WHO IS THE AMERICAN CONNECTION?

A SPECIAL REPORT BY ROBERT CARL COHEN Former US Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agents who testified secretly before the US Senate Committee headed by Sen. Jackson (Repub.) Washington, charge the “War On Drugs” is compromised by corruption at high levels. Jerry Laveroni, as a 12 year old dreamt of becoming a policeman. He wrote to FBI Director Hoover for information about the Mafia; only to have Hoover reply: “There’s no such organization.” Years later, trained as a federal narcotics officer, Laveroni joined a group of agents (Some later jailed for corruption) being interrogated by President Nixon, who appeared extremely interested in the techniques used in their undercover work. During the next five years, Laveroni infiltrated the ranks of the local pushers & was on the verge of being introduced to the head of the Los Angeles Mafia when the Southern California DEA Director ordered him to stop the investigation and return to the streets minus his badge & gun. When Laveroni refused because that would expose him to possibly being shot by the LAPD as a known drug pusher, he & his partner were sent to the LA Airport Holiday Inn with $100,000 in DEA money to buy heroin. But, as if warned, the instant the dealers entered the hotel room they opened fire, killing Laveroni’s partner & almost escaping with the federal money. Convinced he’d been set-up for assassination, Laveroni resigned from the DEA. Pat Saunders, trained in electronic surveillance by phone company technicians, …