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The complete text of F. Lee Bailey's suit.
28 Oct 1996 - Seems AUSA Drew Pitt in Los Angeles has himself in a fix according to a recent Wall Street Journal story. Pitt's motivation is alleged to be personal greed. Reportedly, he has been suspended and is under Grand Jury investigation for his involvement with some of the very people he once investigated. Per our contacts... the Justice Department has taken pains to keep the information about this matter out of the public realm before the election. DEA Watch mentions this case because it raises questions about the Justice Department's oversight of prosecutors and informants. We know from our review of similar events in the F. Lee Bailey/Claude Duboc case that there was little or no Justice Department oversight and, as a result, the U.S. Attorneys involved damaged the interests and desires of the American people and tainted, if not destroyed, the careers of life-long American law enforcement personnel who devoted their lives to DEA and eliminating the drug scourge.
DEA Watch has received a copy of Mr. Bailey's lawsuit and it's an explosive barn-burner. The terrible reality of this case is that career drug-war heroes: Beaulieu, Marcello, Bourke, Tarallo and Swanson are still being drug through the mud while Carl Lilley, the DEA agent who allegedly recommended and participated in betraying his fellow agents and Bailey, remains protected by the US Attorneys in Florida he worked with. The whole story is available via the above hypertexted website. However, it must be observed that at the same time Lilley recommended, according to court documents, to violate Swiss law he also allegedly encouraged, if not initiated, an OPR investigation of G/S Marcello in Los Angeles and fingered Customs Attache Paul Beaulieu and S/A Ed Bourke in Paris. These other agents, using information specifically developed by former DEA Supervisor Stephen Swanson, "tricked" Duboc into Hong Kong were he was promptly arrested. Marcello, Beaulieu, Bourke and Swanson delivered the "goose that laid the golden egg." Lilley ate egg. History WILL record that he choked on it.... and that the honest agents, named above, who were maliciously hung out to dry by Constantine and the (soon-to-be-former) Janet Reno Justice Department were COMPLETELY vindicated.
Joe Lopez reportedly made his name while working the "Pisces" case under the supervision of Rich Gorman. It was one of DEA's 1st and most successful money-laundering "sting" ops. The case started with a "friendly" who came from Mexico City to Miami with a proposition."I can get the Cartel money transport contract, but I want to take a percent of every dollar I move." This C.I. allegedly made millions -- as well he should -- but the op tracked over $100 million in drug proceeds, mostly going to Panama accounts and onward around the world. DEA was able to identify many additional accounts and assets as a result of this op. Unlike some of these money operations significant arrests and money seizures occurred.
Was the "friendly" a CIA operative? Was the op a CIA op? This happened at the height of the Contra wars. Why was Rich Gorman taking a check-ride on an Evergreen Intl Jet? Why was Joe Lopez promoted and sent to Bogota when he failed miserably in Bolivia? It's a crime to divulge an informants identity to anyone not authorized to have it. When did Northern District of Florida, AUSA's Gregory Miller, Thomas Kirwin and James Hankinson, DEA agents Carl Lilley and Customs Agent Greg Small repeatedly do that to former DEA Supervisor Stephen Swanson and DEA C.I. Tommy Smith? The last DEA agent to betray a fellow agent the way Swanson was betrayed was Steve Gibbs. Gibbs, all will recall, was sent to a Federal Pen. DEA Watch believes the Justice Deptmust determine who authorized the disclosure of Swanson's name to Robert Shapiro, F. Lee Bailey and other defense attorneys and witnesses in the Claude Duboc case. ="red"> Please see related files
DEA Watch has learned that AUSA Greg Miller may have been one of the AUSA's from the Northern District of Florida who 'Flea' Bailey was referring to the other night on Larry King Live as being"a liar". ( See FTS Wire 23 Oct). Miller was Kirwin's boss and part of theTerrible Trio Law Firm of Patterson, Miller and Kirwin. Did Dave McGee become the fall guy for these three? Miller had direct contact with Bailey on the Duboc case... per our sources in Tallahassee. The F. Lee Bailey law suit will reveal much more about this ="red"> Gang Of Three. Customs Agent Ed Bourke reported to Judge Maurice Paul that Miller lied to him about not having made a deal with Bailey. No action was taken by Judge Paul. We now ask,Was Judge Paul part of the deal? We're told that "Only in the Northern District of Florida are no court reporters present in the Judge's chambers." Hmmmm.
23 Oct 1996 - Appearing on Larry King last night F. Lee Bailey stated he sued the US Government. He stated a US Attorney and his client offered him a $3.5 million fee in the Claude Duboc case. According to Bailey he was given stock worth $6 million. 20 months later, after learning that the stock was now worth $21 million, the US Attorney, according to Bailey, breached the contract by demanding all the money. then put Bailey in jail because much of it was spent. Bailey said the prosecutor is lying. Bailey didn't name the prosecutor but DEA Watch received info that it was AUSA Thomas Kirwin. DEA Watch has reviewed Kirwin's testimony in this case. Allegedly, Kirwin used the credibility inherent in his office to question the integrity of DEA G/S John Marcello and Customs Agents Paul Beaulieu and Ed Bourke. Customs Commissioner George Weise believed Kirwin over his two career agents who combined have 56 years of unblemished govt service. To Weise's credit, however, he didn't put Beaulieu and Bourke on administrative leave as Tom Constantine did to G/S Marcello. We now know the deck was stacked against Bailey in the Northern District of Florida. Judge Maurice Paul is a "Government Judge" according to DEA RAC Carl Lilley. Bailey said, "This suit is now at the seat of power in Washington. When things were going funny in Tallahassee maybe Washington looked the other way. Now it's time for the top people in the Justice Department who are good people to take a hard look and see if this case should go to trial." DEA Watch would warn Bailey not to hold his breath on that one. Agent Beaulieu wrote Michael Shaheen (OPR Justice) a letter on March 21, 1995 warning of an unseemly deal between the prosecutors and Mr. Bailey. An underling of Shaheen wrote back saying all is fine in this relationship. Eleven months later the Gov't sued Bailey. Customs Agent Bourke warned Judge Paul on February 14, 1996, of the credibility problem with the prosecutors in the Northern District of Florida. Judge Paul ignored Bourke. Bailey won't. 21 Oct 1996 - Larry King Live (CNN) promises to air an interview with F. Lee Bailey this pm. "Flea" Bailey is of interest to all because his new law suit against the Feds peripherally (or maybe even directly) involves 4 drug-busting good guys, DEA G/S John Marcello, Customs' Paul Beaulieu, Ed Bourke, and former G/S Steve Swanson and their help in busting the biggest marijauna dealer in the world, Claude Duboc. Steve Swanson has authorized DEA Watch to investigate and report this story.