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, '4 Congressional Record~'m'~~~ ALLEGATIONS OF CIA PROVIDING DRUGS TO AMERICAN CITIES (House of Representatives -September 2 1996) RECEIVED ' n~-~------------- rr y [Page: H11579] t~te.____._....~0.1.3-9.7-__.-- Gounty Council Fc The SPEAKER pro tempore. Under a previous order of the House, the gentlewoman from Cali omia [Ms. Waters] is recognized for 5 minutes. Ms. WATERS. Mr. Speaker, as you know, I have been involved in trying to move the investigations that finally have been agreed to in order to get to the root of the facts and allegations that have been unveiled in the San Jose Mercury News under the heading'Dazk Alliance,' written by investigative reporter Gary Webb. It has been an interesting journey over the past two weeks. Over the past 2 weeks, not only have we begun to ask questions about these revelations; we aze bombazded with requests to send more information to individuals all around this Nation. I held a community meeting down in South-Central Los Angeles and reached out to about 75 community leaders. About 250 showed up. During the Congressional Black Caucus weekend here in Washington, I had a workshop. Over 3,000 people showed up at the workshop. This morning, I was up in Baltimore for the Human Rights Commission that was meeting there. Seven hundred people were there. This afternoon the Howard students rallied down neaz the Reflecting Pool. They had a good turnout. The major press has now gotten involved. Just this evening Tom Brokaw on NBC did quite an extensive piece. Included in that piece was John Kerry and information about his investigation. I have continued to reach out. People aze calling me with all kinds of information. I began to look in the azchieves, just to see what is there, and discovered some very interesting things. I decided to look in the diary that is in the azchives of Oliver North. I discovered that there was a notebook entry, for example, on a conversation with Robert Owen, who was his liaison with the Contras, dated August 9, 1985. The discussion covers a plane being used by Mario Calero, brother of the head of the FDN Adolpho Calero, based in New Orleans, to ferry supplies to the Contras in Honduras. This is what the notation said: 'Honduran DC-6 which is being used for runs out of New Orleans is probably being used for drug runs into the United States.' These are his diary notations that aze in the archives. There are many more. It seems as it we aze going to spend many, many hours on this. Mr. ROHRABACHER. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield? Ms. WATERS. I yield to the gentleman from California. Mr. ROHRABACHER. If the gentlewoman would yield for a question, was the gentlewoman cleaz that Oliver North was noting that to move against it? Ms. WATERS. When I checked with the DEA, who he was supposed to give the information to, nobody has a Comm. Na 312