In the light of the mysterious and tragic destruction of TWA800 as it left JFK Airport in New York during the Atlanta Olympics, note carefully the date and contents of the Press Release below....

FROM THE DESK OF RODNEY STICH
P.O. Box 5, Alamo, CA 94507
phone: 510-944-1930; FAX 510-295-1203
Author:   DEFRAUDING AMERICA: A Pattern of Related Scandals
              UNFRIENDLY SKIES: A History of Corruption and Air Tragedies

October 20, 1995

Senator Arlen Specter
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510
Certified: P 427 892 268

Ref: Refusal by CIA and Justice Department officials to accept the 'gift' of 30-40 Stinger missiles, suggesting a hidden agenda, with possible catastrophic consequences in shooting down commercial airliners.

Dear Senator Specter:

My sources in the intelligence community have recently given me details of efforts by Afghani rebels to turn over to the United States, without charge, 30 to 40 Stinger missiles (SAM), with a possibility of an additional 100 missiles thereafter. Incredibly, this offer was rejected by Justice Department and Central Intelligence Agency officials. There is a strong possibility that one or more of these rejected missiles will be used to shoot down commercial airliners. If this occurs, not only will the carnage be horrendous, but it will inflict severe financial havoc upon the aviation industry and upon air travel. The following is a brief description of what has transpired:

Synopsis of CIA and Justice Department Tactics Insuring That the SAM Missiles Will Be Available to Terrorists

Recent information provided to me by one or more of my contacts in the CIA community describes the dates, places, and people involved in offering the missiles to the United States, and the rejection of this offer. These sources provided me with precise details of the negotiations to give the missiles to the United States, the agreement by Afghan rebel leader, General Rashid Dostom, and a CIA attorney.

CIA headquarters was initially made aware of the offer through a letter sent by a former CIA agent whom I have known for about five years, and who I consider very honorable and reliable. That letter went unanswered. The agent, concerned about the consequences of commercial airlines being shot down with these missiles, then contacted another CIA employee at CIA headquarters, who then tried to force a response from high CIA officials. This latest action forced CIA officials to finally respond.

Negotiations then commenced, which involved, among others, the former CIA agent who headed a major CIA proprietary in Hawaii; a CIA attorney in the Los Angeles area; an Afghani located in California; and an Afghani rebel general in Afghanistan (who had previously turned over 20 Stinger missiles to the United States).

The general agreed to turn over the missiles without cost to the United States, and simply requested the release of an Afghani being held in federal prison on a drug charge arising from a possible KGB setup. At the same time that the Afghan general was offering to give these missiles to the United States, these same missiles were being sought by terrorist groups who bid large amounts of money for them. One obvious possible use for these missiles in terrorist hands would be to shoot down commercial airliners.

Incredibly, CIA and Justice Department officials rejected the offer, insuring that the missiles would fall into the hands of terrorists, where some of them may be at this very moment.

The Afghani initially offered to give to the CIA 30 to 40 Stinger (following an earlier return of 20 Stinger missiles), with a possibility that 100 more would be delivered thereafter. The CIA and Justice Department requested serial numbers for several of the missiles to determine that the missiles were actually available. These serial numbers were then provided, and the numbers were confirmed by U.S. authorities as authentic.

After telephone contact was made with this Afghan general (General Dostom), a written agreement was signed by a Los Angeles area CIA attorney, the Afghani in California, and the former CIA agent who the Afghans were using to insure that the CIA and Justice Department kept their word.

(NOTE: we can confirm many of the statements above from our own sources. The CIA began its secret weapons deliveries to Afghanistan, via Pakistan, in January 1980. This quickly blossomed into the largest CIA covert operation in 20 years, growing from US$30 million a year to US$700 million a year at its peak [1987]. But the CIA "pipeline" of ex-Soviet weapons obtained from Egypt and American Stinger missiles, leaked badly; and in Peshawar, one of the most active arms bazaars in the world, the CIA lost control of it completely. The Pakistani military took what they wanted; Afghani rebel leaders sold weapons and missiles to any and all comers, if the price was right; and leaders like Hekmatyar squirrelled Stingers away to use in the final battle to control Afghanistan after the Soviets left. All of these missiles became 'untraceable.' At least a dozen were thus obtained by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards from Yunis Khalis, a radical Muslim Afghani resistance leader: one of them was fired by Iranians at an American helicopter on patrol in the Persian Gulf on October 8th, 1987)

Knowledge of corrupt CIA and Justice Department activities

My prior experience as a federal and then a private investigator, and a confidant to many former CIA and other deep-cover people seeking to expose government corruption, has enabled me to recognize the corrupt conduct of these two government agencies. I strongly feel that this rejection indicates a secret agenda that could inflict additional great harm upon America. This conduct would be compatible with the corrupt activities and harm that I have detailed and documented during the past 30 years of attempts to expose the activities of corrupt government officials and employees.

POSSIBLE REASONS FOR REFUSING THE MISSILES

There are several possible reasons for the CIA and Justice Department refusing to accept the missiles, and each of them is in character for these two groups. Two of these reasons are listed here:

Attempt to prevent exposure of an earlier CIA and Justice Department scandal. The offer to provide the missiles at no charge went through a former CIA agent who was made the titular head of a large and covert CIA proprietary in Hawaii: Bishop, Baldwin, Rewald, Dillingham and Wong (BBRD&W). This covert operation that was based within the United States (Honolulu) had offices in 17 countries, and replaced another CIA operation and scandal known as Nugan Hand Bank with headquarters in Australia. After a Honolulu television station blew the cover on BBRD&W, officials in control of the CIA and Justice Department sought to cover for the CIA operation by fraudulently charging with criminal conduct the head of that CIA proprietary.

(NOTE: we can confirm this, too. He got, from recollection, a 30-year prison sentence)

If the missiles had been accepted, it is possible that this sacrificed agent would be identified and the massive fraud involving the Hawaiian and Nugan Hand operations would then surface (exposure of this type of misconduct would reveal that the Justice Department's conduct at Ruby Ridge and Waco are only the tip of the iceberg).

CIA need for continuing crises. Another possibility for CIA and Justice Department rejection of the Stinger missiles is that the CIA wants the missiles to fall into terrorists' hands, and actually wants an airliner to be shot down. The shoot-down of a commercial airliner could then be used to justify the continuation of CIA activities. This scenario is not as bizarre as it sounds when a person understands the history of corrupt CIA and Justice Department activities and the great harm inflicted upon the United States through criminal activities. I describe these events in books that I have written, Defrauding America and to a lesser extent, Unfriendly Skies.

A Prior Air Tragedy Involved With IA-DEA-Justice Department Misconduct

PanAm 103. Despite the coverup by the CIA and Justice Department (and by Congress and much of the mainstream media), substantial evidence indicates that the PanAm 103 tragedy was made possible by CIA-DEA misconduct associated with a pattern of illicit drug smuggling into the United States. My deep-cover contacts, along with information obtained from other sources, indicates that the CIA and DEA had an established drug pipeline from Nicosia and Beirut into the United States using PanAm aircraft.

PanAm's involvement started at Frankfort, Germany. Ironically, one of the same DEA agents involved in that drug pipeline was used to retaliate against a witness who testified to Congress concerning the Justice Department's involvement in the Inslaw scandal. Justice Department officials retaliated against Michael Riconosciuto for testifying before Congress about the Justice Department's involvement in the Inslaw scandal.

This is a routine criminal misuse of Justice Department offices and power. Officials prosecuted Lester Coleman, a former intelligence agency asset who blew the whistle on the CIA-DEA involvement in the PanAm tragedy. Justice Department officials prosecuted Juval Aviv in retaliation for uncovering evidence showing CIA-DEA involvement in that tragedy (I have a long list of others who were fraudulently prosecuted to silence them, including the long persecution of me in retaliation for exposing these crimes against America).

Pattern Of Congressional and Media Coverup

None of the corrupt government activities that I identify could continue without the criminal coverup by members of Congress and by most of the U.S. mainstream media. I repeatedly offered to provide evidence to you and other members of Congress (and the media) of hard-core criminal activities involving federal officials, and the only response was silence (i.e., misprision of felonies, coverup, obstruction of justice). This same misprision of felonies has put many citizens in prison (Title 18 USC || 4), even though they were less guilty than government officials, members of Congress, and the media, who have a greater responsibility to report these crimes.

On the surface, although very serious, this missile matter does not appear to have the subversive and criminal nature of other criminal conduct that I exposed. However, it demands a full, open, congressional investigation.

Fortunately for everyone involved in these criminal activities, the mainstream media has kept the lid on the scandals, and most Americans are too preoccupied with trivia, and totally unwilling to meet their responsibilities under our form of government.

Vested Interest In Continuing the Coverup

Based upon 30 years of experience in attempting to expose hard-core government corruption, starting while I was a federal investigator, it would be my expectation that you will cover up this matter. For many years, and especially during the past five years, I have made you aware of criminal activities involving government employees and officials, including corrupt officials within the Central Intelligence Agency, the Justice Department, and crooked judges. Each of you therefore have a vested interest in preventing the American people from learning about these criminal activities and what has been done to the American people.

But there is the possibility that despite the media coverup, and the public's incredible illiteracy about government misconduct, that a small percentage of the American people will learn about it and demand justice. If one or more commercial aircraft are blown out of the sky, your prior knowledge will be publicized. So you have a dilemma as to what to do with this information. You certainly can't meet your responsibilities by turning this information over to the same Justice Department that is corruptly involved with the various criminal activities that I brought to your attention.

cc: Broadcast and print media.
Every member of the Senate and House intelligence Committees via identical letter.

A brief listing of U.S. newspaper reports confirming the substance of Rodney Stich's assertions....

• CIA falters in recovery of missiles. (Central Intelligence Agency program to buy back Stinger missiles from Afghan rebels plagued with problems). - Washington Post, March 7, 1994, p. A1, col 6.
• U.S. bidding to regain missiles sent to Afghans. (Central Intelligence Agency requests $55 million to buy back Stingers given to rebels in the 1980s). Los Angeles Times, July 23, 1993, p. A1, col 6.
• U.S. increases fund to outbid terrorists for Afghan missiles. (Stinger missiles given to guerrillas in the 1980's). New York Times, July 24, 1993, p. 1(N) p. 1(L), col 6.
• U.S. to buy back some of missiles held by Afghans (United States to buy back Stinger missiles from Afghan guerrilla forces). Wall Street Journal, Jan 15, 1993, p. A7(W) p. A7(E), col 6.
• Pakistan sent Stingers to China, U.S. aides say (antiaircraft missiles). Los Angeles Times, May 8, 1992, p. A41, col 2.
• On Stinger trail: where are they now (number of Stinger missiles the United States gave to Afghanistan still remains a secret) Editorial in Los Angeles Times, April 28, 1992, p. B6, col 3.
• U.S. worries over missiles it gave Afghan rebels (U.S. concerned that Stinger antiaircraft missiles could get into the wrong hands) International Pages of New York Times, April 27, 1992, p. A4(N) p. A6(L), col 2.
• As Afghan war funding dries up, weapons flood Pakistani market Christian-Science-Monitor, Jan 8, 1992, p. 1, col 2.
• Afghan rebel bars return of U.S. Stingers (Islamic Party of Yunis Khalis) International Pages of New York Times, March 14, 1989, p. A3(N) p. A3(L), col 3.
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