Word: hasenfus
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...deliberate, wooden tones, Hasenfus told a press conference in Managua that he and 24 to 26 companions had worked in San Salvador for an organization called Corporate Air Services. The group, he said, had been supervised by "two naturalized Cuban Americans" named Max Gomez and Ramon Medina who "worked for the CIA." The pair, claimed Hasenfus, did most of the flight coordination, "oversaw all our housing projects, and also refueling and some fright plans...
After making a ten-minute statement, Hasenfus was abruptly led away without answering reporters' questions. Still, his dramatic story only increased the volume of official denials that the U.S. Government had any connection whatsoever with the downed supply plane--or with Hasenfus. But Hasenfus' allegations posed disturbing questions about the Administration's relationship with private organizations that have reportedly been funding supplies for the contra rebels since Congress cut off aid in 1984. In the absence of a satisfactory response from the Administration, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week said it would subpoena testimony from those involved, including...
...crew had long associations with the CIA, some Congressmen grew dubious about Administration professions of ignorance. Said Minnesota Republican David Durenberger, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence: "I assume somebody in the United States Government knows something about this, and the sooner they speak up the better." Hasenfus' capture came only a week before final passage of $100 million in military and economic aid for the contras is slated by Congress...
...rounds of ammunition, rocket grenades, boots and other supplies--but two of the three dead crew members found inside were Americans. The pair were later identified as William J. Cooper, 61, of Reno, and Wallace Elaine Sawyer Jr., 41, of Magnolia, Ark. A day later searchers cornered Hasenfus hiding in an abandoned shack. Though he was armed with a pistol and a knife, he offered no resistance, and was marched off to a Sandinista base camp. The following day he was helicoptered to Managua, where, unshaven and haggard, he made a brief statement to the press: "My name is Gene...
...officials were dissembling. Cooper carried an identification card issued by Southern Air Transport, a Miami-based corporation once owned by the CIA and known still to have links to the agency. The firm denied involvement in the attempted arms delivery, although it admitted once employing Cooper as a pilot. Hasenfus and Sawyer held ID cards issued by the Salvadoran army that identified them as military advisers...