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"The Reagan-Bush campaign was so worried that President Carter
might do something to actually obtain the release of the hostages
before the election that William Casey, using people active in the Former
Intelligence Officer's Association, systematically set up spy networks
WITHIN THE WHITE HOUSE ITSELF.
"President Carter had been warned to purge the CIA of all Bush and
Nixon men. But key members of the CIA from Bush's tenure as director
were left in place. Several moles within the White House and the National
Security Council reported directly to Casey, who in turn reported to Bush .."
Media almost broke the Bush-Iran story several years earlier
By Harry V. Martin
Napa Sentinel, 1991
Before the revelations about the October Surprise, in
which George Bush is alleged to have flown to Paris in 1980 to
delay release of 52 American hostages from Iran, the American
public almost learned the truth. In the first years of the Ronald
Reagan Administration a small tempest was created over the Reagan
campaign camp allegedly obtaining President Jimmy Carter's
briefing book to be used as debate notes. The national new media
was unsuccessful in arousing public attention to the situation.
Even John Stockwell, a former CIA operative, boasted on the air
that Reagan would win the election because of "filched material".
But that episode, as small as it appeared, was only the
surface of an iceberg. Actually, the media had focussed on the
wrong problem. The Reagan-Bush campaign drew a lot of information
from the Carter White House during the 1980 election campaign.
The Reagan-Bush campaign was so worried that President Carter
might do something to obtain the release of the hostages before
the election, that William Casey, with the involvement of people
active in the Former Intelligence Officer's Association,
systematically set up spy networks in the White House, itself.
Key members of the CIA from Bush's tenure as director, were left
in place-though President Carter had been warned to purge the CIA
of Bush and Nixon men. Several moles within the White House and
the National Security Council reported directly to Casey, who in
turn reported to Reagan and Bush, but mainly Bush. Reagan was
not totally informed of all the details.
One of the pieces of information that the moles inside the White
House learned was that Carter had planned a rescue mission,
a mission that ended in a desert disaster. According to several books
and the San Jose Mercury News, among others, three retired Air Force
officers, who were overseers to the Contras, also planned the desert
rescue operaion. The same people involved in the Iran-Contra scandal,
which grew out of the alleged October 1980 deal in Paris made
between the Reagan-Bush team and the Iranians, were tied into the
rescue mission. Reports that have surfaced from the intelligence
community indicate that the rescue attempt may have been
sabotaged. Eight American servicemen died in the fiasco. The
Iranians were also informed of the rescue attempt through the
moles at the White House. The Director of the Center for
Strategic and International Studies and Association of Former
Intelligence Officers, Stephen Halper, had "far reaching access
to the most sensitive materials". Richard Allen, to become
Reagan's National Security Advisor and later disgraced, was
circulating the day-to-day memos of President Carter. The CIA had
virtually vetoed Carter's first choice for CIA chief and
successfully pushed for the appointment of Stansfield Turner.
Turner is believed to have played a key role in the October
Surprise. He believed he would be reappointed CIA head under the
new Reagan Administration.
The future of American politics, the Iran-Contra deals, arms for
drugs shipments, and even the war in Iraq, all had their embryo in
the 1980 election campaign. Close to the election, Reagan's own
pollsters showed the election was too close to call. Richard Wirthlin,
the pollster for the Reagan-Bush campaign, said that if the hostages
were released before the election Carter would gain a boost of 5 or 6
percentage points in the polls, or even as much as 10 percent,
giving him a sure victory for that election ...
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