European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 2,1988 the stars and stripes Page Excia head says he fired Noriega alleges Bush put him Back on payroll Washington up former Central Intelli gence Agency director a Lansfield Turner said Friday he removed panamanian strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega from the Agency payroll in 1977 because he was an unscrupulous character bul vice president George Bush later reinstated him. Turner a retired Navy Admiral said that after Bush took office in 1981, he met with Noriega and Pul him Back on the payroll As an intelligence source Turner made the comments in response to Bush statements sept. 25 during the presidential debate that seven administrations were dealing with or. Noriega who now faces . Indictments charging him with drug smuggling and Money laundering. Turner who replaced Bush As Cia director in 1977, when Jimmy Carter became president said in an inter View we All know Hal Bush while Cia director met Wilh Noriega even though he was there Only 11 months. And 1 will affirm that Bush had him on the Cia payroll Turner said. In 1976, Noriega was head of panamanian military intelligence and Fie was known to be working Closel Wilh the cuban intelligence service while on the Cia s payroll. I was there four years and 1 never saw i to Sec him or have him on the payroll. It just was t the Case during the Carter and  Turner said he decided to sever previously close Cia relations Wilh Noriega in 1977, because he was an unscrupulous character. He was spying on us. He was not the kind of character we should be relying  Bush s Campaign office had no immediate com ment on Turner s re Turner Marks bul the vice president previously has said the Reagan administration deserves credit for the prosecution of Noriega. Bush then became vice president and met with Noriega and put him Back on the payroll,".Turner said Noriega was indicted by two Federal grand juries i Southern Florida in february on drug smuggling and Money laundering charges. Since then he has refused to buckle to . Pressure that he step Down As chief of the panamanian armed forces. Turner declined to say How he knew Hal Bush re instated Noriega to the Cia payroll after becoming vice president bul said i can Lell you i am very confident of  Turner said thai while he took Noriega off the pay Roll the Cia May have maintained some level of con tact Wilh Noriega during his four year term us Cia director. But he said i did t meet with him. I Twain t worthy of Elevation 10 my level but or. Bush did  during the debate Bush sought to play Down his contacts with the panamanian dictator while vice president and said it was the Reagan Bush administration that brought this to a to  Bush despite his role As White House Point Man on drug interdiction also insisted he was unaware until he indictments were announced of evidence that no Riega was involved in cocaine smuggling operations from Colombia to the United states. During the debate democratic presidential nominee Michael Dukakis said Here we arc Wilh a government that s been dealing Wilh a drug running panamanian Dic Tator. We be been dealing with him he s been dealing drugs to our kids and governors like me and others have been trying to Deal with the  charges filed in alleged $50 million securities scorn Montgomery Ala. Up seven people and two corporations were charged Wilh securities fraud Friday in an alleged Oil and Gas investment scam thai officials said bilked investors in 11 Stales of More than Iso million. Robert Prince head of the Leviticus project a Multi slate task Force set up to investigate securities fraud said securities fraud charges were filed in Indi Ana and Illinois stemming from a boiler room operation based in Gulfport miss. The charges Are he first wave in the Leviticus project investigation which started 1s months ago and involves 30 companies and 50 people Prince  Leviticus project is a federally funded task Force involving some 29agencies in 20 Stales and is authorized by Congress to investigate criminal activity in the Coal Oil and Gas and precious met als industries. Prince who is also Deputy director of the Alabama securities commission said the scam involved Telephone salesmen who pressured nationwide investors to buy into Oil and Gas drilling ventures. Most salesmen were unregistered securities brokers and they gave out false information about the ventures which offered no significant return. The interest you buy was so Small even if it was a Gusher you never gel paid off Prince said. They buy Small interest in a Well and split it up into 100 units and sell that. It was just an organized bogus operation from the  Prince said criminal charges were find in Monroe county ind., against Jerry c. Lamply and Thomas Ellzy Boih of Gulfport and Dennis filler and Harold Hood both of  was described As the organization s Kingpin and Ezey and filler were presidents of boiler room Compa Nies involved in the alleged scam. Hoo was a Salesman for inc organization. The Illinois Secretary of slate and at Torney general of Dupage county iii., filed charges Friday against Lampley Al icy salesmen Jerry Salvage and Carlones and two Gulfport corporations Enfield development inc. And Petro serve ltd., which is owned by Ellzy Prince said Illinois had also filed charges against one unnamed suspect and the state was expected to bring charges against at least three  Are expected also in Alabama Mississippi Missouri Virginia Pennsyl Vania Kansas Georgia and Oklahoma Prince  said lamp lev s organization set up Telephone operations in Gulfport Tampa Atlanta Santa Monica calif.,and Dallas. The alleged scam look in at least 400 investors who lost at least $50 million he  sad thing is Hal a majority of i Csc investors 99 percent were first time investors contacted by Tele phone. The Salesman sounded so persuasive he convinced the person to sen thousands of dollars even though he had never met the Salesman Prince  said people interested in invest ing in Oil and Gas drilling ventures should consult a registered  you get a fall Over the phone Rny first advice is to hang up he said " fit sounds to Good to be True it probably  top videos by the associated press the following Are the most popular Vid cocas Setles As they appear in the latest Issue of Bill Board Magazine. Copyright 1988, billboard publications inc. Reprinted with permission. Videocassette sales 1. Odd morning a Imam  2. Forti Tinong com Rel 3. Calu Neuch Mca 4. Start up Wei Jino Fonda ilor Lmar 5.  a lion durum 6. Ltd i and us tramp Talanay t. Puk Floyd Tow we mom a a. A lopper a biota fat Yua 1. Of Baa Motah it str c05 10. Jane Fonda s Low Immel a oboe Wmk oui Latinw 1 1. Huchaby and in beanstalk 13 a amt can tall Mca 14. Up foxy 1 13bb plenum of Tho Var Hob is. Tap gun a amount 1g. 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