To Be A Hero, Stolen Honor

Richard Taus David

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This the true story of an FBI agent, a US Army Colonel, a decorated hero of the Vietnam War, and a true patriot, working to protect the country against enemies from outside and inside the US government. It is a chilling and disturbing tale of corrupt activities, tragic consequences, and sinister individuals, who fostered decades of nefarious operations that only served to betray and harm all Americans. The purpose of this book is to make the American public aware of information from insiders about the serious misconduct in the three branches of government. This misconduct involves people of both political parties who have inflicted devastating injuries to countless innocent people and upon American national security interests. This book focuses on political corruption and government complicity, organized criminal activities and operations, and United States involvement in foreign wars and the suppression of citizens' civil liberties. Keywords - FBI, CIA, Corruption, Richard Taus, Mob, Drugs, Americans, War, Army, Enemies, Vietnam, Politics, South America, Belize, El Salvador, Guatemala, Israel, Columbia, Mexico, Guerrilla, William Sullivan, Mafia, Narcotics, Iran Contra, 9-11, Whistle Blower

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• Lettres et linguistique

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• Publié par: First Edition Design Publishing
• Date de parution: 15 juillet 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781622872480
• Langue: English

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To Be A Hero, Stolen Honor, Inside the FBI, CIA and the Mob
David Richard Taus


First Edition Design Publishing
To Be A Hero, Stolen Honor
Inside the FBI, CIA and the Mob

The True Story of an FBI Agent, US Army Lieutenant Colonel,
A Decorated War Hero, his life with the Bureau, the CIA, and the Mob

First Edition Design Publishing
To Be A Hero, Stolen Honor
Copyright ©2014 David Richard Taus

ISBN 978-1622-872-49-7 PRINT
ISBN 978-1622-872-48-0 EBOOK

LCCN 2014943285

June 2014

Published and Distributed by
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P.O. Box 20217, Sarasota, FL 34276-3217
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Edited by
David K. Reagle and Philip L. Decker

Cover Design by
Deborah E Gordon
Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth.

~Socrates
To Be A Hero, Stolen Honor
Inside the FBI, CIA and the Mob

as told by Col. Richard Maurice Taus

David Richard Taus
Prologue
Introduction
The Prequel
The Sequel

Chapter One
Colonel Sturm
First Central American Trip, 1969
Itinerary
Protection Package
Belize International Airport
Nicaraguan History Lesson
Meeting Somoza
Liberal Costa Rica
San Salvador, El Salvador
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Guatemala City
Meeting Mendez
Mexico City

CHAPTER TWO
Back to Vietnam
A Second Enemy
Cavalry Assignment
Air Assault’s Copters and Crews
The Officer’s Club
Landing Zone Ambush
On Defense
On Offense
War Prayers
Cambodia Incursions
Duc Phong Rescue and Recovery
Late Risers
CIA’s Air America Drug Trafficking
Air America Crash and Report

CHAPTER THREE
Post-Vietnam Assignments
HQs, Adjutant General Corps
First National City Bank, Citibank
Army National Guard Assignment
Pan American Airways
Aircraft Modifications
Second Central American Trip Preparations, 1973

CHAPTER FOUR
Second Central American Trip, 1973
History Briefing
Guatemala City, 1973
The Raid Briefing
Expendable Pawns
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
The Attack on Guerrilla Bases
Nicaraguan Earthquake
The Panama Canal Zone, 1973
Meeting Torrijos
Interlopers
Organization of American States
San Jose, Costa Rica, 1973
Meeting Figueres
Adoption Actions
Meeting Molina
Mexico City and the Israelis, 1973
Returning Stateside
Tragedy in San Salvador
Readjustment Therapy

CHAPTER FIVE
Israeli War and South American Politics
Defense Intelligence Agency Involvement
Romania and Libya
Events Triggering Central and South America Trips
Bolivia
Peru
Colombia
Yom Kippur War
US Army, Fort Benning and Fort Rucker
Report to Sturm, November 1973
Major Gary Smith’s Odyssey
Information Sciences Incorporated
A Married Woman

CHAPTER SIX
Purging Intelligence Agencies
“The Year of Intelligence”
Another Mission
FBI Assistant Director William C. Sullivan
Langley CIA HQs, McLean, Virginia
Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committees
Political Purges at the CIA

CHAPTER SEVEN
Transfer within the System
Raising Army Brats
The Bicycle and the Army Ranger
Curtailing Covert Operations
General’s Call, 1976
Break In
Report to Sturm

CHAPTER EIGHT
Lufthansa Airlines Robbery

CHAPTER NINE
RICO and Bonanno
Organized Crime Squad, 1980
The Mafia Social Club
Prelude to the Pizza Connection Case

CHAPTER TEN
Pizza Connection Case
Trial Verdict
Cast of Characters
Italian-American Mafia vs. Sicilian Faction
Pennsylvania Crime Commission Report

CHAPTER ELEVEN
Freeport Sports Club
Known Mafia Bosses
CIA and Mafia in Freeport
DeVecchio and DOJ Block Investigation of CIA Company

CHAPTER TWELVE
Informants and Internal FBI Intrigue
Former US Marine
Three-Ring Circus
The CIA’s Mask of Deceit
Only Lower Echelon Arrested

CHAPTER THIRTEEN
Joint Narcotics Task Force
National Law Guild
Angelo Ruggiero Surveillance
A Freeport Sports Club Lead
FBI Infiltrated by CIA Moles
From the Mouths of Babes, Contra Revelation

CHAPTER FOURTEEN
More CIA Financial Crimes
Iraqi Arms

CHAPTER FIFTEEN
Reviewing Investigations: Castle, Wed Tech, and CIA

CHAPTER SIXTEEN
Joint CIA and Mafia Criminal Activities

CHAPTER SEVENTEEN
FBI Mole and Organized Crime Conference
Bureau Chief
FBI Political Agenda and CIA Cover-Up
CIA Interference
Pizza Connection Drug Cases and the CIA

CHAPTER EIGHTEEN
K-Team Adventures

CHAPTER NINETEEN
CIA and Grenada Invasion

CHAPTER TWENTY
Enterprise Operation at Fort Lauderdale Airport
Hebert’s Background
Southern Air Transport
Epilogues on FBI SAs Hanlon, Monserrate, and Dicker
ADIC Oliver “Buck” Revell
Hasenfus Shoot Down
Iran-Contra Arms Sales: Secord and North vs. Singlaub
Singlaub and Hungarian Connection
Drug Suppliers

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE
Hungary’s Higher Priority
US Army Reserve Promotion

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO
Castle Securities and the CIA

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE
Pan Am Flight 103 Tragedy

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
The United Nations Club
Starting the UN Soccer Club

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE
Union League Club, NYC
US Troops Addiction, Vietnam
Pakistan’s Emergence
CIA Agents at the Freeport Soccer Club

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
BCCI and CIA
Syria, Iraq, and Bangladesh.

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN
One of many CIA Companies
Amalgamated Commercial Enterprise
Steven Sandor Samos, Hungarian Drug Trafficker
Lawrence Iorizzo and Adrian Khashoggi
Nestor Sanchez
Hungarian Connection to SAT

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT
Sanctioned Dominican Drug Trafficking
Crack Epidemic: Freebase Cocaine Abuse
Drug Smuggling Involved CIA, Armed Forces, NSC

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
The Intelligence Community
Irangate Review
Irangate Investigative Findings
Flow of Funds
Iraqi Loan Diversion Cover-up

CHAPTER THIRTY
The Eastern Bloc Businessman
West German Affair, October 1988
Congressional Intelligence Oversight Committee Forms
Dan Prisco and Castle Securities Deception
FBI Criminal Cover-ups

CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE
How the Scheme Started
Metropolitan Correctional Center, New York City
Inside the Belly of the Beast
“We’re going to get you!”
Federal Charges Dismissed
Astronomical $2,500,000 Bail to Ensure Silence
A County With Highly Irregular Politics

CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO
Staten Island Assassination
NYC Firefighter Lopez’s Involvement with FBINYO
Two FBI-Controlled Cover Up Crimes

CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
9/11 and the Pakistani Intelligence Officer
US Customs Intelligence
Mohamed Atta Report
Spilling the Beans
Lackluster FBI Interviews
9/11 Aftermaths: CIA Offer at Albany New York
Ignored Former Report, Late 1990s
Posing as an Al-Qaeda Terrorist
Ensnaring Targets
Al Qaeda Background
1995 Manila Plot
German Terrorist Connections
FBI Legal Counsel Coleen Rowley
London Subway Bombing
Silencing Whistleblowers
Honest Judge’s Decision
Typical Prosecutor
Fighting City Hall
Appendices
Appendix I: FBI Terminology and Abbreviations
Appendix II: Legal Definitions and Federal Statutes
Appendix III: The Secret Government: Structure and Sectors
Prologue
“Return fire!” shouted Captain Chester Tudor as enemy machinegun bullets impacted our foxhole area. Rounds ricocheted off the steel revetment walls that were protecting our beleaguered unit. Second Lieutenant Richard Taus was immediately struck in his left chest by a round that slipped through the open side of my flack vest. The force of the impact pushed me backwards against the rear dirt mound.
“Fix bayonets,” cried Captain Tudor as we braced for a final assault upon our position. Although Taus was still staggering from the bullet now lodged in his upper abdomen, he was still alert, following his commanding officer’s orders. While trying to secure his bayonet to his M16, another shower of enemy rounds raked their position. One bullet fragment hit Taus’ bayonet, inflicting a gash on his hand.
“Make every round count! We’re low on ammo. Taus, are you alright?” Tudor was a former Infantry branch officer from Kileen, Texas. His small elite unit consisting of less than 20 soldiers, half officers and half sergeants, was defending the north perimeter of Tan Son Nhut Airbase. It was the beginning of the enemy’s Tet Offensive, an all-out battle where the enemy units had silently pre-positioned themselves.
Taus leadned against the foxhole’s rampart, feeling the soreness in his cheast and the singing pain from the bayonet wound in his hand. Given the darkness of night, he tried to sight his rifle on the approaching enemy. The attack had commenced after midnight throughout South Vietnam. In Taus’ sector, a 700-man Viet Cong battalion was reinforced by the North Vietnamese Army soldiers. Despite the open runways and fields, Taus and his troops could not detect the approaching enemy forces until they were within 100 yards of their foxhole.
Spies within the ranks of the Republic of Vietnam Army High Command had been divulging US tactical plans to the NVA for years. Allied forces seemed to be unprepared for the 1968 Tet Offensive. However, there were early harbingers of this forthcoming attack since US ground forces were reporting large numbers of NVA soldiers and equipment pouring into South Vietnam.
General William Westmoreland, Commander of Allied Forces and his Int