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The US Navy's unmanned "Fire Scout" helicopter was out minding its own business on a trial run, when its home base warship detected a suspicious speedboat on radar. That's when Robocopter kicked into high pursuit—filming the whole way.
The subsequent three-hour chase finally ended when the speedboat rendezvoused with a fishing boat, at which time a U.S. Coastguard Law Enforcement Detachment unit from the USS McInerney swarmed. What they found: 60 kilos of cocaine, with another 200 kilos of narcotics presumed jettisoned. Oh, and all sorts of bad guy drug traffickers.
http://gizmodo.com/5516041/pilotless-navy-helicopter-busts-cocaine-deal-during-trial-runThe US Navy's unmanned "Fire Scout" helicopter was out minding its own... more
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This week the US accused two senior military men from Guinea Bissau of being major "drug kingpins." Guinea Bissau is a major transit point for cocaine smuggled from Latin America to Europe.
The idea that senior government leaders are involved in the country’s drug trade is nothing new. With chronic poverty, rampant corruption and loose borders, Guinea Bissau has proved to be a willing partner in flooding Europe with cocaine. For years, the tiny West African country has been plagued with bad government.
In fact, when I produced "Cocaine Mafia" for Vanguard last year, I originally planned to shoot it in Guinea Bissau. However, shortly before we planned to leave last March, the army chief of staff, Gen. Batista Thagme Na Waie, was assassinated in an explosion. A few hours later, President Vieira was brutally hacked to death with machetes.
While neither murder was ever solved, it is widely believed that both men were rivals for control of the country’s cocaine trade. Trafficking dropped in the aftermath, possibly because drug lords no longer knew who could guarantee their security, and we decided to focus our story on where the cocaine went from there as a result.
We instead traveled to southern Italy, where African smugglers gain easy access to the European continent. When we reached the tiny town of Castel Volturno, one of the largest cocaine trafficking hubs in Europe, we felt as if we had stumbled into a slum that could just as easily be located in Guinea Bissau. Castel Volturno is a notoriously lawless town, overwhelmed with poor immigrants and controlled by the local mafia.
I've reported from a lot of hot spots in the world, but Castel Volturno oozes with a special eeriness. We were searching for a drug trade that was practically invisible, but all the time we could feel the watchful eye of the Camorra, the local mafia, whenever we moved. People were often afraid to talk to us about cocaine or who was running the place, but we pursued every angle we could while our unseen targets watched us.
Check out "Cocaine Mafia" here:
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I grew up hearing about Colombian drug cartels dumping huge amounts of cocaine into the United States to feed America’s insatiable craving for the fine white powder that made entertainers and socialites feel amazingly cool. Our government went to war against drugs with billions of dollars and helicopters, social programs and guns. Eventually, for lots of reasons, cocaine use trailed off in the United States. In recent years the drug lords have seen their trade route through the Caribbean produce fewer mansions, private armies and the lifestyle of kings. But they found a new market.
In recent years, Europe has been consuming more cocaine than anywhere else in the world. So I headed there to find out how all that coke was getting into Europe.
Unlike the US, where coke was associated with high rollers and the rich and famous, cocaine today is the European everyman’s drug. We found it in pubs in England, public bathrooms in Italy and wherever young people gather to have a good time. The UK, Italy, and Spain have become the largest consumers of cocaine in the world. The bulk of it still comes from South America, but the trade route has changed. In order to meet their growing demand, South American drug lords use West Africa as their crucial transit point to get the drug into the European Union. With chronic poverty, rampant corruption and loose borders, parts of West Africa have proved to be willing partners in flooding Europe with drugs.
I tracked the drug at one point to a South American drug trafficker who’d settled in Guinea Bissau, but I had to find out where it was going from there. My producer, Joanne, and I traveled to southern Italy, where we heard smugglers gained easy access to the European continent. When we reached the tiny town of Castel Volturno, one of the largest cocaine trafficking hubs in Europe, we felt as if we had stumbled into an African slum.
Castel Volturno is a notoriously lawless town, overwhelmed with poor immigrants and controlled by the local mafia. I’ve reported from a lot of hot spots in the world, but Castel Volturno oozes with a special eeriness. We were searching for a drug trade that was practically invisible, but all the time we could feel the watchful eye of the Camorra, the local mafia, whenever we moved. People were often afraid to talk to us about cocaine or who was running the place, but we pursued every angle we could while our unseen targets watched us.
Cocaine Mafia (Video)
You can watch "Cocaine Mafia" or any of the previous episodes of Vanguard online.
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As we head into the season of indulging on favorite foods surrounded by family and friends, I’ve begun reflecting on meals I’ve shared with our team in Vanguard. As I’ve gotten to know my colleagues over the years, I’ve fondly begun to associate certain flavors and foods with certain people. I know correspondent Laura Ling digs spicy food and packs beef jerky for every shoot. Producer Lauren Cerre fantasizes about the ultimate savory granola bar. Correspondent Mariana Van Zeller makes a mean omelet and Editor Yasu Tsuji comes to every meeting well armed with Pocky.
Of course, no blog posting about food would be complete without mentioning correspondent Adam Yamaguchi, famous for his intrepid appetite. I’ve had the pleasure of working with Adam on several stories including the infamous Penis Restaurant pod. Adam’s poise under pressure is made even more remarkable if you know the backstory. He wasn’t actually supposed to be the only diner at the table sampling the house specialty. Our field producer had arranged for other men to join Adam so they could discuss the supposed Viagra-esque properties as they sampled the meal. But, at the last minute, those eating companions failed to materialize. As they say, the show must go on and, boy, did it. Adam bravely feasted alone and ended up giving a culinary critique that would have given Anthony Bourdain a run for his money.
There usually isn’t a lot of time to for proper meals when we’re out in the field. Lunch is often a handful of gorp and a sad, melted Cliff Bar. Dinner is whatever bland offerings you scrounge up back at the hotel when you roll in exhausted after a long day of shooting. But, a wonderful exception to the typical shoot fare happened this summer when I went to Italy to produce the upcoming “Cocaine Mafia” with Christof Putzel. I hate to stereotype but it’s absolutely true that Italians take their food very seriously. I remember being in the car when a heated discussion broke out between members of our Italian production crew. Christof and I looked at each other, wondering if something had gone wrong. Did an interview fall through? Were we being threatened? No, it was a matter far more urgent. There was a big controversy over where to get the best pizza in town.
It was a real treat working with Christof, not least of all because he’s a gourmand who loves to share his discoveries of all things good to eat. The afternoon before we left Italy, we tracked down some fresh burrata, a mozzarella cheese with cream inside. I never had it before but I took his recommendation and decided this was one souvenir I’d take back with me. The shopowner warned us, “It must be eaten within 24 hours or else.” Or else, what? I wasn’t quite sure but I took his words seriously. I secured the cheese in a cold-insulated bag and asked stewardesses to stow it in the fridge. Delays upon reaching Dulles made me nervous—it was like traveling with a time-sensitive organ waiting to be transplanted. A close call: a beagle at customs came towards me but then found something more interesting to investigate. I made it to San Francisco but truthfully it took a little bit more than 24 hours. My husband and I decided to risk it and devoured the round of cheese with a nice bottle of red at 2AM. It was an absolutely wonderful way to cap off a successful summer of Vanguard production.As we head into the season of indulging on favorite foods surrounded by family and... more
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This was a busy summer for me. I produced two stories, “Forest of Ecstasy” airing October 28 and "Cocaine Mafia" airing December 9. I traveled to Cambodia with Adam Yamaguchi where we traipsed around a leech infested forest in search of secret factories where rare trees are harvested to make “ecstasy oil”.
Here's a sneak peek from the show:
Sneak Peek Vanguard Season 3: Leeches
I barely had time to unpack and repack when I was off to Italy where I met up with Christof Putzel to investigate one of Europe’s largest hubs for cocaine trafficking, a town just outside of Naples, Italy, called Castel Volturno. I spend most of my time on shoots looking through the viewfinder and filming. I love making images and hate being the center of attention so this is the perfect gig for me. But recently, I looked for some photos of myself in professional action—perhaps a shot of me hacking my way through the rainforest with some armed Cambodian forest rangers and realized I never got them. I’m usually so busy trying to make sure I capture the story unfolding in front of me, that I rarely stop to ask someone to take a keepsake photo of me. So going through my digital camera, I didn’t have much luck in finding the quintessential “badass” producer shot. Instead what I found was this classic snapshot of me, hanging out in a sun-drenched piazza with some old Italian gents. It was one of our last days of filming in Italy and we were trying to get some visuals that encapsulate the picture perfect Italian small town life. Except we knew the town was a mafia stronghold and journalists were probably not super-welcome. I felt like a lot of suspicious eyes were on us outsiders. So I played up, pretending to be a tourist and even asked someone to take my picture with some of the locals. And there you have it, visual proof of me on the job, as a Vanguard producer.
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This was a busy summer for me. I produced two stories, “Forest of Ecstasy”... more
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The Vanguard page on current.com got a brand new make over and it's just in time for our new season, which launches Oct. 14.
A couple of things to point out :
You'll find a place to subscribe to the RSS feed for this blog so you can keep on top of all Vanguard news and events. (It's located just under the very Hollywood photo of our correspondents. Yes, that's how they look after we shower'em up when they return from the field). In the main player is the Vanguard season promo and below that in the "featured videos" section are a few sneak peaks at our upcoming episodes.
We're really excited for the new season and have been working hard to meet our deadlines, just ask our editor Yasu, who we're just barely keeping conscious with a steady feed of coffee and red bull.
Below is the line up. All premieres are 10pm (9 central) on Current TV. See you then!
The Oxycontin Express : 10/14/09
Mariana van Zeller travels to South Florida, the "Colombia of prescription drugs".
Cuba: Waiting for a Revolution : 10/21/09
Adrian Baschuk searches for seeds of a homegrown revolution in Cuba.
Forest of Ecstasy : 10/28/09
Adam Yamaguchi investigates how demand for the party drug is destroying Cambodian forests.
Notes from a War on Terror : 11/04/09
Mariana van Zeller examines how Sri Lanka put an end to its 25-year conflict.
Porn 2.0 : 11/11/09
Christof Putzel looks at how technology is reshaping the Porn industry.
Prison Contraband : 11/16/09
Janet Choi investigates the black market trade behind bars.
Remote Control War : 12/02/09
Kaj Larsen explores the future of battle.
European Coke Trail : 12/09/09
Christof Putzel steps into a turf war for control of the Old Continent's drug trade.The Vanguard page on current.com got a brand new make over and it's just in time... more
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A few members of our Vanguard team (Adam Yamaguchi, Mariana van Zeller, and Christof Putzel) joined producer Joanne Shen in Current SF today to give us a sneak peek of the upcoming third season of Vanguard.
Don't forget, the new season for Vanguard premieres on Current TV on October 14th 10/9c. Based on what the team has been passing around, you definitely won't want to miss this season.
I snagged some video during the presentation, and thought you guys might like to get a look at some of this stuff. While it was really nice of Current to feed us during the presentation, it did make it a little tough to eat while watching Adam and Joanne get attacked by leeches in the Cambodian jungles.
Fair warning, these videos were shot from the front row on an iPhone, so they're a little shaky.
Adam Yamaguchi introduces the Vanguard team
Adam Yamaguchi introduces a clip from Forest of Ecstasy, an upcoming Vanguard episode
Christof introduces a clip from Cocaine Mafia, an upcoming Vanguard episode
Mariana introduces clips from The Oxycontin Express, an upcoming Vanguard episode
A couple of interesting stories stuck with me from the presentation.
The first is this, the Vanguard team is 100% unflinchingly committed to spending copious amounts of time researching and telling the stories that no one else is touching. It's one thing to say this, but it's an entirely different thing to actually live it. They do.
The team opened the floor up to Q&A, and when asked how they get people to share their stories, Christof had this to say:
"That's the biggest challenge we face. When you're telling the stories that no one else is telling, a lot of times those stories are not being told because people don't want them to be told. so the struggle is, how do you get people to talk to you"
Mariana insightfully compared her recent experience on the set of Dr. Phil, during which he attempts to engage guests on a deeply personal level in front of large audiences with huge cameras and lights, to Vanguard's own approach -- small teams, small number of cameras, and extremely personal and private scenarios. They go out into the field and engage people one-to-one, which is a completely different environment altogether.
Amusingly, someone asked Adam what was next in the "eating bizarre things" repertoire. Christof joked that they'd had an intervention with Adam, who then responded that he'd had to curb the trend because when you intentionally start seeking out gross things to eat, you have to up the ante with each new accomplishment. He confessed, "I'm afraid of what might be next."
So there you go, I know the teams in the Current SF offices were pretty floored with what we saw, and I personally cannot wait to see the new season. Oh, and just in case you haven't had a chance to see them, here's a list of episode titles from the upcoming season:
The Oxycontin Express : 10/14/09
Cuba: Waiting for a Revolution : 10/21/09
Forest of Ecstasy : 10/28/09
Sri Lanka: Notes from a War on Terror : 11/04/09
Porn 2.0 : 11/11/09
Prison Contraband : 11/16/09
Remote Control War : 12/02/09
Cocaine Mafia : 12/09/09
You can find promos, episodes, show schedule, correspondent bios, and the official Vanguard blog on our Vanguard page on Current.com.A few members of our Vanguard team (Adam Yamaguchi, Mariana van Zeller, and Christof... more
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As Darren points out over on the Vanguard blog, Vanguard has a new look on Current.com. Just in time for the premiere of the new season on October 14th, too!
Darren's post will run you through some of the finer points, and he even has an episode breakdown for you, so head over there and check it out.
If you haven't visited the new Vanguard page, please do. I've spent most of the past hour digging through some of the sneak peeks to episodes from the upcoming season, and they look amazing. I know, I work here and I'm still floored by the things these guys accomplish. I'll leave the individual sneak peek clips for you to discover on the new page (hint: you'll find them in the featured videos section).
For now, here's the Season 3 promo to whet your appetite:
Vanguard returns to Current TV on October 14thAs Darren points out over on the Vanguard blog, Vanguard has a new look on... more
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That's according to US authorities. Actually, the language they used is "unholy alliance". Catchy.
Three West African men accused of ties to al Qaeda were extradited to New York in December on drug trafficking and terrorism charges.
It was the first time U.S. authorities established a link suggesting al Qaeda is funding itself in part by providing security for drug smugglers in West Africa.
"As suggested by the recent arrest of three alleged al Qaeda operatives, the expansion of cocaine trafficking through West Africa has provided the venue for an unholy alliance between South American narco-terrorists and Islamic extremists," Bergman said in an interview over the weekend.
In a week when it's all Al Qaeda all the time (this is what, the third time I've written about them already and it's only Tuesday?) the DEA doesn't want to be left out. We've seen before that Africa is the new transit line for cocaine to Europe (as Christof Putzel reported in Vanguard: Cocaine Mafia) and we've seen a few more connections this week between Africa and Al Qaeda. But if the US government is right on this - could it be a potentially dangerous alignment of militant groups? Joshua Keating at FP Passport is skeptical:
...[A]s I noted last month, the three men arrested (whose self-proclaimed links to al Qaeda have yet to be proven) last month, were not caught making a deal with FARC, they were making a deal with an undercover DEA agent that they thought was representing FARC. The ringleader of the group, Harouna Toure, did boast to the agent about smuggling "two tons of hashish to Tunisia" and the "human smuggling of Bangladeshi, Pakistani and Indian subjects into Spain," but these wouldn't involve South American naro-terrorists. Is there any other evidence that FARC and al Qaeda are actually taking advantage of the "venue" they've been provided?
Keating also pointed out that Matthew Cordell of UN Dispatch gave an awesome name to the whole affair: FARQaeda. Now, that's catchy.
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Tonight is the premiere of the final episode of the Vanguard season: Cocaine Mafia. Christof Putzel travels to Europe to see how they're feeding their growing appetite for the drug.
This Week on Vanguard: Cocaine Mafia (Video)
This season of Vanguard has been a really great one - so we'll be featuring a lot of the previous shows today and the rest of the week on the Current News page. You can watch them all online, you know - so if you missed one - get caught up! Watch Adam Yamaguchi tromping through the Cambodian rainforest in Forest of Ecstasy or Mariana van Zeller following the pain pill pipeline in The Oxycontin Express.
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Could that slice of chocolate cake, that juicy cheeseburger or those crispy onion rings be just as addictive as heroin or cocaine? A new study suggests that the answer is "yes."
The study, published in the Nature Neuroscience journal, found that when rats consumed a lot of high-fat, high-calorie food, it led to compulsive eating habits - similar to a drug addiction, CNN reports.
Here's how it works: Both drugs and these kinds of fatty foods send a rush to the pleasure centers in your brain. However, the rush is short-lived and is followed by a "crash." It will now take more and more of the substance to achieve the same "high," Paul J. Kenny, Ph.D., an associate professor of molecular therapeutics at the Scripps Research Institute, told CNN.
"People know intuitively that there's more to [overeating] than just will power," he told CNN. "There's a system in the brain that's been turned on or over-activated, and that's driving [overeating] at some subconscious level."
The study looked at three groups of rats - one group was fed regular food, the second was fed fatty foods for an hour a day and the third was fed fatty foods for up to 23 hours per day.
The third group began to eat compulsively and began to require more and more fatty food to get the same "high." It got so bad that the group would continue to eat - even in the face of pain.Could that slice of chocolate cake, that juicy cheeseburger or those crispy onion... more
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A number of people have claimed that we should legalize drugs--including cocaine--in order to stop the drug-related crime.
Do you honestly think that just because drugs are legal, it will stop the plague of addiction and subsequent crimes associated with it?!
Police: Woman swapped girl, 10, to man for cocaine
SAGINAW, Mich. (AP) - Police in Michigan say a 45-year-old woman with a cocaine habit let a 67-year-old man have sex with a 10-year-old girl she was caring for in exchange for the drug.
Angela A. Blackwell of Saginaw Township is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and pandering.
She remained in jail Wednesday pending a preliminary hearing set for March 30. Her lawyer did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.
Police are searching for Johnnie L. Griffin on first- and second-degree criminal sexual conduct and firearms charges.
If convicted, the pair could be sentenced to at least 25 years in prison.
Detective Sgt. Joseph Dutoi tells The Saginaw News that Griffin had sex with the girl between September and February, while she was in Blackwell's care.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9EL11701&show_article=1A number of people have claimed that we should legalize drugs--including cocaine--in... more
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Poice have ended a nine-month investigation into a Queensland outlaw motorcycle gang’s drug trafficking network with the arrest of 44 people and the seizure of more than $2 million in drugs, assets and property.
The operation focused on alleged trafficking of methylamphetamine, cocaine and cannabis across Queensland and resulted in the seizure of more than $1 million in drugs, $470,000 in property and $700,000 worth of assets.
The operation, named Hotel Formation, began in July 2009 by members of the state drug investigation unit and initially focused on central Queensland. A total of 44 people were charged with over 100 offences, including 18 for allegedly trafficking dangerous drugs.
Today, members of the state drug investigation unit and the Outlaw Motor Cycle Gang (OMCG) Task Force Hydra executed search warrants on an alleged cocaine trafficking syndicate operating out of the Gold Coast with distribution networks into Hervey Bay.Poice have ended a nine-month investigation into a Queensland outlaw motorcycle... more
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Four people from Greater Manchester have been arrested in connection with bringing more than 20 tonnes of Class A and Class B drugs into Britain.
Police believe they have smashed a smuggling ring responsible for importing drugs – including more than 4,500 kilos of cannabis – into the country over the past 18 months. Eight people were arrested by Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) officers this morning, on suspicion of conspiracy to supply controlled drugs.
They include two men, aged 30 and 31, in Bolton, a 46-year-old man in Walkden, and a 27-year-old woman in Trafford Park. Two 52-year-old men were also arrested in Hampshire, a 26-year-old woman was arrested in Grimsby and a 25-year-old man in Hartlepool.
The suspects, being held in Greater Manchester, are alleged to have used ‘paper’ companies as a front for their activity and employed business service centres across the country to unwittingly receive packages of cocaine and cannabis on their behalf.Four people from Greater Manchester have been arrested in connection with bringing... more
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Members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously this week to narrow the unconscionable sentencing disparities between crack and powder cocaine. The notorious 100-1 ratio has no basis in science, while hitting poor people and African Americans especially hard. Along with other mandatory drug sentencing policies enacted in the mid-1980s, it helped triple the nation's prison population.
Unfortunately, the watered-down Senate bill only narrows the disparities to roughly 20-1. Legislators need to strengthen this bill before sending it to the president. If disparities are baseless and socially egregious, why not just eliminate them?
http://www.freep.com/article/20100313/OPINION01/3130317/1322/Cocaine-sentencing-inequities-must-endMembers of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously this week to narrow... more
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The U.S. State Department on Monday released a report criticizing Venezuela for failing to combat Colombian guerilla groups involved in cocaine trafficking operations and claiming to have strong evidence that “some elements” of Venezuela’s security forces “directly assist” the FARC and ELN.
The report said that Venezuela “does not cooperate consistently with the United States and other countries to reduce the flow of cocaine through Venezuela,” and that “There is strong evidence that some elements of Venezuela’s security forces directly assist” the FARC and ELN.The U.S. State Department on Monday released a report criticizing Venezuela for... more
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Madrid.– Spain’s Revenue Service and Civil Guard seized 1.3 tons of cocaine that arrived in the customs area of the port in the eastern city of Valencia hidden in the false bottom of a container shipped from the Dominican Republic, officials said.
According to press reports, one person was arrested in Valencia and a second suspect apparently waiting for the cocaine was detained in Barcelona province. The cocaine was aboard the Nordsea, a Cypriot-flagged ship that arrived in Valencia on Feb. 23 from the Dominican Republic.
The operation was launched in the wake of an investigation of cocaine shipments in containers sent to the port of Valencia.
A review of information gathered in the case led investigators to a container that arrived from the Dominican Republic and was bound for a company in Madrid. The container fit "a high-risk profile" for drug trafficking, investigators said.Madrid.– Spain’s Revenue Service and Civil Guard seized 1.3 tons of... more
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Former attorney supervisor in Orange County District Attorney’s office said the Marine officer was injured by a blow to the head and while unconscious suffered a shotgun blast in the mouth. U.S. Justice Department passed responsibility to California. Jerry Brown, California’s Attorney General, needs to pursue investigation.
Colonel James Sabow, USMC
(IRVINE, CA) – The murder of Colonel James Sabow is the story of the loss of our country’s moral compass.
Mounting evidence strongly indicates that “Thou shall not kill” was ignored to support the Contra War in Nicaragua and to protect the “butts” of those involved in bringing cocaine into the U.S. on former military aircraft.
The overwhelming forensic evidence supports murder of a senior Marine Officer to prevent him from ‘telling all’ at a courts martial.
In an unexpected move, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) passed jurisdiction to the state of California almost 4 years ago. No action has been taken by Orange County where former Marine Corps Base El Toro, CA, is located.
The murder of Colonel James Sabow, Assistant Chief Staff, MCAS El Toro, CA, on January 22, 1991, was done in his quarters on a major Marine Corps base. The Orange County coroner ruled suicide before an investigation was completed. Subsequent independent investigations by scientific experts support murder. As expected, investigations by the Navy and the Department of Defense supported suicide.
Oliver Stone, check your voice mail! The Colonel Sabow story has all of the right ingredients for an Academy award winner. Marines, drugs, war, murder, CIA, government cover-up to name a few. It even has a made to order hero. He may not be comfortable with this, but Dr. David Sabow, brother of Col. Sabow, is the one who has carried this fight for almost 20 years.
Dr. David Sabow, South Dakota neurologist, has devoted years to investigating the murder of his older brother. He’s spent several hundred thousand dollars in legal fees, private investigators, and much of his own time and energy. Now in physically poor health, he’s confined to a wheel chair and no longer in medical practice.
In his own words, “he became suspicious of foul play due to a number of inconsistencies. He shared his concerns with the NCIS [Naval Criminal Investigative Service], as well as a number of senior Marine Corps officers. He became ever more suspicious when relevant documents, including the autopsy report were denied him by the Marine Corps.
Having become aware of Dr. Sabow’s concerns, El Toro base commander, Brig. General Tom Adams summoned him to El Toro for a meeting. Dr. Sabow accompanied by Sally Sabow, the Colonel’s widow, sat through a 5-hour vicious and grueling session. Dr. Sabow was assured that Colonel William Lucas who was the chief legal officer at El Toro at the time his brother’s death, would be present to answer pertinent questions that bothered the Sabow family.
However, in his place, Colonel Wayne Rich, a Reserve Marine Corps officer, took his place. Wayne Rich turned out to be a special Assistant Attorney General from Washington and he dominated the meeting.
Both General Adams and Colonel Rich accused Colonel Sabow of being a “crook and felon” while two other Marine Corps generals in attendance, David Shuter and J.K. Davis remained silent. This, in spite of their glowing “Fitness Reports” of Colonel Sabow during his almost three decade career. Furthermore, the representatives of the NCIS, as well as General Adams and Colonel Rich, repeatedly stated: “There was not one shred of evidence, other than that proving, that Colonel Sabow committed suicide.”
For the most part, Congressional committees have not been interested in Colonel Sabow’s death or in any testimony from Dr. Sabow.
More at the link:Former attorney supervisor in Orange County District Attorney’s office said the... more
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EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen’s Wife Wants Divorce After Court Case Over
RadarOnline.com
Charlie Sheen’s wife Brooke Mueller wants a divorce after his court case for domestic violence is over, RadarOnline.com is reporting exclusively.
For the Full story on Charlie Sheens Wife wanting a Divorce...911 AUDIO... PHOTOS...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/exclusive-charlie-sheens-wife-brooke-mueller-wants-divorce-after-court-case-over-911-audio/
Despite the fact that both Charlie and Brooke’s reps have publicly said they want to work things out, sources who know both of them say it’s actually the exact opposite – both are miserable.EXCLUSIVE: Charlie Sheen’s Wife Wants Divorce After Court Case Over... more
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