomer,
the wife of a retired general. She checked her time, because she wished to
attend Mass at the Catholic church located a short distance off the base.
She explained to Jimmy that since it was already 8:30 she would miss most of
the mass but that she would go anyway and receive Holy Communion."

"Exactly at the moment when she was opening the front door to leave, the
phone rang and she stopped to observe Colonel Sabow, who was sitting in his
leather easy-chair in front of the TV, which was approximately twelve feet
from the front door. Colonel Sabow answered, saying, 'Colonel
Sabow...[pause]...Colonel Sabow...[pause]...This is Colonel Sabow.' What was
further said by Jimmy is unknown, for just at that moment, Sally closed the
door behind her as she left for Mass. Mysteriously, the one who placed this
final call to Colonel Sabow has never acknowledged making it. That call was
made just minutes before Colonel Sabow died, and consequently identification
of the caller was of the utmost importance. All other calls made to Sabow
earlier that morning have been identified."

Dr. Sabow stresses strongly that the fact speaks for itself. "The caller was
involved in the murder. The caller gave Sabow a message which caused him to
go into his backyard and lock his two dogs in the garage. However, first he
put the TV on mute, which he often did if he intended to momentarily
return."

Dr. Sabow also explains that Colonel Underwood, Jimmy's next-door neighbor,
was afraid of the Sabows' German shepherd. So before Underwood would visit
his neighbor he would telephone him and have him secure Nika in the garage.

At the exact time that Jimmy received his final phone call, a meeting was in
progress in the base commander, General Adams', office. Present were Adams,
the new Chief of Staff, Colonel Williams, Colonel Lucas, the chief legal
officer, and Captain Betsy Sweat, the publicity officer. They had been
summoned for an 8:00 a.m. meeting.

Lucas stated that the meeting was to discuss the potential for bad publicity
that could emerge from the newspaper article about Colonel Joe Underwood.
However, since the article had only just appeared in the Orange County
Register that morning, it's unlikely, if not impossible, for that to have
been the reason for that gathering. Except for General Adams, all the others
lived off base, and even if they had been notified immediately after the
newspaper delivery, there simply would not have been enough time to gather
them at 8 a.m.

Dr. Sabow goes on: "Lucas recalls being notified on Monday evening about the
meeting, but he can't recall by whom. Furthermore, since Monday was Martin
Luther King Day, it was a federal holiday and the base was, for all
practical purposes, closed. It would have been highly unlikely for a leak of
the Underwood article to have been made on Monday, January 21, under these
circumstances. Hence, it must be assumed that the meeting was called for
other than the expressed purpose and probably by General Adams himself. If
so, a possible, if not probable, explanation was to establish an alibi.

It has been acknowledged that the Colonel's death occurred between 8:30 a.m.
and 9:00 a.m. During that time frame, Sally was attending Mass, General
Adams was at a meeting in his office, and Colonel Underwood was at his home
next door to the Sabow house. It is presumed that Colonel Sabow, who had
just been on the telephone, had gone into his back yard, put the dogs in the
garage, and was intending to return to his living room to resume viewing the
reporting on the Gulf war. He never made it!"



The Aftermath

"Sally arrived home at 9:30 a.m.," Dr. Sabow explains. "She noticed that the
television was on mute and called for her husband, but there was no
response. Out on the patio, she saw him laying on the grass. Sally ran to
him, placed her arms around his head, and felt a large swelling."

She immediately ran next door to get help from Underwood. As she went in she
exclaimed that Jimmy had shot himself. Sally never once mentioned that her
husband was in the backyard, yet Underwood went directly to the backyard
gate and confirmed the death at a distance of over 40 feet.

Underwood claims not to have heard the 12-gauge shotgun blast due to noise
from air traffic and the television. Records show no air traffic at this
time, and the TV was kept exceptionally low due to Mrs. Underwood's
sensitivity to sound.

Underwood immediately called General Adams at headquarters even though it
was an hour before the general normally arrived. The general notified the
provost martial, Major Goodrow and his deputy, Captain Fouquer, by radio,
and they were the first to arrive on the scene. The radio dispatch was
intercepted by Sergeant Randy Robinson, an M.P. patrolling the vicinity. He
was the next to arrive at the scene.

Robinson observed several Naval Investigation Service personnel handling the
weapon without gloves. He also found the ammunition closed up in a garage
cabinet with two shells missing. But the ammunition was photographed as if
it was strewn on the floor.



Suspicion of Murder

Several hours after learning of his brother's death, Dr. Sabow called
Underwood in an attempt to make sense of the apparent suicide. The colonel
mistakenly thought that the call was from another David Sabow, Jimmy's son.
When the doctor corrected him, explaining that he was Jimmy's brother, not
his son, the colonel changed his entire demeanor. Responses to inquiries
became cold and calculated, Dr. Sabow reports, and Underwood hesitated
before answering even simple questions.

Finally, David caught the colonel in an outright lie. When David asked,
"What, my God, happened that my brother would have taken his life?"
Underwood replied that Colonel Sabow had just come under investigation for
the illegal use of aircraft. David told the colonel he understood that he
(Underwood), was the one under investigation, and Underwood said that
Colonel Sabow was too. David then said, "For God's sake, Jimmy was third in
command, and you were second. What happened to General Adams? Doesn't he
take care of you guys?" To this, Underwood replied that General Adams and
Jimmy were very, very close friends.

That statement immediately put up a red flag, as far as David was concerned.
The doctor knew that his brother was not a friend of Adams, and that, in
fact, he did not respect him. Colonel Sabow had even described General Adams
as a disgrace to the Marine Corps. So David knew immediately that Underwood
was lying. Within hours, he went from wondering why his brother committed
suicide to a firm suspicion of foul play.

This impression was strengthened during the funeral, when David had a chance
to speak to Underwood in person. The first thing he noticed was that
Underwood did not want him to speak to Mrs. Underwood alone. He surmised
that Underwood was afraid that his wife would contradict his account of what
took place on the morning of the Colonel's death. Over the phone, for
example, Underwood had told David that his wife had a series of seizures on
the morning of the murder. Yet, Sally Sabow says that when she ran into the
Underwood house after discovering Jimmy's body, she found Mrs. Underwood
sitting up and watching television.

Further information implicating Underwood's involvement was collected on the
way to the funeral. David rode in the van driven by Underwood. This allowed
him the opportunity to interview him. Underwood talked about how he had told
Colonel Sabow to move his guns from a rack in the garage to his son,
David's, vacant bedroom. He specifically mentioned to Jimmy that someone was
going to walk into the garage and take his gun since the garage door was
often left open. Underwood noted that the shotgun was a special gift from
his father and that he ought to move it to a safer location. Sally overheard
the conversation. This means that Underwood was one of the few people who
actually knew where the shotgun was kept. He also knew where the ammunition
was located and that it was left in a cabinet in the garage.

Underwood went on to state that it was a terrible thing to be under
investigation by the military. David asked what this meant since Jimmy had
only just come under investigation. Joe Underwood replied that back in 1980
and 1981 he had been the target of an NIS (Naval Investigation Service)
investigation.

David continued to question Underwood about being under investigation. He
learned that Underwood had been stationed in Panama at the time he was
accused of smuggling somewhere between $300,000 and $400,000 worth of
contraband into this country. The NIS had conducted a 10-month investigation
of Underwood and then suddenly dropped it "for unknown reasons."

Something that seemed strange to David at the funeral was that right after
the requiem mass, none of the high command or field grade officers came up
to him, his brother Tom, or their wives to express condolences. It appeared
as if they wanted to stay away.

So after one day in El Toro, David Sabow became highly suspicious, if not
convinced, of foul play in his brother's death. He came to believe that
something very bad was going on, and resolved to find evidence of his
brother's murder. He knew he had to do so in a truly scientific manner
because the authorities were going to dismiss him as simply a bereaved
brother.



Meeting with the Military

Following his brother's death, David sought cooperation from the Naval
Investigation Service and from the legal department at El Toro. But no
cooperation was forthcoming. After a month and a half of frustration with
the military channels of information, he set up a meeting with a journalist
from the Los Angeles Times. General Adams became aware of the planned
meeting, and begged David to meet with him first. This was the first time
that David had heard from the military. David agreed to the meeting only if
several others would be present: Colonel Lucas, the head of the legal
department; General David Shuter; and General J.K. Davis, retired Assistant
Commandant of the Marine Corps ('83-'87). General Adams said that he would
comply with these terms.

On March 9, 1991, David and his brother's widow, Sally, attended the
meeting. Several Marines, including generals, were there. Colonel Lucas,
however, was conspicuously absent. This disturbed David, who believed that
Lucas had information critical to his search. In his place was a man by the
name of Wayne Rich, a supposedly retired, but reactivated, Marine. At the
time, David did not know Rich's importance to the meeting.

The meeting, Dr. Sabow reports, turned out to be nothing more than an
attempt at intimidation. For five hours, he and Sally sat dumbfounded as
Adams and Rich slandered Dr. Sabow's dead brother. James Sabow was accused
of felony, of falsifying documents, and of other serious crimes. No one came
to the dead colonel's defense. Only General Shuter reminded those present
that Colonel Sabow had been found guilty of absolutely nothing, and that
these charges were only unproved allegations. In the face of intimidation,
however, he did not go on to defend the colonel's reputation of
incorruptibility. It became obvious, David says, that Adams and Wayne Rich
had conspired to concoct a scenario of lies that would paint the dead
colonel with a brush of disgrace. They hoped to shame the colonel's widow
and brother into silence.

During the meeting, General Adams pointed to Sally and demanded that she not
talk to his ex-wife. Sally, taken by surprise, countered that she would talk
to anyone she pleased. Adams then warned her to stop spreading rumors that
he had some involvement in her husband's death. But up until that point,
Sally had never considered this idea; she believed her husband's death was a
suicide.

David asked General Adams why Colonel Sabow was implicated for the misuse of
government aircraft. Adams suggested that he did a lot of flying with
Underwood. David says that this was an outright lie--for several reasons.
First, Colonel Sabow was not allowed to be the first officer of the type of
planes they were flying. This is because he was a jet pilot and a fighter
pilot, but had never qualified on small aircraft.

Also, Underwood was in a somewhat similar situation. Underwood was
overweight, hypertensive, and on medication for a prostate condition. He did
not pass his physical, and consequently, for a great deal of the time that
Colonel Sabow was stationed in El Toro, Underwood was not allowed to be the
first pilot. Therefore, the two could not fly together. In the course of
reviewing Underwood's flight record, Adams claimed to have seen Sabow's name
a lot, when that could not be the case. He could only have flown with a
qualified first officer.

After four hours, General Adams dismissed everyone but the NIS agents. David
insisted on speaking to them privately, which irritated the general. David
had asked for a full report to back up their official determination of
suicide. But it appeared that General Adams was determined to keep this
information from him. After all this, he was not even able to obtain autopsy
or fingerprint information from the NIS forensic experts.



The First Real Help

Three months subsequent to the meeting, David obtained information from a
secret source that he developed. The information included copies of several
documents.

The most damaging evidence was a five-page hand-written summary by Wayne
Rich. By this time, David knew that Rich was an Assistant Attorney General
from Washington, who replaced Colonel Lucas at the March 9 meeting. These
notes were written by Rich during a telephone conversation with the deputy
SJA in Washington, Colonel Lang, on the day before the El Toro meeting, and
included statements such as: "We are about to try to convince Sabow's
brother that his brother was a crook and so big a crook..."

The packet also contained an order from one legal officer to another
regarding the investigation of ways to have Dr. Sabow's medical license
revoked.

There was also a copy of a memorandum written by the head legal officer, SJA
Colonel Lucas. The memorandum was in reference to the peculiar behavior of
Lieutenant General Hollis Davison, the Inspector General of the Marine
Corps, during an investigation into Colonel Sabow and Colonel Underwood at
El Toro from January 10 until January 17, 1991, days before the murder.
Lucas talked about the repetitiveness of the Inspector General's questions,
and his peculiar behavior while conducting his interviews. The last
paragraph of Lucas' memorandum stated that he put this into his personal
files to protect himself for the future. He stated that if the Inspector
General's behavior became public, it would be very bad for the Marine Corps.

There was also a memorandum from Captain McBride to Colonel Lucas. The memo
reported conversations between McBride and Dr. Sabow. This order was from
Rich or Adams ordering McBride to divulge confidential information, and
violated the trust of the attorney-client relationship.

The packet also included transcribed responses of "witnesses" interviewed by
the I.G. in an attempt to depict Colonel Sabow's misconduct. There was a
glaring omission in the transcription--the questions asked of those
"witnesses." David learned that at least one person interviewed, Major Bob
Friend, would not sign the transcript because the statements did not reflect
his responses.



The JAGMAN Reinvestigation

In the fall of 1991, David contacted Captain Tony Verducci, a Marine Corps
officer at El Toro. Verducci had authored the first Judge Advocate General
Manual Investigation (JAGMAN), and David appealed to him to reopen a second
one. He was also handling his sister-in-law's attempt to obtain death
benefits from the Veteran's Administration. The V.A. was withholding money
on the grounds that Colonel Sabow died in a manner "not becoming of a Marine
Corps officer." Sally trusted Captain Verducci to clear up this problem.

Verducci appealed to Brigadier General Drax Williams, who had replaced
General Adams. Williams immediately assigned Verducci to the case. After two
days of getting things organized, Verducci was dumbfounded when Williams
removed him from the case, stating that the investigation was near
completion.

The reinvestigation was reassigned to other legal officers who were not from
El Toro, but from adjacent bases. According to Verducci, Colonel Pearcy and
Captain Bowe had no previous knowledge of the case. Their entire inquiry and
analysis spanned approximately 2� days. During that time, they never left
the legal department, and they never consulted Verducci. They never even
talked to major players in the affair, including Underwood and Adams. Nor
did they visit the crime scene. Their reinvestigation relied on two
interviews and old NIS reports. Basically, they shuffled papers.

The sizable document that resulted from this supposed reinvestigation was
approved by the appropriate people in Washington. Yet, this report is
"replete with misstatements, illogical conclusions, and outright lies,"
according to David. Indeed, there were accusations of guilt against a man
who was never formally charged, and, further, who could not defend himself
against the charges. These are the basic conclusions of the reinvestigation:



Colonel Sabow was desperate.

Colonel Sabow was guilty of misconduct.

Colonel Sabow was guilty of conduct unbecoming a Marine Corps officer.



The transparency of the lies was obvious. For instance, the report included
a letter by Captain McBride, who had spoken to Colonel Sabow minutes before
his death. In the letter, McBride described Sabow as appropriately concerned
"but not desperate." The report contradicted his statement by saying that
Colonel Sabow was desperate. Strangely, McBride's letter was attached as
part of the evidence, an apparent ploy to make suicide appear more
plausible.

The specific allegations of misconduct against Colonel Sabow were revealed
for the first time during the JAGMAN reinvestigation. They claim that he
made several illegal flights. David gave the material to Colonel Sabow's
best friend, Colonel Bill Callahan, who disproved the allegations by
obtaining the relevant flight records, orders, and flight plans. Callahan
showed conclusively that each and every allegation was unfounded. For
example, Colonel Sabow was said to have flown to his ranch for business
rather than for a training flight. Yet Sabow never even owned a ranch. His
in-laws had owned a ranch south of Tucson, but sold it in 1985 due to
illness. According to the report, Colonel Sabow took these illegal flights
in 1990. At times, Colonel Sabow would fly to a nearby base to fulfill
required training hours, and stay over at his in-laws to visit, but he would
never do so if friends and family were there to avoid the appearance of
impropriety. The Marine Corps and the NIS twisted the colonel's caring
behavior to discredit him.

Another allegation was that Colonel Sabow went to Phoenix to pick up
Callahan to fly him back to El Toro. What actually happened was that Colonel
Sabow was assigned to Yuma, Arizona to attend a change of command ceremony
for an officer. On his way back, he was to stop in Phoenix, and then return
to El Toro. Colonel Sabow knew that Colonel Callahan had been ordered back
to El Toro, and that the Marine Corps would have to pay for his commercial
flight. Since Colonel Sabow had to come that way, he let Callahan know that
he could make the flight back with him. So this "illegal flight" amounted to
transporting a friend back to the base, and saving the Marine Corps money!

The report also claimed that Captain Verducci voluntarily removed himself
from the reinvestigations. Upon seeing this, Verducci was appalled. He told
David that this was an outright lie. "I wanted to investigate this case to
get to the bottom of it," he said. Commenting on the report, Verducci added,
"Not only is this a mass of lies, it is a gross violation of law!"



Irrefutable Evidence of Murder

After ten months, David was finally able to obtain the autopsy report and
other forensic materials. As he reviewed the material, he slowly began to
understand why it had been withheld: The reports contained hard, irrefutable
evidence of murder. These are some of the findings:



Colonel Sabow was killed by a 12-gauge shotgun blast that made contact with
the soft palate. This is difficult to fathom for two reasons. First, unlike
the relatively insensitive hard palate, the soft palate reacts negatively to
touch. Contact with the soft palate initiates a gag reflex in a conscious
person. Second, the soft palate is narrow, causing David to wonder, "How
could my brother have put the shotgun up against his soft palate, when the
barrel is literally as wide as the soft palate?" This evidence suggests that
Colonel Sabow was unconscious during the time of the shot.



The autopsy report states that the brain was literally pulpified from the
shooting. It was completely lacerated and turned to pulp. Yet, the autopsy
report states that Colonel Sabow's lungs were filled with aspirated
(inhaled) blood. This would indicate that the colonel was able to breathe
without a brain or brain stem, an impossibility. Several minutes of
coordinated breathing were necessary to fill the lungs with blood. After the
brain was destroyed in this manner, the colonel would have been unable to
take a single gasp. It proved that his brother was rendered unconscious and
breathed for several minutes before the shooting destroyed his brain.



The report indicated that there was no exit wound. Therefore, the entire
explosive force of the 12-gauge discharge was contained within the confines
of the skull itself, except for the "blowback" out the mouth. The fact that
the entire explosive energy was contained in the brain and rendered the
cervical spinal cord functionless precludes any chance of even a slight
gasp, let alone several minutes of coordinated respirations. So it is far
more likely that a powerful blow to the head rendered Sabow unconscious but
breathing for several minutes before the shooting. Autopsy photos and
interviews of Sally Sabow and Cheryl Baldwin, an NIS agent in charge of
investigation, indicate a large bulge on the back of the colonel's head, an
obvious sign of external trauma. The military has consistently denied this
evidence.



Colonel Sabow s fingerprints were not on the gun. Yet, he would have touched
the gun several times in a suicide scenario.



No blood was found on the gun or on any portion of the colonel's body below
his upper chest. Yet, from the way he was discovered, it was assumed that
the colonel shot himself while sitting in a patio chair. David states, "If
he had bent over to stretch his right arm to discharge the weapon and to
hold the gun barrel in his mouth with the left hand, the blowback would have
drenched the intervening clothing. The posture would have placed his face
with mouth open directly over his chest, torso, thighs, legs, and feet. But
there was no blood below the chest, none over his bathrobe, none on his
pajama bottoms, none over his athletic socks, and none on his slippers. But
even more impossible and more ridiculous--not one drop of blood was on the
gun!"



Furthermore, photographs demonstrated that the ring and small finger of the
left hand were covered with blood, but that there was absolutely none on the
thumb, index, middle fingers, and back of his hand. If he held the gun in
his mouth, his left hand, the back of the hand, thumb, and forearm,
including the gun, would be covered with blood. David states that this is
extremely important because the NIS said that Colonel Sabow was sitting in a
lawn chair holding the gun in his mouth against the soft palate, his left
hand grasping the barrel. He then supposedly reached down with his right
hand to depress the trigger with his right thumb or index finger. If the
weapon had been discharged in that position, blood would have blown back,
covering his thumb and index finger, and the web of the hand and the gun.
But there was no blood there whatsoever. David points out, "Indeed, when you
look at the way he was lying, the ring and little fingers were fairly close
to his mouth, and the left forearm was right in front of his mouth."



After careful study of the material, evidence of homicide was obvious. In
fact, it was so apparent that David at times doubted his own judgment. To
see if he had been making some mistake in interpretation, David realized he
should consult with respected experts. He did contact two such people. One
was a leading specialist in the neurological control of respiration, and the
other an authority in ballistics trauma.

Dr. Jack Feldman is chairman of the Department of Neuroscience at UCLA. He
lectures worldwide and has published over 500 treatises on how the nervous
system controls breathing. Upon studying Colonel Sabow's autopsy reports,
Dr. Feldman asked, how did blood enter the lungs? As David had thought,
blood in the lungs was a sign that the colonel had been breathing for
several minutes before he died. Furthermore, the body was discovered laying
on its right side, and blood was found in both lungs. A strong, coordinated
breathing effort would have been necessary for the blood to travel uphill to
the left lung. Dr. Feldman concluded that since respiration requires an
intact brainstem and spinal cord, and since the blast produced massive
damage to this area, the colonel would not have been able to generate
respiratory movements after the gunshot. On June 20,1994, Dr. Feldman wrote
and signed an affidavit that painted the most likely scenario:



"Colonel Sabow was rendered unconscious or immobile by a blow to the head
that fractured the base of the skull, causing bleeding into the pharynx.
Breathing continued after this injury, aspirating blood into the lung.
Sometime later, a shotgun was placed in the mouth and triggered (by another
party), causing death and obscuring any evidence of prior injury. This
scenario is consistent with the evidence available."



Dr. Feldman wrote to David that the investigation should be reopened and the
evidence reexamined to explore alternatives to the conclusion that Colonel
Sabow committed suicide. "It seems to me," he said, "that the evidence as
presented in the autopsy is inconsistent with the scenario that Colonel
Sabow placed a shotgun in his mouth, shot himself, fell to the ground, and
wound up with a significant amount of aspirated blood."

David next approached Dr. Martin Fackler with the same evidence. Dr. Fackler
founded the Wound Ballistics Laboratory at Letterman Army Institute of
Research at the Presidio in San Francisco, and directed it for ten years.
Newly retired from the army after 30 years of service, he was the Department
of Defense's expert on wounds. In his report to David, Dr. Fackler's
comments closely echoed those of Dr. Feldman. These were his main
conclusions:



"The position of the shotgun (under his body) and the lack of gross blood on
the front of the white garments that Colonel Sabow was wearing at the time
of his death make suicide appear, to me, unlikely...."



"The amount of blood, and edema, found at autopsy in Colonel Sabow's lungs
would seem, to me, to indicate that he took at least a dozen breaths after
the shot. The structures destroyed by the shot, however, would seem to
preclude this: the autopsy report states 'No intact brainstem, including
midbrain, pons, or cerebral peduncle is identified'"....



"The fact that none of Colonel Sabow's fingerprints were found on the
shotgun seems strange to me, but the techniques of fingerprinting are out of
my field of expertise. One of the reasons given, however, for the lack of
fingerprints--that the barrel gets so hot that any fingerprints on it would
be burned off--is simply absurd. This is within my area of expertise: I have
handled many shotguns immediately after they have been fired--the barrels
are not even hot to the touch."



Dr. Fackler says the strongest evidence of murder is the small amount of
blood found on the victim. He says, "Since no blood went out the back of his
head, I would expect more of it to blow back and be over things in the front
of him. As far as I'm concerned, that's the most supportive evidence to
support Dr. Sabow's beliefs."

Deputy Sheriff Freiberg of the San Diego Sheriff's Department, whose field
of expertise is fingerprint evidence, was also contacted. According to the
JAGMAN reinvestigation, Freiberg said that it's not infrequent for no
fingerprints to be found on a shotgun if the individual washed his hands
with strong detergent prior to the use of the shotgun. It further refers to
him as stating that the heat of even a single shot commonly obliterates
fingerprints on a shotgun.

When he found out what was attributed to him, Freiberg became incensed and
denied making the statement. Then he vaguely recalled someone from El Toro
calling him and concocting an imaginary scenario of a suicide in which the
weapon was devoid of prints. Freiberg's response to the far-fetched
situation was, "I suppose anything is possible." He was given no factual
information surrounding Colonel Sabow's death, and was only asked to render
an opinion on some hypothetical, unlikely situation.



In Search of Justice

Gene Wheaton, a retired military investigator, learned about David from an
article in the Los Angeles Times, and offered his help. Wheaton began by
educating Dr. Sabow on dark forces within the government, the unelected
"shadow government" that resorts to any means to exert control, including,
when all else fails, threat of financial ruin and assassination.

At first, David did not understand how this affected him, but as he delved
into matters he could not help coming to the conclusion that "Colonel Sabow
was murdered by fellow Marines, and a conspiracy to cover up the murder
involved officers locally and at Marine Headquarters, Navy headquarters, the
NCIS, the Department of Justice, including the FBI, and the Orange County
Coroner's Department. It probably also included at least one federal court
judge."

At one point, the Marine Corps contacted Wheaton about the Sabow affair, and
David sent him to Washington, where he met with senior field grade officers
and gave them an account of the evidence proving murder. He also let the
Marine Corps know that Dr. Sabow was not out to ruin the Corps, since his
brother had served with them for almost 30 years. He was out to get to the
bottom of the murder.

Wheaton let the Marine Corps know that Dr. Sabow was available for
discussion and willing to fly to Washington at his own expense and to
cooperate fully. But no one ever called.

Dr. Sabow appealed to the Department of Defense, the Secretary of the Navy,
and even FBI Director William Sessions. No one would listen. He commonly
received form letters with words to this effect: We have reviewed all of the
in-depth investigations that have been carried out in great detail, and we
find no evidence of foul play.

David gave up on the military and sought private channels. He had an equally
difficult time finding a lawyer. No one wanted to help. They claimed it was
too difficult to win such a case. Several attorneys said that the Feres
doctrine prevented servicemen or their families from suing the government.
It soon became obvious that trying to get a law firm to take on a case
involving the government was almost impossible.

Finally, David found a small law firm in southern California that was
willing to work with him. The firm was having financial difficulties and
would not work on a contingency basis. They would proceed on a per hour
basis only. David accepted the terms as they were the only law firm willing
to take on the case. They prepared a Federal Torts Claim Act (FTCA) against
the government.

Dr. Sabow requested partial discovery because he knew that full discovery
would not be granted. The government would become too vulnerable. But the
judge in the Santa Ana federal district court, Alice Marie Stodler, refused
to grant the plaintiffs even limited discovery.

In the meantime, the Department of Defense was ordered by Congress to
reinvestigate certain deaths due to an act signed by President Clinton in
early 1994. Due to David's persistence, the DOD knew that they would have to
at least make a pseudo attempt at a reinvestigation. In March 1994, Special
Investigator Larry Swails was assigned to the case. Swails was from the
Division of Criminal Investigation Services (DCIS) for the Inspector General
of the DOD.

Swails interviewed several key people, including Colonel Sabow's immediate
family, Lt. Col. Bill Callahan, Captain Anthony Verducci, Randy Robinson,
Dr. Jack Feldman, Gene Wheaton, and individuals from the Orange County
Coroner's office.

Many of these people had key information to offer. Robinson, for example,
had witnessed tampering with the patio chair's position at the scene of the
death, and discovered the ammunition inside a garage cabinet. He saw the
same ammunition photographed on the garage floor to make it appear that it
had been found in that location. Gene Wheaton provided Swails with much
evidence of murder. Captain Verducci told Swails that Dr. Sabow was the only
one who had ever investigated the case, and that he had overwhelming
evidence of foul play. But Swails was only interested in finding out what
these people knew about covert activities. He was not interested in the
events of the death and the material that pointed to murder.

Needless to say, the FTCA claim was thrown out of court by Federal Judge
Alice Marie Stodler. And this was despite the fact that Dr. Sabow was able
to prove that no thorough investigation was ever done.

Sabow learned that a huge legal team was working against him. The Justice
Department sent a Mr. Zipperstein from Washington, D.C., to southern
California to coordinate the efforts of the government against him.

David summed it up: "The end result was that we were denied our day in
court....The decision of the judge was at best outrageous in addition to
being unconstitutional."

In October 1994, Larry Swails finally interviewed Dr. Sabow. When Swails
started his investigation in March 1994, Sabow expected that he would be the
first person interviewed. He called Swails several times and asked why he
was not seen. After all, he had autopsy material, photographs, and other
documents. He had more than an opinion to offer--he had the hard evidence.
Despite this, Sabow was the last to be summoned.

A week before the interview, Swails phoned David and requested Sally Sabow's
presence at the meeting. Sabow surmised that this would be an exit interview
and did not bother to tell Sally about it.

A couple of days prior to the meeting, Sabow invited a close friend to sit
in on the talks. Judge Marshall Young was a prominent judge and a past
president of the National Judicial College in Reno, Nevada.

On October 22, 1994, Larry Swails and his assistant, Nancy Sundervan, came
to David's home. The investigators immediately started questioning Sabow
about his knowledge of covert activities, and his sources of documentation.
Their questions were direct: Who are your sources? Who supplied you with
information from headquarters? And so on. David told them that he was not
interested in this type of conversation. He reminded them that there was
only one reason for the interview, and that was to establish the manner of
death of Colonel Sabow.

The two were clearly at odds in their intent. David would start to present
his evidence, but before he could finish a sentence, Swails would say, "no,
that's not quite right. It's this way." Judge Young interrupted several
times saying that he didn't understand the way the interview was being
conducted. They had come all this way to find out what Dr. Sabow knew
regarding the manner of his brother's death. Yet any time Dr. Sabow opened
his mouth to present a piece of evidence, they would counter it by saying
that their experts say otherwise. This was not a court, Judge Young reminded
them, but a fact-finding mission.

Sabow insisted on going over the evidence point by point, and the two
so-called investigators continued to resist. They were not open to any
evidence that did not support their point of view. The two were particularly
disturbed by statements and autopsy photos regarding a large lump on the
back of Colonel Sabow's head, and by the idea that it was not likely that a
person would hit himself over the head before shooting himself. According to
David, whenever such an inconsistency arose, the two would ignore it, change
the topic, or offer to show it to the FBI. At one point during the interview
the investigators actually said that they were not going to consider any
evidence that was not pointing toward suicide.

After Swails and Sundervan left, Judge Young told David that "I have never
seen anything in my life like this, and I've been on the bench for over 30
years. I have never seen a capital crime proved so conclusively. You have
proved murder in spades." He went on to say, "But I want you to know, you're
dealing with evil people. And you make one grave mistake. You have faith in
the judicial system. I don't."

Three or four days after the meeting, Gene Wheaton called Larry Swails to
find out how the Rapid City investigation went. Gene had known Larry years
before when he was a criminal investigator for the army. Swails answered
that the meeting was "an absolute waste of time. All Dr. Sabow wanted to
talk about was the investigation of his brother's murder. He didn't want to
say anything about covert activities."

Judge Young told David about a dedicated FBI agent, Bill Grode, and David
was able to arrange a meeting with Grode. He expected their talk to last a
half hour or so, but Grode was deeply interested and stayed for 3� hours. He
took voluminous notes and left with copies of the evidence. In early January
 1995, Grode called to set up another meeting.

At this meeting, Sabow started showing a magnetic resonance film
demonstrating the extent of damage that would have occurred with a shotgun
blast contacting the soft palate. But after a few words, Grode looked at him
and said, "Dr. Sabow, that's really interesting, but we know it's homicide."
Sabow dropped his pointer and began to weep. This was the first time in four
years that anybody in the government had acknowledged him.

Interestingly, Grode had said we instead of I. Subsequently, David learned
that the other person was an Agent Fred Collins, head of the north central
FBI district and stationed in Minneapolis. Together, Grode and he reviewed
information before sending a report to Washington. David subsequently
learned that from Washington it had been referred to the Los Angeles FBI
bureau but that "it was too hot to handle" and sent back to Washington.

Dr. Sabow wrote a letter to the director of the FBI after not hearing
anything for several months. The letter was detailed, and filled with hard
evidence. A week or two later, Dr. Sabow received a letter from the
Congressional liaison and public affairs officer for the FBI, a man by the
name of Collingwood, stating, in essence, that the FBI had already conducted
investigations into the matter in 1993, and had found absolutely no evidence
of foul play. They were sorry that his brother was dead, but it was over.
The FBI didn't want any part of it.

David was devastated at this point. By this time, he had been stonewalled by
the Marine Corps, the Secretary of the Navy, the Justice Department, and the
FBI. He had written to Senators and Congressmen, and had received nothing
except perfunctory responses, such as that they had given the material to
the Marine Corps or to the Department of Defense, and they were looking into
it. He could not get a major commitment from anybody.

His law firm did launch an appeal, which is in front of the court right now.
It appears that it will be a year to a year-and-a-half before he will get a
decision.

In the interim, David decided to go to Washington. He was fortunate in that
he met Senator Tom Daschle, a man who he feels has the integrity and
commitment to help him all the way. Upon seeing the evidence, Senator
Daschle acknowledged its importance. Currently, his staff is working with
David. With this help, David continues to pursue justice. His plan is to
request a special Senate inquiry and a meeting with Janet Reno and Louis
Free at which time they will demand a federal grand jury.

One thing is for sure: Dr. David Sabow is not going away. He is sure that it
is only a matter of time before the truth will out, and Colonel Sabow's name
is cleared.



Pete Barbee and the Drug Connection

Dr. David Sabow's investigation has proven without a shadow of a doubt that
Colonel Sabow's death was murder, not suicide. But why was he killed?
Captain Pete Barbee, who has conducted investigations into drug trafficking
at air bases for several years, claims to know.

Barbee was a mustang in the Marine Corps (a mustang is an officer who came
up through the ranks). In 1985, Barbee was a Captain in the Marine Corps in
Tustin, California, serving as a helicopter aircraft commander. Barbee was
selected for a degree completion program, so he left the Marines for two
years to obtain a Bachelor's Degree at the University of California at
Irvine.

During this time, Colonel Sabow became aware of drugs on the base. He and
his staff decided to use undercover methods to find out how the drugs were
getting there. Somebody recommended Barbee, who, as a mustang, had rapport
with the troops. In the latter part of 1987, Colonel Sabow contacted Barbee
and discussed his concern about drug trafficking within the El Toro and
Tustin bases.

Investigations confirmed suspicions that drug activity was taking place. But
the information uncovered was surprising. After much research, Barbee
discovered chemicals used to make methamphetamine were being sold.

In 1987, Barbee graduated from the University of California at Irvine, and
was assigned back to the Marine Corps in Tustin, where he continued to
investigate and report on chemical trafficking. Colonel Sabow advised him to
report to him and no one else.

Barbee learned that the chemicals red phosphorus and P2, a bluish liquid
used for cleaning ships and aircraft for quality control, were being removed
from the military stockpile and transferred through DRMO, the Defense
Regional Management Office, and several NIS agents.

Barbee left the Marine Corps but he did stay in southern California, and
therefore saw the newspaper articles about Colonel Sabow's death in the Los
Angeles Times and the Orange County Register. When he read about the
"suicide" he immediately said that that was impossible. He knew the death
had something to do with drug interests. Barbee had a great respect for
Colonel Sabow, and felt that he owed him a debt. He would repay the debt by
continuing with the investigations in an attempt to find the killer. Barbee
continued to go to DRMO auctions to watch what was happening, and to gather
information and leads. In the back of his mind, he could hear the colonel's
words, "Trust no one."

In 1993, Barbee moved to Fontana, close to Waters' Country store, the center
of massive and open drug dealing. Twelve to twenty drug dealers worked there
seven days a week, and he could not understand why they were dealing so
openly, and why nothing was being done to stop them. There were no drug
busts made, and no police monitoring them. Yet everything from heroin to
cocaine, speed, and pot were being sold and bringing in easily $50,000 to
$70,000 a week.

Barbee became too visible. On the night of November 10, 1993, he was
kidnaped, drugged, and left for dead in Ventura County. Several underlings
who worked for drug lords Carlos Segura, Rudy Garza, and Augustine were
responsible. They were major dealers and providers at Waters' Country Store.

Barbee was discovered by the police, and after a short stay in the emergency
room was taken to jail on drug charges. After getting out of jail, he
obtained a gun, and continued his search. He slowly gathered more knowledge
on why and how these dealers were allowed to operate with such impunity. He
discovered a great deal of corruption.

With the backing of the Ventura sheriff's office, Barbee was able to make an
agreement with Mr. and Mrs. Waters. His goal was three-fold. He wanted to
remove the debris that they had collected for over 40 years in back of
Waters' Country Store, to remove the drug dealers, and to remove the people
who were living in the back of the store.

Barbee worked with the sheriff's office for approximately three months,
during which time he denied the drug dealers access, moved things around so
that they weren't familiar with their territory, and gave the sheriff's
department information about types of drugs and drug deals being made.

At the end of three months, a big raid took place, and the drug dealers were
gone. Once they found out that Barbee had a lot of information, and that he
was passing it along, Garza and Augustine saw to it that Barbee was badly
beaten. This happened more than once. Guns were pulled on him, his head was
cracked, and his nose was crushed.

After recovering, Barbee continued working. Garza was determined to put an
end to his interference. He told several people that he was going to take
Barbee down because of his connection with the sheriff, and because he had
eliminated him from the drug scene. Barbee did not perceive this as an idle
threat. Garza had a rap sheet three or four pages long filled with violent
assaults, including murder.

On August 29, 1994, Garza attacked Barbee with a knife at his place of
business. Barbee pushed Garza away and armed himself. Garza came at him
again, and Barbee shot him four times in the head.

Several witnesses saw what Garza had done. Others heard Garza's threats to
kill Barbee. Unfortunately, the sheriff chose to ignore witnesses. They also
ignored reports by emergency medical technicians who found Garza lying on
the pavement, knife in hand. Barbee was arrested that night for first-degree
murder, which shocked several police officers who had been working with him.

Barbee subsequently identified the district attorney in the Fontana Court as
someone he frequently saw with Garza at Waters' Country Store. He told the
sheriff's investigator, and co-defender investigator this information. They
informed Barbee that they were doing an investigation into the prosecuting
DA. They said that the situation would be worked out and that it would not
be a problem--this was strictly a case of self-defense.

Barbee then learned that the DA was aware of the investigation. As a result,
he had an even greater dislike of Barbee.

While in jail, Barbee was threatened and beaten. He was told he would be
killed in jail. At one point, Barbee was moved from his cell block to
another one, right next to Rudy Garza's cousin, Eddie. Like his cousin,
Eddie Garza was involved in a great deal of violence and drug trafficking.

In prison, Barbee has given information to the sheriff's department
concerning DRMO involvement in the sale and use of red phosphorus and P2.
The information has panned out for them. Yet he has not received any help in
return. They also have records of Barbee's investigation with the sheriff's
department into the Garza crime family.

On November 17, 1994, Diane Barbee, Pete Barbee's wife, saw Connie Chung's
Eye-to-Eye television program, which had a report about Dr. Sabow
investigating the death of his brother. They phoned Pete to tell him about
the show. Pete Barbee broke down in tears when he learned that someone else
cared enough to investigate the murder. As a result, Dr. Sabow and Pete
Barbee made contact.

Dr. Sabow informed Jim Willworth, an investigative reporter for Time
magazine, about Barbee, and he subsequently interviewed him in depth several
times. Willworth later told Dr. Sabow, "I've done this business for 28
years. This man is legitimate." After Jim Willworth's interview, the
prosecution changed the charge against Barbee from first-degree murder to
manslaughter. The reason given for the manslaughter charge: He had
overreacted with his gun. Rather than fight this in court, Barbee pleaded no
contest. (His attorney had said that they could fight it, but if they lost
he could get up to a ten-year penalty. Believing the system to be corrupt,
Barbee thought it best to serve for a lesser time, especially since the time
served before he was given bail is included.)

So Barbee took the plea of manslaughter and has been sentenced to three
years in state prison. The last time his wife, Diane, visited him, Barbee
stated that he needed to talk about Colonel Sabow. He needed to get all the
information to them so that he could repay the debt he owes. Diane says that
her husband wants to verify that he brought up Colonel Sabow's death long
before he was incarcerated. He actually gave the information to the
sheriff's department, and they were supposed to have turned it over to other
authorities, including the DEA. But nothing has been passed along. Also of
interest is the fact that Barbee was interviewed by the FBI months ago, and
has heard nothing from them since that time.

Some say that Barbee was arrested because of his insight into Colonel
Sabow's death and his knowledge of covert government operations. Not
surprisingly, Barbee fears for his life. "There is a lot of corruption here
in Fontana," he says. "I am going up against a DA who has prostituted his
position, and a judge who has prostituted his. The judge has eliminated
evidence, and has lied about it. I am scared. I fear for my life, and my
wife fears for hers. She has had to move. I need help, and I just pray that
I can get it."



Other Casualties of the Sabow Affair

The following additional individuals connected to the Sabow affair have met
with strange misfortunes. Evidently, they knew too much.



Randy Robinson, the MP who witnessed evidence tampering at the death scene,
was arrested two months after the murder, and charged with rape. The charge
was then changed to the lesser one of adultery, for which he has served a
six-month sentence. Captain Verducci, who acted in Robinson's defense, felt
that the whole affair was bizarre, because the alleged victims did not file
a complaint and refused to testify in court.



Archibald Scott, a highly decorated colonel who heard Colonel Sabow exclaim
to Underwood that "Quitters never win and winners never quit," was accused
of impersonating an officer. Scott took the case to court, and the decision
has been reversed in his favor.



Captain Leslie Williams worked for Colonel Sabow and thought highly of him.
She openly protested derogatory remarks against him. Despite a highly rated
performance and recommendations for promotion by Colonel Sabow, Williams was
"passed over" by the military and had to "get out."



Provost Marshall Goodrow and deputy, Forquer, were the first on the scene
when Sabow died. Both were given new assignments in the summer of 1991. One
was sent to Okinawa and the other to Twenty-Nine Palms. They were
"short-termed."



Jack Chisom, the co-owner of T&G Aviation, who supplied C-130 and DC-7
operations in the Persian Gulf, was found dead in the Arizona desert as the
result of a hit-and-run accident.



"Kevin," a marine who retired in the summer of 1994, was at the home of some
friends when �MDBR�Eye-to-Eye With Connie Chung�MDNM� appeared on
television. The program contained a segment on the death of Colonel Sabow
and included a reference to large quantities of drugs being delivered to
military bases, and an interview with a pilot who was involved in these
flights. The group of people watching the program were astounded. "Kevin"
assured them that everything they saw was true. He himself had been ordered
to load vast quantities of drugs onto airplanes with the idea that drugs
would be used for sting operations. He was not supposed to discuss the
matter with anyone. Later, David Sabow learned of him and tried to reach
"Kevin" for an interview. Five days later, a secret source told him
"Kevin's" place of work and his unlisted phone number, but "Kevin" was dead.
He was found hanging from the rafters of his parents' barn.



Tom Wade was a computer specialist who accessed confidential records for the
Inspector General during his bogus investigation in January 1991. He found
that the MWR files had been purged, including contracts with proprietary
airlines, which are suspected of being involved in illegal C-130
acquisitions and illicit drug traffic. Wade's brutal death remains a
mystery. He was shot in the head early on Christmas Day, 1994, as he was
returning from Midnight Mass. As Wade's colleague at El Toro, computer
installation chief Felix Segovia, explains, Wade was a single parent living
in an apartment complex. "He had a small daughter. He was going home
Christmas Eve from services. He was on his way home to pick up some gifts to
take back to the church...to give out to the kids, and he was accosted by a
couple of individuals in the parking lot of his complex, and shot in the
back of the head, execution-style. Nothing was taken from his car. His
daughter was left in the car crying. And no one saw anything. And until 6 in
the morning when finally someone heard his daughter crying, it was never
reported to the police."



Sergeant Felix Segovia is awaiting court-martial. He was a close friend of
Tom Wade's, and had filed a "wholesale theft of computer equipment" report
after having found that hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of computers,
hardware, and software were missing from the El Toro base.



Colonel Jerry Agenbroad was found hanged in the BOQ in El Toro, on Feb. 24,
1994, five days after a 60 Minutes segment on illegal acquisitions and use
of C-130s. He was in charge of MWR and at one time had been the head of the
Air Museum at El Toro.

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