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Article: Never Discussed Contra Work With Bush, Rodriguez Says
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- The Washington Post
- Article date:
- January 8, 1987
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Felix I. Rodriguez, whose ties to Vice President Bush became part
of the controversy surrounding a secret arms resupply operation for
the Nicaraguan rebels, has told the FBI that he never discussed with
Bush his work on behalf of the rebels, according to a statement
released in Rodriguez's name.
Rodriguez, a former CIA operative and Bay of Pigs veteran, said
he decided to break "a professional code of silence" and issue a
statement to correct "certain erroneous speculations by the media
concerning Vice President George Bush and members of his staff."
A copy of the statement, which was originally read last week by
Rodriguez's attorney on a Miami Spanish-language television station,
was ...