[CTRL] Affidavit of Edward P. Cutolo

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AFFIDAVIT OF EDWARD P. CUTOLO
I, Edward P. Cutolo, having been duly sworn, do state under oath;

1. I am currently the Commanding Officer of the 10th Special Forces Group
(Airborne), 1st Special Forces, Fort Devens, Massachusetts.

2. I swear affirmation to the contents of this affidavit freely and without
coercion or threat to my person.

3.In Dec., 1975, I spoke with Col. "Bo" Baker concerning a classified
mission he commanded during that month, inside Colombia. The mission was
known as Watch Tower.

4. Following a lengthy discussion with Col. Baker, I was introduced to Mr.
Edwin Wilson and Mr. Frank Terpil. Both Wilson and Terpil were in the employ
of the Central Intelligence Agency. Both Wilson and Terpil inquired if I was
interested in working for short periods of time in Colombia and I
acknowledged that I was.

5. In Feb., 1976, I commanded the second Watch Tower Mission into Columbia.

6. The purpose of Operation Watch Tower was to establish a series of three
electronic beacon towers beginning outside of Bogota, Colombia and running
northeast to the border of Panama. Once the Watch Tower teams (Special
Action Teams) were in place, the beacon was activated to emit a signal that
aircraft could fix on and fly undetected from Bogota into Panama, then land
at Albrook Air Station.

7. During the Feb., 1976, Watch Tower Mission, 30 high performance aircraft
landed safely at Albrook Air Station where the planes were met by Col. Tony
Noriega, who is a Panama Defence Force Officer currently assigned to the
Customs and Intelligence Section. Noriega normally was in the company of
other PDF officers known to me as Major Diaz Herrera, Major Luis del Cid,
Major Ramirez. Also present at most of the arrivals, was Edwin Wilson, and
an unidentified male Israeli national.

8. The cargo flown from Colombia into Panama was cocaine.

9. The male Israeli national was identified and known to members of the
570th Military Intelligence Group in Panama who only specified that this
individual had the authority from the U.S. Army Southern Command in Panama
to be in the A.O.

10. In March, 1976, a third Watch Tower Mission was implemented and I was in
command of that mission which lasted 29 days and engaged in the same tactics
used in the Feb., 1976, mission. The March mission encountered a serious
accident and resulted in several SAT members being injured from wounds
suffered while attempting to exfiltrate from Colombia across the border into
Panama where helicopters were waiting to extract them.

11. The March, 1976 mission incident occurred as the SAT that was on station
at Turbo, Colombia, encountered 40 to 50 armed men. Action Intelligence
reports identified the armed men as local bandits. In regards to this
incident the helicopters waiting in Panama, to extract the SAT, entered
Colombian air space without authorization and successfully extracted the
SAT, after an estimated six or seven minute fire fight.

12. During the March, 1976, Watch Tower Mission, 40 high proformance
aircraft landed safely at Albrook Air Station where they were met in
previously related fashion by those named.

13. After the Watch Tower Mission in March, 1976, I lost touch with several
of the men who had served on the SATs, but made no attempt to locate them.

14. In 1978, I assumed command of the 10th Special Forces Group (Airborne)
at Fort. Devens and recognized two soldiers.

15. The two soldiers I recognized were assigned to 10th Special Forces Group
(Airborne). One was assigned to a Special Forces Operational Detachment
Alpha in the 3rd Battalion, Sgt. John Newby. The other had just been
reassigned off an Operational Detachment Alpha following a criminal
Investigation Division matter being levied against him. PFC William Tyree.
Tyree was reassigned to a Forward Support Team but had been carried for the
preceding month on 2nd Battalion's roster.

16. Upon the assumption of command, I created and implemented 12 separate
SATs. Their mission was to implement Army Regulation 340-18-5 (file number
503-05). My authority for this action came directly from FORSCOM through
Edwin Wilson who appeared before me in my office at 10th Special Forces
Group Headquarters. This action was taken to develop surveillance of
politicians, judicial figures, law enforcement agencies at the state level,
and of religious figures.

17. Mr. Edwin Wilson explained that it was considered that Operation Watch
Tower might be compromised and become known if politicians, judicial
figures, police and religious entities were approached or received word that
U.S. Troops had aided in delivering narcotics from Columbia into Panama.
Based on that possibility, intense surveillance was undertaken by my office
to ensure if Watch Tower became known of, the U.S. government and the Army
would have advance warning and could prepare a defense.

18. I was under orders not to inform Col. Forrest Rittgers, Commanding
Officer of Ft. Devens. The reason for this order I was told, is that in the
event Ft. Devens personnel are caught in the act of implementing the
surveillance, Col. Rittger will have a margin of plausible deniability on
which he may be able to downplay and defend against injuries.

19. The surveillance was unofficially dubbed Operation George Orwell.

20. I instituted surveillance against Ted Kennedy, John Kerry, Edward King,
Michael Dukakis, Levin H. Campbell, Andrew A. Caffey, Fred Johnston, Kenneth
A. Chandler, Thomas P. O'Neill to name a few of the targets. Surveillance at
my orders was instituted at the Governors' residences of Massachusetts,
Maine, New York, and New Hampshire. The Catholic cathedrals of New York and
Boston were placed under electronic surveillance also. In the area of Ft.
Devens, all local police and politicians were under some sort of
surveillance at various times.

21. I specifically used individuals from the 441st Military Intelligence
Detachment and 402 Army Security Agency Detachment assigned to the 10th
Special Forces Group to supplement the SATs tasked with carrying out
Operation Orwell.

22. I also recruited a number of local state employees who worked within the
ranks of local police and as court personnel to assist in this Operation.
They were veterans and had previous security clearances. They were told at
the outset that if they were caught they were on their own.

23. Among the SAT personnel was (then) SP4 William Tyree. Tyree had learned
of the Operation and requested in person to be part of it. Tyree was used in
less than a dozen surveillances.

24. In Oct., 1978, it became known to me that SP4 Tyree was receiving
telephone threats to his wife and himself. He made that fact known to his
First Sergeant, Fredrick Henry and then approached me. Following our
discussion, I considered placing Tyree under surveillance to arrive at who
was behind the threats and whether or not the threats had the potential of
inspiring or compromising Operation Orwell.

25. On 26 Dec. 1978 I began a file on SP4 Tyree and assigned a three man
surveillance SAT to the multi-dwelling apartment complex SP4 Tyree shared
with his wife. That unit was in place from that date until 14 Feb. 1979.

26. On 5 Jan. 1979, Tyree appeared before me to receive a Field Grade
Article 15 (non-judicial punishment) for his part in the theft and sale of
military property. I had to make an example out of Tyree and instituted the
most severe punishment possible. I concluded that with pending congressional
inquiries, the Post Commander (Col. Rittgers) would reverse my decision on
appeal, in Pvt. Tyree's favor. As reason to support this conclusion, in
addition to pending congressional inquiries, was the fact that the
proceedings against Pvt. Tyree were flawed from the outset of the
investigation with a number of discrepancies.

27. I was told and understood that the main reason for seeking the Article
15 against him was to make an example of him. To show others that
cooperation with the Command law enforcement agencies was mandatory.

28. On 26 Jan. 1979, Pvt. Tyree tendered his Appeal of my sanction. The
appeal is attached. It is the best example of what proof existed against
Pvt. Tyree when he came before me on 5 Jan. 1979. It also names the
characters in another matter that was unfolding as of 26 Jan. 1979.

29. By 29 Jan. 1979, Senator Garn's office had contacted the Army Liaison
Office in Washington D.C., on the behalf of Pvt. Tyree who referred the
matter to my office, as I was Pvt. Tyree's commanding officer. I then
notified Sgt. Doucette in Washington D.C., that it would be approximately
two weeks before further action could be taken in regards to the threats
Pvt. Tyree was receiving. At that point I knew the threats were taking
place, but had not ascertained from whence they originated.

30. At approx. 0945 hours on 30 Jan. 1979 Pvt. Tyree reported to my office
at 10th Special Forces Group Headquarters per my instructions. Pvt. Tyree
reported that between 2400 hours and 0100 hours of the previous night that
his wife had received another threatening phone call. I was notified of the
call by the SAT in place at the Tyree residence prior to speaking with Pvt.
Tyree. I ordered Tyree to keep this matter to himself as it was being
investigated. I notified Pvt. Tyree I would contact him between 1200 and
1300 hours at his duty station as soon as I could look into a matter that
pertained to the threats. This meeting lasted until 1019 hours.

31. On 30 Jan. 1979, at approx. 1147 hours, two men were dropped in the
parking area of the apt. complex that Pvt. Tyree resided within. One man was
identified as Erik Aarhus. The second man due to his face being covered
could not be identified as the two men entered the apartment building that
the Tyree family resided within. Surveillance indicates that at least one of
the two men entered the Tyree apt. and left prior to the arrival of Pvt.
tyree and his wife at noon.

32. On 30 Jan 1979, at noon Pvt. Tyree and his wife were seen arriving at
the apartment complex they resided in. Pvt. Tyree never exited his truck and
Mrs. Tyree entered the building where thier apt. was located. After she
disappeared, a car almost ran into Pvt. Tyree as he was leaving the complex
parking lot. Mrs. Tyree was stabbed to death in their apt. shortly
thereafter.

33. Following a scream, local police were notified (this was not known to
the SAT involved in the surveillance however.) The first police car
responded quickly and a single officer entered the building where the Tyree
family resided. After the officer entered one of the two men exited from a
window on the ground floor of the building. This window was identified as
the Tyree bedroom window. The man seen leaving this window was identified as
SP4 Earl M. Peters. Peters exited the window wearing blue denim, with a red
hood sticking out of the rear neck area of the blue denim jacket. He was
carrying a box, green and white in color and described by the SAT a long and
flat in appearance. Peters then walked from the building to the driveway
entrance of the apt. complex and walked in the general direction of the main
street in Ayer, Massachusetts. Within 5 or 6 minutes after the first police
officer arrived a second officer identified as the police chief arrived.

34. After the police chief arrived a third vehicle arrived. This was 10 to
15 minutes later. That vehicle carried an unknown man in his late 30s. He
was later identified as the landlord of the Tyree apt.

35. Upon knowledge that Mrs. Tyree was dead the SAT did notify me of this
fact and I did place Pvt. Tyree under intense surveillance. In addition I
placed SP4 Peters under surveillance and at approx. 1405 hours on the
afternoon of the murder Sp4 Peters signed a weapon (12 gauge shotgun,
Remington 1100) into the Service Company. The weapon was in a long, flat
green and white box bearing the name "Remington" across the front and back
sides.

36. Pvt. Tyree was questioned and cooperated in a limited fashion. He was
then taken to the 441 Military Intelligence Detachment where he slept on the
Commanding officers couch, under guard. The following morning, I spoke to
him in my office at 10th Special Forces Group Headquarters. I informed him
of the surveillance and of what I knew had occurred to his wife. He knew at
that point that SP4 Peters and Pvt. Aarhus had been involved in the murder
and he began to talk to me.

37. Pvt. Tyree admitted, on 31 Jan. 1979 in my office to me, that his wife
had been killed, he felt, because of a set of diaries she kept. Tyree
explained that SP4 Peters and Sp4 Rosario were named throughout the books as
being involved in illegal matters.

38. Upon Pvt. Tyree leaving my office, I initiated contact with Mass. State
Police Lieutenant J. Dwyer, of the Middlesex District Attorneys Office. Lt.
Dwyer had cooperated previously on Operation Orwell and understood the
urgency of the situation and Lt. Dwyer notified me that during a search of
the Tyree apt. he discovered the diaries behind the refrigerator with a note
to the family of Elaine Tyree. He did not disclose the contents of the note.

39. Shortly before noon on 2 Feb. 1979, I received a telephone call from Lt.
Dwyer indicating he would drop off the diaries belonging to Elaine Tyree at
my office. Upon receipt of the diaries I reviewed them, noting much of
Operation Watch Tower and Orwell was written about throughout the many pages
of the diaries.

40. After my review, I contacted Col. Moore of the U.S. Army Liaison in
Washington D.C., and notified him of the scope of the issues involved in the
murder of Elaine Tyree. I did notify him at that time of the possibility
that arms and narcotics trafficking played a role in her murder. Due to
security issues surrounding Operation Watch Tower and Orwell, I did not
indicate how the arms and narcotics trafficking figured in the murder of
Elaine Tyree, however.

41. Despite repeated warnings to stay out of the investigation and to remain
silent, Tyree was arrested on 13 Feb. 1979, after attempting to bring about
the arrest of Pvt. Aarhus The surveillance SAT reported that an armed
confrontation between Pvt. Tyree and SP4 Peters occurred prior to the arrest
of Tyree.

42. During Feb. 1979, Pvt. Tyree was arraigned on the pending civilian
criminal charges. It was too risky to allow a military court to review the
charges against Pvt. Tyree with Operation Orwell still ongoing and Senator
Garn's office requesting a full investigation. Pvt. Tyree therefore had to
stand before a civilian court of law on the criminal charges.

43.Prior to the arrest of Pvt. Tyree, Lt. Dwyer approached me and insisted
on knowing whether or not Tyree had ever served in Vietnam. I suspect Lt.
Dwyer was attempting to learn if Tyree's involvement in the military
operations elsewhere were being covered up the way Operation Watch Tower
was. I replied in the negative, that Tyree had never been in the Republic of
South Vietnam. I then contemplated for the first time that Tyree might go
public on Operation Watch Tower and Orwell because I had not come forward.
Based on that conclusion, I gave orders to erase certain parts of his
military records.

44. Actual information erased included the attendance of Pvt. Tyree at
certain service schools and references to overseas service. I ordered all
records to be erased that linked Pvt. Tyree to Operation Watch Tower or
Orwell. Service schools and badges I know were erased were " Paper Flash
Special Forces Qualification," "Crewman's Aviator Wings," " Canadian
Airborne Badge," and "Master Parachute Badge." I also gave orders to
disenfranchise Pvt. Tyree from Special Forces. I wanted no one standing up
for him and in the process dragging the information concerning Operation
Watch Tower into the public eye.

45. Unbeknownst to him, Pvt. Tyree underwent a hearing on the criminal
charges in a local courthouse, under surveillance of Operation Orwell. I
learned through transmissions that Tyree only spoke of defense issues with
his attorney, but never mentioned Operation Watch Tower or Orwell. In the
process of Pvt. Tyree's hearing, a state police officer from Lt. Dwyer's
office discovered the state courthouse was under surveillance. This led to
the arrest of the senior Court Officer Ira Kiezer, who took full
responsibility and never mentioned my office.

46. After the hearing concluded, the presiding judge in the Tyree matter
found no reason to bind Tyree over for the trial on the murder of his wife.
I found myself faced with the possibility that Pvt. Tyree, upon release,
would become angered at my decision to disfranchise him. So I approached Lt.
Dwyer who informed me that an indictment had already been secured for Tyree
and that he would stand trial for the charge of murder. Lt. Dwyer expressed
concern that there would not be enough evidence to warrant a guilty finding
against Tyree. Lt Dwyer indicated that the only person with enough
credibility was SP4 Peters. I could not inform Lt. Dwyer that Peters had
been the person responsible for Elaine Tyree's murder.

47. After weeks of consideration, I concluded that the security of Operation
Watch Tower and Orwell came first and AR 340 185 strictly prohibited the
disclosure of intelligence gathered pursuant to that regulation.

48. On 29 Feb. 1980, Pvt. Tyree was convicted of murder and will spend the
duration of his life incarcerated. I could not disseminate intelligence
gathered under Operation Orwell to notify civilian authorities who actually
killed Elaine Tyree.

49. The current intelligence on Archbishop Romero (El Salvador) indicates he
is in receipt of physical evidence supporting several allegations that the
U.S. is currently with Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama
covertly training and sponsoring freedom fighters attempting to overthrow
the current regime in Nicaragua; that these freedom fighters are also being
supported from funds arising from Operation Watch Tower in part; that Mr.
Robert D`Aubuisson (El Salvador) secretly aided the freedom fighters by
allowing U.S. Advisors to train the freedom fighters inside El Salvador,
that D`Aubuisson was contacted by Edwin Wilson and Frank Terpil prior to the
freedom fighters being trained inside El Salvador. This information made it
necessary to protect Operation Watch Tower and Orwell regardless of the
costs.

50. I have been in communication with Lt. Dwyer. In Nov. 1979, after some
prodding, Lt. Dwyer and the Middlesex District Attorney went to the Mass.
Supreme Court and attained a ruling that prohibits any court but the Mass.
Supreme Court from ordering the arrest of suspects in the Tyree murder. I am
told that this is without precedent and that normally any court can issue
arrest warrants for suspects in a murder. This will ensure that only Tyree
and Aarhus are arrested for the murder and that SP4 Peters will not have to
be subjected to having to defend himself on the witness stand. That also
could bring the about the entire matter being made public as by this time,
I'm sure SP4 Peters is acutely aware that something is afoot, or he would
have been arrested when the hearing in the local courthouse was held.

51. I mailed the diaries of Elaine Tyree to a post office box number in
Langley, Virginia, per instructions of Edwin Wilson who contacted me by
telephone concerning the diaries. Wilson also notified me of the
intelligence on Archbishop Romero.

52. I reviewed the diaries prior to mailing them. The diaries contained most
of the information on SP4 Peters, as Pvt. Tyree indicated they did. I
suspect that this was the motive for Peters' killing Elaine Tyree. The
diaries contained no mention of Pvt. Tyree or his alleged illegal dealings.
I suspect that Elaine Tyree only wrote in the diaries relating to soldiers
other than her husband, who were involved in illegal activities in and
around Ft. Devens.

53. The diaries kept by Elaine Tyree mentioned certain personal entries that
can corroborate the fact that I saw the diaries, that they exist, and that
the information contained within them is accurate. There were numerous
entries relating to Elaine Hebb Tyree's family in Maryland and her friends
in the army.

54. Jan. 1978 entry: "Rosemary got a job with the FBI and has to be in
Washington D.C. by Jan. 31, 1978. Cindy and Edie got out of the hospital
today (Thursday)."

55. From reading the entry on Cindy and Edie I suspect the actual date of
their release from the hospital was 12 Jan. 1978. But no specific date was
given, nor was the hospital named that they were admitted to.

56. Jan. 1978 entry: "Rosemary will be leaving for Wash. D.C., on Sunday. I
may ride back with her."

57. From reading the entry on Rosemary driving to Washington, I suspect the
actual date Rosemary left the Hebb family home in Cumberland, Maryland to
travel to Washington, possibly with Elaine Tyree, was 29 Jan. 1978. No
actual date was given in the diaries, nor was there further mention whether
or not Elaine Tyree actually rode `back with her.'

58. Nov 1978 entry: "SP5 Scott had a little baby girl. She was due in July.
I remember her back before she came to Ft. Devens."

59. From reading the entries on SP5 Scott which begin to appear in the
diaries around April 1978, I suspect this female was a member of a unit
Elaine Tyree was assigned to either at Ft. Lee, Virginia, or at Ft. Mc
Clellan, Alabama. In either case, this is an intimate fact obviously known
only to Elaine Tyree, as no one else would need or knowledge about when
another female friend gave birth, and the gender of the baby born to that
female friend.

60. Jan., Feb. 1978 entries. "I've been running around with Heidi Urban. We
go all over together when I don't have duty. Oh, yeah, Diary, Pat Imbu left
in mid-January."

61. From reading the entries on Heidi Urban the main fact appears obvious is
that Elaine Tyree is then at Ft. Lee, Virginia. That Pvt. William Tyree is
not present as he is at Ft. Devens. Mass. Other that Elaine and Heidi, no
one, specifically not Pvt. Tyree or myself could know that Elaine and Heidi
are 'running around together' at that time, unless these facts are
represented in the diaries maintained by Elaine Tyree in her own
handwriting. Elaine Tyree was assigned to Company C, 1st Battalion,
Quartermaster School.

62. Nov. 1978 entry: "Dear Diary, my brother Steven who has been stationed
in England for a over a year, is coming home on the 20th for good."

63. From reading the entries on Steven, I learned that he is currently
assigned to an Air Force Base in England and that Elaine Tyree got along
well with him.

64. From further consideration and reading entries on SP5 Scott., I conclude
that Elaine Tyree knew this female at Ft. Lee, Virginia, in the sense that
both Scott and Elaine Tyree underwent the same training there. I don't
gather from the entries that SP5 Scott married or had a name change between
her duty at Ft. Lee, Virginia, and Ft. Devens, Mass., but I could be
forgetting of overlooking the numerous personal entries in the diaries in an
attempt only to view data pertinent to Operation Watch Tower or Orwell.

65. Nov. 1978 entry: "Peters came by the apartment today. Bill spoke with
him in the front room while I was washing dishes. Peters is thinking about
buying a new truck. Bill asked Peters if he was going to have Dennis
Testagrossa steal this new truck and burn it so Peters could collect the
insurance the way Peters had the last time? Peters laughed and said the
payments are better on this truck than the one he had Testagrossa steal from
the parking lot of Carlin's Bar. This was the first I knew that Peters was
involved in the stealing of his own truck. Peters told me Bill was not
involved because at the time Bill was under too much attention."

66. To date, I have not actually seen proof that Pvt. Tyree was involved in
illegal activities. I have seen ample proof that he is foolish and eager to
do things his way, since Pvt. Tyree's involvement in the March 1976 Watch
Tower incident with the 40-50 armed Colombians.

67. I have detailed pertinent events in this affidavit should something
happen to me. The lug nuts have been loosened on my car tires twice in the
past week. I have had someone tamper with my car once and I have received
telephone calls at my home where no one answered at the other end. I have
seen other men involved in Operation Watch Tower meet accidental deaths
after they were also threatened.

68. Sgt. John Newby reported that he had received threats just prior to the
parachuting accident that claimed his life in Oct. 1978. It was at that time
that (then) SP4 Tyree began to report threatening phone calls. I saw a
pattern and still believe that a pattern exists.

69. I gave Col. Baker the original copy of this affidavit. I gave true
copies to Hugh B. Pearce, and to Paul Neri of the National Security Agency
and instructed each person to deliver this affidavit to the authorities in
the event something occurs to me.

70. I believe the friends I have entrusted with the original and copies of
this affidavit will place the National Security of the United States and
American interests in Latin America first, and if circumstances allow, will
bring this affidavit to the attention of the authorities in the event
something occurs to me.

71. During the conversation with Edwin Wilson I was informed of the
sensitive data related to Archbishop Romero. He also spoke to me concerning
operation Watch Tower and the geopolitical climate in Latin America and the
need to maintain security. I notified him that I had requested to release
intelligence gathered from Operation Orwell to civilian police authorities
involved in the Elaine Tyree murder and that the Staff Judge Advocate's
Office had denied the request.

72. Edwin Wilson explained that Operation Watch Tower had to remain secret
and gave these reasons: (1) If it became public knowledge it would undermine
present governmental interests as well as those in the future. (2) There are
similar operations being implemented elsewhere in the world. Wilson named
the "Golden Triangle" of Southeast Asia and Pakistan. Wilson stated in both
areas of the world the CIA and other intelligence agencies are using the
illegal narcotics flow to support forces fighting to overthrow communist
governments, or governments that are not friendly towards the U.S.. Wilson
named several recognized officials of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Burma, Korea,
Thailand and Cambodia as being aware and consenting to these arrangements,
similar to the ones in Panama. (3) Wilson cited the military coup in
Argentina in 1976, the coup in Peru in 1976, the fall of the Somoza
Government in Nicaragua in 1979, and the growing civil war in El Salvador as
examples of the need for operations like Watch Tower. As these operations
funded the ongoing effort to combat communism and defeat actions directed
against the United States or matters concerning the U.S.

73. Edwin Wilson explained that the profit from the sale of narcotics was
laundered through a series of banks. Wilson stated that over 70% of the
profits were laundered through the banks in Panama. The remaining percentage
was funneled through Swiss banks with a small remainder being handled by
banks within the U.S. Wilson indicated that a large portion of the profits
are brought into the banks of Panama without being checked. I understood
that some of the profits in Panamanian banks arrived through Israeli
couriers. I became aware of that fact from normal conversations with some of
the Embassy personnel assigned to the Embassy in Panama. Wilson also stated
that an associate whom I don't know also aided in over seeing the laundering
of funds, which was then used to purchase weapons to arm the various
factions that the CIA saw as friendly towards the U. S. The associates name
is Tom Clines. Wilson indicated that most of Operation Watch Tower was
implemented on the authority of Clines.

74. I was notified by Edwin Wilson that the information forwarded to Wash.
D.C., was disseminated to private corporations who were developing weapons
for the Dept. of Defense. Those private corporations were encouraged to use
the sensitive information gathered from surveillance on U.S. Senators and
Representatives as leverage to manipulate those Congressmen into approving
whatever costs the weapons systems incurred.

75. Edwin Wilson named three weapons systems when he spoke of private
corporations receiving information from Operation Orwell. (1) An armored
vehicle. (2) An aircraft that is invisible to radar. (3) A weapons system
that utilizes kinetic energy. I got the impression this weapon was being
developed either for use by Nasa or for CBR purposes. I wrote down what I
recalled at the time and it is attached.

76. Edwin Wilson indicated to me during our conversation while entailed the
dissemination of Operation Orwell information and the identification of the
three weapons systems, that Operation Orwell would be implemented nationwide
by 4 July 1980.

77. As of the date of this affidavit, 8,400 police departments, 1,370
churches, and approx. 17,900 citizens have been monitored under Operation
Orwell. The major churches targeted have been Catholic and Latter Day
Saints. I have stored certain information gathered by Operation Orwell on
Ft. Devens, and pursuant to instructions from Edwin Wilson have forwarded
additional information gathered to Wash. D.C.

78. Per orders from Edwin Wilson, I did not discuss the implementation of
Operation Orwell with my staff or others outside of the personnel assigned
to surveillance. The only matter discussed with Operation Orwell personnel
was what the SATs needed to know in order to carry out their mission.
Certain information was collected on suspected members of the Trilateral
Commission and the Bilderberg group. Among those that information was
collected on were Gerald Ford and President Jimmy Carter. Edwin Wilson
indicated that additional surveillance was implemented against former CIA
director George Bush, who Wilson named as a member of the Trilateral
Commission. I do not have personal knowledge that Ford, Carter, or Bush were
under surveillance.

79. I spoke to Col. James N. Rowe on 5 March 1980. I specifically requested
that Col. Rowe communicate with several contacts he has within the CIA. I
asked Col. Rowe to check out Edwin Wilson. I had two concerns. The first was
that Edwin Wilson may pose a threat to National Security by disseminating
classified information on the CIA's activities to personnel without a
clearance or a need to know that information. Edwin Wilson, during his
conversations with me, outlined information that was classified and to which
I had no need to know. Information that pertained to the activities of the
CIA in the U.S. and Latin America. I've related such conversations with
Wilson herein. The second concern I had was the issue of his authority and
connection to Thomas Clines. I was told repeatedly that Clines was the agent
in charge and that Wilson worked with Clines. Col. Rowe indicated that he
would make inquiries I requested and would contact me with that information
as soon as he had something. Col. Rowe indicated that it would be 60 to 90
days before he would speak to the CIA contact that was most apt to have
knowledge of the information I requested. I agreed to meet Col. Rowe on Ft.
Bragg the next week in June in the event Col. Rose received documentation
relating to the information I sought.

80. On 7 March 1980 Col. Rowe contacted me. During the course of our
conversation Col. Rowe informed me that his initial inquiries with CIA
contacts confirmed that Edwin Wilson was working for Thomas Clines at the
times in question. Col. Rowe indicated that Edwin Wilson was under scrutiny
by the CIA at that time but had not been given the details of the
circumstances surrounding the events of that matter. Col. Rowe also
indicated that there was an Israeli aspect to the matter involving Edwin
Wilson and Col. Rowe provided the name of David Kimche as being the Israeli
most likely to be involved with Edwin Wilson. In regards to my concerns that
Edwin Wilson posed a possible threat to national security or to the inner
working of the CIA, Col. Rowe indicated that off the record, that was a
concern of several people to whom he had spoken. Col. Rowe also indicated
that he would be in receipt of documentation by the first week of June which
listed Edwin Wilson's involvement in several operations. I specifically
asked Col. Rowe if he had the names of any of those operations at this time
and his reply was in the negative. Col. Rowe did indicate that it was his
understanding that each operation had basically the same characters involved
and Col. Rowe named two other individuals involved with Edwin Wilson. Col.
Rowe named Robert Gates and William J. Casey as officials who had been named
in the documentation he would acquire prior to our scheduled meeting on June
1980.

81. On 7 March 1980 after my conversation with Col. Rowe, I made inquiries
through Paul Neri and Pentagon contacts and was informed that David Kimche
had ties with the Israeli Intelligence Agency known as "The Mossad." I also
asked that I be provided a photograph, if any existed, of David Kimche. I
requested such a photograph to determine if Kimche was the unidentified male
Israeli national who met the aircraft fling into Albrook Air Station during
Operation Watch Tower. In addition, I sought whatever photographs existed on
those who were known associates of David Kimche for the same reason.

82. In March 1980 I received three photographs from Army Intelligence
contacts at the Pentagon. Amongst the three photographs were two individuals
I recognized. David Kimche's photograph had been shown to me by a friend,
Col. Robert Bayard just prior to his murder in Atlanta, Georgia in 1977.
According to Bayard, Kimche was due to meet with him later. Shortly
thereafter, I was informed through the normal lines of communication that
Col. Bayard was murdered. As of this date his murder remains unsolved. The
photograph of Kimche that Col. Bayard had appeared to be a surveillance
photo. There is no doubt that Kimche was the person Bayard named as being in
the photograph. According to Col. Bayard, Kimche was due to meet with him to
discuss a matter that related to Col. Bayard's previous duty in the U.S.
Army and assignment in the CIA.

83. Thee second individual I recognized from the three photographs I
received, was listed as Michael Harari. I was informed that Michael Harari
is listed as a senior Mossad agent. Harari was the un identified male
Israeli national that met the aircraft which flew into Albrook Air Station
during Operation Watch Tower. He was the one who gave Edwin Wilson two
briefcases full of U.S. currency in various denominations. The briefcases
were given to Edwin Wilson at the end of operations in March and Feb. 1976.
It is my understanding from Pentagon contacts, that Harari's activities in
Latin America are well known, including his drug trafficking endeavors. I
was also informed from those same contacts that the Pentagon on the orders
of several Washington VIPs have gone to great lengths to keep the activities
of Harari a secret. I have begun preparations to meet with David Kimche or
Michael Harari while in Europe on annual NATO exercises. I intend to verify
that Harari was the individual who was the individual who gave Edwin Wilson
the briefcases while at Albrook Air Station during Operation Watch Tower.

84. I was told from Pentagon contacts, off the record, that CIA Director
Stansfield Turner and former CIA Director George Bush are among the VIPs
that shield Harari from public scrutiny. Those Pentagon contacts further
indicated to me their knowledge that Operation Watch Tower was implemented
and of my involvement in that operation. This was the first time that U.S.
military authorities confirmed to me that the Operation occurred and gave
their approval. I also learned that Harari was a known middleman for matters
involving the U.S. in Latin America. Harari acted with the support of a
network of Mossad personnel throughout Latin America and worked mainly in
the import and export of arms and drug trafficking.

85. As further means to corroborate this affidavit, on 9 Feb. 1979 , I spoke
to Col. Rittgers concerning the release of Pvt. Tyree from Walter Reed
Medical Center in Wash. D.C., where he had been admitted on 5 Feb. 1979.
Col. Rittgers notified me that Pvt. Tyree had fully recovered from the
depression which was brought about by the murder of Elaine Tyree. Col.
Rittgers indicated that upon arrival at Ft. Devens later that day, he would
interview Pvt. Tyree to determine for himself if Pvt. Tyree felt he was in
any real danger.

86. I also spoke to Captain Gruden who was the Commanding Officer of the
409th Army Security Agency Company, Augsberg, Germany. The telephone call
was brief and I inquired into what information PFC Tina Gregory might be
expected to give in support of Pvt. Tyree's trial defense. The surveillance
of the civilian court house in the early stages of the criminal proceedings
against Pvt. Tyree indicated PFC Gregory could have knowledge of Operation
Watch Tower since PFC Gregory and Elaine Tyree were very close friends. I
was not able to learn much from Cpt. Gruden who was leaving his office when
I called. In order not to attract attention to the value of the information
PFC Gregory may or may not have, I passed the entire phone call off as being
interested on the part of Pvt. Tyree who was in my command.

SIGNED UNDER THE PAINS AND PENATIES OF PERJURY

ON THIS 11TH DAY OF MARCH 1980

Edward P. Cutolo, Colonel, Infantry Commanding

http://www.anaserve.com/~wethepeople/cutolo.htm

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