Compromised: Clinton, Bush and the CIA

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Summary: When all else fails.....
Review: As I read this work, it became so compelling that I couldn't
wait to wake up to read more. I found myself yelling at Terry
and his wife throughout the book - "No, don't do that!" Knowing
not exactly what was waiting for them in the future - but knowing
it wasn't going to be good.

What was amazing was how they "played his ego", "played his
ambition" and generally opted out when questions that made sense
were asked. Who is ever to know if any or all of this story
is or was true. What is important is: It makes too much sense!

The methodology and policies Mr. Reed explains about the Agency
is terrific. Especially, the Barry Seal flights - which tends
to explain a lot of other "so called" mysterious plane crashes
around the world.

Compromised has changed my life, because it not only brought
lots of new information, but confirmed all my worst fears!

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Summary: Powerful, frightening and disheartening!
Review: I found this book to answer the mystery of the Iran-Contra/Mena, Arkansas drug smuggling operation. Having read "Under Fire" by Oliver North and this book I find it quite obvious who's lying. Terry Reed, a CIA operative, who thought he was serving an honest government, is compelled to expose the corruption that he himself encountered. Whereas, Oliver North in his book COVERS it all up. We should be thankful for Terry Reed's courage to bring this information out. This book corroborates the documentary, "Mena Cover-up". A man who follows his conscience should never be bound to secrecy when that secrecy only hides corruption. May more COURAGEOUS men and women who have vowed "to secrecy" STAND up!

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Summary: UNANSWERED QUESTIONS ANSWERED ABOUT OUR CORRUPT GOVERNMENT!
Review: I found this book to answer the mystery of the Iran-Contra/Mena, Arkansas drug smuggling operation. Having read "Under Fire" by Oliver North and this book I find it quite obvious who's lying. Terry Reed, a CIA operative, who thought he was serving an honest government, is compelled to expose the corruption that he himself encountered. Whereas, Oliver North in his book COVERS it all up. We should be thankful for Terry Reed's courage to bring this information out. This book corroborates the documentary, "Mena Cover-up". A man who follows his conscience should never be bound to secrecy when that secrecy only hides corruption. May more COURAGEOUS men and women who have vowed "to secrecy" STAND up!

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Summary: Mind Expanding
Review: I read this book twice when it was first published. The deals described in this book anticipate many events, such as the political elevation of George H. Bush's sons (yes, I voted for George W. Bush)and the protection enjoyed by Clinton during his presidency. Terry Reed is an American hero with the guts to reveal the truth.

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Summary: Tom Clancy for real...and it's scary.
Review: If you like Tom Clancy, here's the real deal. A former Air Force intelligence officer turned manufacturing engineer, pilot, and independent business man is recruited by the CIA (Oliver North) to assist in the training of Contra pilots in Mena, Arkansas. His name is Terry Reed, and does he have an incredible story to tell! This American patriot reveals everything after the CIA tried to screw him after Iran-contra. Plenty of very interesting information about Clinton, Bush, the Arkansas elite, covert CIA operations, CIA super-agent Barry Seal, money laundering, international narcotics trafficking, and CIA influence in the US political system.

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Summary: Following The Money
Review: Terry Kent Reed joined the Air Force while in college. He soon learned that "the government and the military had to deceive the American public to accomplish its national security objectives" (p.18)! The CIA relied extensively upon Air America to conduct their unstated objectives (p.20). What happened to our MIAs? POW camps were bombed by the Air Force (p.22)! The newspapers and government lied about Southeast Asia (p.23). After leaving the Air Force TKR got a commercial pilot's license and worked as a salesman in the machine industry. TKR became an asset for the FBI, then the CIA, on international sales. In 183 he began to work for the CIA. "Insurance losses" would be used to raise untraceable funds (p.43). What happened to those old traditional values (p.14)?

A NJ arms company was bought and shipped to Arkansas to build receiver housings that converted a civilian AR-15 to a military M-16, and had no tractable serial number. The Rose Law Firm's specialty was brokering deals (p.55). Governor Bill Clinton was disliked because of his attempts to attract out-of-state businesses, and for trying to improve the state educational system (p.56). Page 86 explains how stolen aircraft are laundered if you have Government connections. Mena airport specialized in illegal modifications to aircraft. Barry Seal was used by the Reagan Administration, then thrown away (pp.97-98). Payoffs were made to Arkansas state officials (p.125). The CIA is above the law (p.133). Pages 212-4 tell how the Arkansas governor's friends and relatives were dirtied-up. Does the CIA decide who will become President (pp.231-6)? The BCCI and First American Bank were used by Arkansas banking (p.245). When dirty money is deposited in the Netherlands Antilles, it can be laundered and taxes avoided (p.249). Things went well for TKR until a C-123 was shot down (pp.289-90).

The Mexican Enterprise began Phase 2. The elite of Mexico, like in Arkansas, opposed any change unless they personally benefited. They suppressed any attempt to empower a middle class(p.330). Then TKR discovered his business was being used to ship pure cocaine to the States; the US Govt. was the biggest cocaine smuggler (p.343)! What powerful men owed their fortune to CIA drug traffic (p.346)? Was the crew on that downed C-123 killed before the crash (p.356)? Page 390 tells how a false crime can be created to destroy the credibility of a witness. The Reeds went underground with hidden identities, and traveled the country.

After the case went to trial, the judge declared Terry Reed not guilty due to a lack of evidence (p.459). This kept the story of drug trafficking hidden from the public. The Reeds tried to sue for their false prosecution, but no lawyer would take their case after the judgment against the Christic Institute (p.470). A famous legal expert took their case on contingency. Page 502 tells of the smear story created by 'TIME' magazine. Iran-Contra was not an issue in the 1992 election because both Bush and Clinton were involved! Terry Reed discovered the CIA counsel was now Attorney-General!

The Epilogue claims the Dept of Justice perverted itself under Reagan, Bush, and Clinton. I think Bush picked Clinton as an opponent because Clinton would not prosecute Bush for drug trafficking; then Bush Jr to continue the cover-up. Congress failed to expose Iran-Contra (p.545) because of a pay-off. (Like the Senate failure to impeach Clinton?) The book ends by asking why Barry Seal was bumped off. Did he threaten very powerful people with exposure? Page 240 tells how dirty drug money ended up in Attorney-General Meese's personal bank account. Do these 'Black Operation' flights still continue?

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Summary: Facts matter more than ego
Review: Terry Reed was not an air force intelligence officer. He was an enlisted man, who got his pilot training subsequent to the service. Like many enlisted men, he seems to have envied greatly the air force pilots for the distinctions that flight training and combat earned them. Much of his life following the service seemed to be devoted to making up for that envy and feeding his own ego. That's what too much of this book is about. I'm absolutely sure that the CIA was involved in some significant shenanigans in Mena, Arkansas and that both George Herbert Walker Bush and Bill Clinton were plugged in at some level. If that was the main thrust of this work, it would have been more worthwhile. Instead, we get way too much information about Terry's need for ego gratification. The facts I was hoping to learn from this book are much better covered by authors such as Craig Roberts and Jim Maars. And with them, you don't have to deal with Terry's temper tantrums.

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Summary: Every American needs to read this book.
Review: This book was easily 200 pages too long, provided way too much detail about superfluous information like the type of van the Reeds drove etc. The title also suggests that the book is mainly about Clinton's & Bush's involvement in some shady dealings; it is tangentially about those and a good chunk is dedicated to Clinton's efforts to get back at Reed, but the book is mainly about Terry Reed and HIS involvement in those operations. Not that that's a bad thing, but I don't think it's worth 682 pages. I would've liked more evidence on the drug smuggling, Reed only has "proof" of one shipment. I don't doubt that there could have been (and probably was) a CIA conspiracy, but Reed hasn't proved so beyond a reasonable doubt. All in all, though, fairly entertaining and informative.

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Summary: THIS BOOK REVEALS AN ELITIST CONSPIRACY CONTROLLING AMERICA
Review: THIS HAS TO BE MADE INTO A MOVIE!!!! A MUST READ. TERRY REED, A PATRIOTIC AMERICAN, DISCOVERED AN ILLEGAL CIA GUN RUNNING AND COCAINE SMUGGLING OPERATION, CONNECTED WITH THE IRAN CONTRA SCANDAL (RUN BY OLLIE NORTH, WITH COOPERATION OF THE ARKANSAS GOVERNOR!). THE TRUTH AS DISCLOSED IN THIS BOOK WAS COVERED UP BY THE MEDIA DURING THE 1992 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. MR. REED WAS SLANDERED BY TIME MAGAZINE AND PROSECUTED ON BOGUS CHARGES TO SHUT HIM UP.