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SPOOKS, WHISTLEBLOWERS AND FALL Guys SPOOKS, WHISTLEBLOWERS Guys FALL AND Whistleblower Rodney Stich exposes more crime and corruption perpetrated by US Government representatives in collusion with shady military/ intelligence operatives and Mafia figures. Part 2 of 2 jormer US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) investigator Rodney Stich is the author of several exposés: Defrauding America, Unfriendly Skies and Disavow. By virtue of his life work, he has become a one-man whistleblowers’ clearinghouse. "You could put it that way. I've been saying that I've become a focal point for whistle- blowers," said Stich in a recent interview. "One of them was an FBI agent for 10 years— Richard Taus. He worked with Louis Freeh, the FBI director, on the Pizza Connection drug cases, and during this investigation he found evidence of CIA involvement with organised crime in the New York City area. Another is Jimmy Rothstein who was on the New York Police Department Vice Squad and discovered the same thing: CIA drug traf- ficking with organised crime. Both of those people suffered retaliation." FBI WHISTLEBLOWER RICHARD M. TAUS "They either had adverse job performance reports or had false charges filed against them, as in Richard Taus's case," said Stich. "He's in prison now, and he'll be there for the next 80 years if we don't do something about it. "Richard Taus was a highly decorated Vietnam helicopter pilot," continued Stich. "He's had many high commendations. He was a Lieutenant Colonel in the National Guard in the New York City area as a helicopter pilot. He was also an FBI agent. "Incidentally, while he was in Vietnam, he reported drug trafficking by the CIA in Air America. Somehow Congress heard about it, and a congressman came over there. He discovered about 2,000 pounds of drugs in an Air America plane that was forced down. Taus was in a helicopter so he quickly went there to help the crew, and while he's there his crew chief sees all of the drugs on board the plane. So Taus reports it when he gets back to his base. The congressman came over and he was told that this was for the crew's own use, that it was not for distribution." "But 2,000 pounds?" Stich asks. "They're still probably using it." And how did Taus become a CIA fall guy? "They set him up the same way they set up two other sources I have: Jimmy Rothstein, and someone who was a member of the Mafia in New York who was also a CIA paymas- ter working with both the Mafia and the CIA. I've talked to his daughter about it." Stich was referring to Dee Ferdinand, daughter of Mafia figure Albert Carone. "Having grown up in a Mafia family and been friends with top Mafia bosses, Dee was very helpful in explaining the complex relationship between the Mafia and the CIA. She explained details of her father's activities as a CIA paymaster, moving money to and from the Mafia families in New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, the CIA and the Mossad, and payoffs to the New York City Police Department." Not to forget, Mob boss Sam "Momo" Giancana used to say: "The Outfit and the Agency—it's like two sides of the same coin." "The Outfit" is of course the Mob, or Mafia, and "the Agency" is the CIA. Regarding the set-up, Stich added: "They suddenly charged Taus with ‘playing with lit- tle boys'. It doesn't seem to be too hard to get little boys to testify against him—especially if their families are under threat of prosecution." So now Taus is in prison on phoney paedophilia or child molestation charges? "Yes," said Stich. "First the feds filed charges against him, and—as Ted Gunderson, former Chief Special FBI Agent in the Los Angeles area, has said—there's no federal offence for that. The feds filed it just long enough to get Taus out of circulation because Bush was coming up for re-election and some of the corruption had to do with Bush. by Uri Dowbenko © 1998 alt.media PO Box 43 Pray, Montana 59065, USA Email: u.dowbenko@mailcity.com NEXUS - 29 by Uri Dowbenko © 1998 OCTOBER - NOVEMBER 1998