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murders which he had provided to Todd from prison. The Virtually overnight, almost every record of Carone disappeared, Hercules Armament Corporation, featured in The Last Circle, was leaving his daughter and her family nearly bankrupt under the an obvious link. I also noted that the father in Todd's case had burden of tens of thousands of dollars in medical bills. been a computer engineer with passions for both geological In 1996, Carone's daughter, Dee Ferdinand, discovered that research and hypnosis, and no other visible connections to the Tyree and Carone had known each other and that Tyree could Promis story. prove instrumental in helping to restore Carone's lost fortune. As we copied Tyree's papers and went through other materials Ferdinand filed a suit in US District Court this spring, seeking to the next day, I was aware that the Canadians were expressing spe- recover pensions, insurance policies and benefits in a case which cial interest in Jackson Stephens and anything having to do with has no known connection to Promis. I have known Ferdinand and the manipulation of financial markets. They asked for copies of her family for more than seven years. Never once has she men- news reports I had, showing that General Wesley Clark, the tioned a connection between her father and Promis, although she recently retired NATO Commander, had just gone to work for was well familiar with the case from Tyree and conversations Stephens, Inc. in Little Rock, Arkansas. I also provided docu- with Bill Hamilton. I had referred the Mounties to her because of ments showing that a Stephens-connected firm, Alltel, which had my belief that she could possibly help identify Tyree's source, the purchased Systematics, was moving heavily into data processing Sergeant Major. for the mortgage market and HUD [Housing and Urban On August 10th, exactly one week after the Mounties came to Development]. see me, the DoJ mailed Ferdinand a response to her suit, seeking As the Mounties repeatedly pressed for information on the iden- dismissal. Included in the paperwork was a bizarre document, tity of the Sergeant Major, I referred them to Tyree directly now in FTW's possession, that by the account of both Ferdinand through his attorney Ray Kohlman, and to Tyree's closest friend and her lawyer had absolutely nothing to do with her case. The Dee Ferdinand, the daughter of CIA bagman and paymaster document in question was a 29 March 1986 Declaration from CIA Albert Carone. (For more on Carone, visit the FTW website.) Director William Casey, a close friend of the Carone family. Sean McDade eventually contacted Ferdinand by phone, and Paragraph 6 of that document (prepared for another case) stated: shortly thereafter one of the most bizarre twists in the whole story "Two of the documents responsive to Plaintiffs' Request No. 1, took place. specifically the one-page letter dated About a week after meeting the . 28 March 1979 and a one-page letter Mounties, I heard back from Sean For more than 25 years before his dated 8 January 1980, have been that the Tyree documents and flow | mp sterious death in 1990, Al Carone released in the same excised form as charts from 1996 had been right on y > they were previously released by the the money. served as a bagman and liaison government of Canada. I indepen- A special recurring theme in those between George Bush, Bill Casey, dently and formally assert the state ocuments that meshes with Oliver North, Richard Nixon and secrets privilege for the information , Seymour's research is that modified excised from these two documents." versions of Promis software, with many other prominent figures Dee Ferdinand called me immedi- ptr aii mien anitay- | jneluding Robert Vesco, Mafuel fat, Ths! had ning wd Los Alamos nuclear labs in contain- Noriega and Ferdinand Marcos. Canada was not even mentioned in ers labelled as radioactive waste. According to Tyree and other her suit. What was going on?" she asked. "It's blackmail," I answered. sources, the safest place in the world after an Indian reservation, "CIA, which is monitoring everything the Canadians do, every- that no one will ever break into, is a nuclear waste dump. This thing I do, everything you do, knows that I will tell the Mounties also applies to containers in transit between countries. The of these letters." radioactive warning label guarantees unmolested movement of McDade didn't grasp the concept at first. He was a straight- virtually anything. Promis software is apparently no exception. ahead street cop. But I had been through something similar when serving as the press spokesman for the Perot presidential cam- AL CARONE AND BILL CASEY FROM THE GRAVE paign in 1992. I explained it to Sean: "Sean, you and I are just The story of Albert Vincent Carone has also been covered the messengers. But I guarantee that at some level of your gov- exhaustively in FTW, both in the newsletter and on the website. ernment, the CIA's reference to these letters will scare people to A retired NYPD detective and also a made-member of the ath. It is a reminder that CIA has them." Genovese crime family, Carone spent his entire working career as A week later, McDade told me that the dates were indeed sig- a CIA operative. For more than 25 years before his mysterious nificant—very significant. That's all he would say. death in 1990, Al Carone served as a bagman and liaison between From The Wilderness has what may be a possible explanation George Bush, CIA Director Bill Casey, Oliver North, Richard for the dates in question. On the dates these letters were written, Nixon and many other prominent figures including Robert Vesco, the President and CIA Director were Jimmy Carter and Stansfield Maijiuel Noriega and Ferdinand Marcos. The Carone—Tyree con- Turner. Aside from the then recent Russian invasion of nection, covered in detail in FTW September 1998 issue (vol. 1, Afghanistan, a saga in which the Canadian government played a no.7), goes back to operations in the mid-1970s when Tyree, serv- minor role, the largest drama on the world scene was the over- ing with the Special Forces, engaged in CIA-directed missions for throw of the Shah of Iran in January 1979, the rise of the which Carone was the paymaster. Ayatollah Khomeini and the seizure of the US Embassy in Tehran Carone's death from "chemical toxicity of unknown etiology" in later that year. The Canadian government and the CIA worked 1990 resulted in the sanitising of all of his military and NYPD very closely in Iran, the Canadian Embassy even housing some records as well as the theft and disappearance of nearly 10 million CIA personnel who had escaped the crowds of students. But that dollars in bank accounts, insurance policies and investments. kind of assistance is not something to hide. Another explanation many other prominent figures including Robert Vesco, Manuel Noriega and Ferdinand Marcos. AL CARONE AND BILL CASEY FROM THE GRAVE The story of Albert Vincent Carone has also been covered exhaustively in FTW, both in the newsletter and on the website. A retired NYPD detective and also a made-member of the Genovese crime family, Carone spent his entire working career as a CIA operative. For more than 25 years before his mysterious death in 1990, Al Carone served as a bagman and liaison between George Bush, CIA Director Bill Casey, Oliver North, Richard Nixon and many other prominent figures including Robert Vesco, Maijiuel Noriega and Ferdinand Marcos. The Carone—Tyree con- nection, covered in detail in FTW September 1998 issue (vol. 1, no.7), goes back to operations in the mid-1970s when Tyree, serv- ing with the Special Forces, engaged in CIA-directed missions for which Carone was the paymaster. Carone's death from "chemical toxicity of unknown etiology" in 1990 resulted in the sanitising of all of his military and NYPD records as well as the theft and disappearance of nearly 10 million dollars in bank accounts, insurance policies and investments. NEXUS - 33 DECEMBER 2000 — JANUARY 2001