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following G7 meetings. The group has "representation" from a siles from Tatum's helicopter. number of intelligence agencies throughout the world. Included Other "neutralisations" verge on the bizarre. An individual who are the US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the Central must remain nameless for a variety of reasons—but whose name Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and is known to this writer—underwent an experience that is both hor- Firearms (ATF) as well as agents from British, Israeli, Turkish rific and chilling. Readers are warned that what follows is not at and Danish Intelligence plus "others who performed various func- all pleasant. For the sake of ease, I shall call this individual "Mr tions for Pegasus".’ The mission of Pegasus, Tatum explains, is X" or, simply, "X".'° "to ‘align’ world leaders and financiers to our [US] policies and Mr X was a leader of one of the largest CIA-backed Contra standards". groups. He recently testified before the US Senate Intelligence One of Tatum's Pegasus duties included flying "Archer Teams" Committee. Formerly, X was a senior executive in a South (four-man hit teams) in his helicopter to their insertion point.. He American subsidiary of a leading US soft drinks corporation. states that Enrique Bermudez was assassinated in 1991 by a During his Senate testimony, he denied any knowledge of CIA Pegasus team, adding he "was shot in the back of the head while —_— involvement in the narcotics trade, adding that condoning such walking down the street...from about 150 yards". Bermudez, activity would have been foreign to his way of life. Not so, says known as "Commander Three Eight Tatum. Mr X had been recruited into Zero" was the senior Contra leader. the CIA by then-Director William Tatum received two broken ribs when Casey, with the assistance of Oliver he came under small-arms fire during The discussion also made it clear North. the assassination.’ : that vp Bush, Governor Clinton In 1990, when Nicaraguan leader Following the Nicaraguan war, . 4 Daniel Ortega announced there would Bermudez sought a prominent position and his three respective be "free elections", X was ecstatic. in the new government. Spurned by "handlers" were knee-deep in the He began jostling for position and President Chamorro, "Commander . . asked President Bush to ensure he be 380" tried to pressure George Bush to cocaine venture and making given a prominent position in the new intercede on his behalf, threatening to i government—in return for his years expose Bush's role in the cocaine traf- fistloads of money. of toil at the behest of the CIA and ficking enterprise. According to the Enterprise. The pressure came in Tatum, Bush ordered his disposal. a form that Bush could not ignore. Another Pegasus 2 sination was that of General Gustavo (Dr _ Failure to help his friend would result in X's intimate knowledge Gus) Alvarez Martinez, the "cooperating" Armed Forces of Bush's involvement in the dope trade being made public. His Commander-in-Chief, Honduras. Alvarez was assassinated in threat left Bush with a sour taste. A Pegasus team was assigned to 1989, following his demand for a bigger split of the cocaine prof- "neutralise" him in early 1990. its. Mr X, Tatum states, "fancied himself a lover of women. Tall, Tatum also describes his involvement in the assassination of large-breasted blondes were his favourite. It was determined that, Amiram Nir, the former Israeli Mossad agent who went under the if effectively neutralised, [X] could be an asset. Therefore, it was assumed name of Pat Weber. Nir was scheduled to testify to the decided that intimidation would be used to control [X]." Senate subcommittee and it was feared he would reveal the truth. They chose to use the drug Scopolamine, which also went by He perished, following the shooting-down of his aircraft with mis- the nickname "Burundanga" or "the Voodoo drug". The drug is extracted from the pods of a flowering shrub that grows in remote regions of South America. In its processed, powdered form, Scopolamine is "void of smell, void of taste". When properly administered "it causes absolute obedience" without this being "observable by others". Importantly, the target will not recall any of the events that occurred during the period they were under the spell of the drug. In outlining these details, Tatum adds that it is important to administer the drug in the correct dosage, for he has known tar- gets to die from too high a dose. Others have "remained under the influence of Burundanga for up to three weeks". Precise dosage can be achieved by liquid ingestion, the powder being readily sol- uble. Ingestion via cigarettes is also an optimum method of inges- tion. It is fast-acting and takes no more than 20 minutes to work. Tatum states that X was invited to spend a relaxing weekend at a luxury hotel as a guest of his friend George Bush. His host for the weekend was a trusted 18-year veteran field-intelligence offi- cer. The evening started with cocktails and was followed by a fine meal. "'Nothing but the best’ were the orders." Following the meal, he was ushered into the suite of a "blonde bombshell" supplied by the CIA. Mr X had already ingested a dose of Burundanga during pre-dinner cocktails. X was gallant with the blonde as they both moved into the bedroom where video US President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore cameras were already set up in one corner. In short order, the blonde had X standing naked in front of her and began to indulge 30 + NEXUS APRIL - MAY 1997 fistloads of money. US President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore