NOVEMBER 15, 1999 CONTACT: THE PHOENIX JOURNAL Page 15 It might have sounded like a new development, to have a former ambassador and congressman head up the The Immaculate Deception CIA-and it certainly was big news in the media-but there’s evidence that Bush secretly had long been active in the CIA. Why was Bush selected? Speculation was that popularity-seeking President Ford’s motive was TheBush Crime Fan& Exvosedmainly to get Bush away from political contention in the 1976 race which the President was facing. By the end of January, Bush was confirmed by the By Russell S. Bowen U.S. Senate. He moved into the CIA’s tree-shrouded, suburban-looking Langley, Virginia headquarters, office The title of this article refers to a book by the same name. With the author’s permission, we will number 7D5607. It’s an unattractive, L-shaped office be bringing this book to you in “bite-sized” installments over the next several weeks. with a square sitting area and a column incongruously placed in the middle. Room 7D5607 is a cramped alcove, housing not much more than the director’s desk. ABOUT THE AUTHOR regulated the flight altitude to make his patient Picture windows overlook a panorama of the deep, comfortable. “In the opinion of my surgeon, these verdant Virginia woods. When the author graduated from Los Gatos Military actions by Captain Bowen may have meant the What Bush did here in this inconspicuous office was Academy in California in 1942, he already had been in difference between life and death,” wrote Seitz. a metaphor for his entire career. He acted busy. He held uniform for nearly a decade. He spent his whole Bowen regrets that in his youthful idealism and his a job. But his accomplishments were limited to self- childhood in military training, attaining the rank of desire to excel, he was misled by some American leaders serving initiatives. Those who knew him, then, say that captain at the Castle Heights Military Academy. who claimed to be the guardians of America. InsteBd, if he was deferential and obsequiously loyal in previous At the age of 17, he became an aviation cadet after they were then and are now damaging the country. jobs, he was downright obedient in his new role as chief passing the examination in Sacramento, California. Still Acknowledging that in his zeal to expose wrongdoing, he spy for the U.S. only a teenager, he spent the war years flying P-38s, himself committed illegal acts (under orders from his But none of this should come as any surprise. dueling German planes in Italy as a “Top Gun” fighter government), Bowen has dedicated his life to exposing Here’s the public face George Herbert Walker Bush pilot. He was a highly decorated pilot with the famous our government’s ineffective and counter-productive would undoubtedly like to see perpetuated: Courageous 82nd Fighter Group which demonstrated their efforts to curb the drug trade. He labels that current war hero, popular Yale Phi Beta Kappa graduate, fearlessness, dedication and supreme skill by flying effort under the misguided control of U.S. President successful businessman, devoted family man, old “China combat aircraft under murderous conditions. George Bush “nothing more than a war of words”. And hand”, deft U. N. diplomat, successful anti-drug czar, Following a meeting with the Pope at the Vatican in he asks that readers of this book who have information charming scion from an old-line American family and if 1945, Bowen, at 19, was offered the chance to join the about the U.S. Drug Trade contact him through the that’s not enough, the “Great Liberator” of Panama and secret team of the OSS directed by General William publisher. Kuwait. “Wild Bill” Donovan. Bowen became an undercover Bowen is a retired Brigadier General in the U.S. That’s not the real face of the President. agent, involved in a variety of secret missions. Army. He lives in Florida. It’s only a mask. Bowen was assigned in 1959 to visit Asuncibn, Strip away that popular image and the American Paraguay, to familiarize himself with the traffic routes of INTRODUCTION people have the face of a monumental hypocrite and drugs coming into the U.S. through Cuba. His consummate political opportunist. ‘The face belongs to information on routes passed on to U. S. Customs was 1 COME NOT TO PRAISE THEE... a man who never has to worry about his convictions described as “the most important piece of information” because he does not have any. He has no principles. He they had received. “When the president does it, that means it is not has shown himself ready to make any deal at all with but one criterion-does it serve his own self-advancement? In his military career and as a strict Catholic, Bowen illegal.“-Richard Nixon had been trained to follow orders from his superiors For example, in 1980, while opposing Ronald without question. Reagan for the GOP presidential nomination, Bush was Forty-seven years as a mole and “When the commander-in-chief of a nation finds it member of William Donovan’s secret team of “Super pro-choice on abortion. After losing to Reagan and necessary to order employees of the government or Spies”, he received orders and reported directly to signing on as his running mate, Bush converted to anti- agencies of the government to do things that would William Casey, William Pawley, and his brother in the abortion, Reagan’s position, which he has maintained technically break the law, he has to be able to declare Dominican Republic, John Knight. In 1958 and 1959 he since to prevent fallout from the party’s right wing. No reported to Batista’s Secretary Villalon, the Argentine it legal for them to do that.“-Ronald Reagan one really knows his real position on this moral issue if, who became the right-hand man for Reagan. Still indeed, he has one. supported by several intelligence patriots Bowen “Read my lips: No New Taxes. “-George Bush, Throughout his career, Bush has always seemed to survived operation “Silver Star”, his last role. That same candidate for President, 1988 be in or around major events of our times, from, say, the deference t? authority led Bowen to carry out an Kennedy assassination to covert wars and economics operation that cost him six-and-a-half years in a federal It was not just another routine cable that George initiatives. His proximity to these events supports the prison in Springfield, MO. Bowen, an undercover agent Bush received on November 1, 1975, in Beijing, China. belief of some observers that he may have played a part in a cocaine-smuggling scheme that he was trying to The public image he presented was that of an in them. expose, took the fall after diverting a drug load to ambassador boldly forming U. S. policy towards his host At times, it is certain he had a role, often peripheral, Sylvania, Georgia, rather than following orders which country but the reality was that media-darling Secretary ;often obscure and frequently denied-a mystery man required him to deliver it to Homestead, Florida. of State Henry Kissinger told fake world-statesman Bush darting in and out of calamitous events-and now, a Among his many awards and decorations for exactly what to say and do. presidency that is a voyage without purpose or direction meritorious service is the Distinguished Service Medal. This cable was not another routine instruction, and with only one goal: re-election. After World War II, he flew numerous emergency airlifts however. New U.S. President Gerald Ford, smarting The establishment press, for the most part, has and rescue missions as a free-lance pilot. He served as from criticism of his pardon of Watergate-beleaguered largely ignored the real Bush, who attained the highest a flight officer for such world figures as the United Richard Nixon, asked Bush to head up the CIA. Acting office in this country despite a record of deceitful Nation’s leader Dag Harnmarskiild, the Shah of Iran and upon his always strong opportunistic motives, the tall, dealing. Peel away the mask and the real face of George Cuban leader Fulgencio Batista. Among many other reedy-voiced Bush must have sensed this was a chance Bush emerges as someone who: citations, Bowen received a commendation in 1956 from to get back to the U. S. and to return to politics. He . Was an abject failure as Drug Czar for the Reagan U.S. Army Major General J.F.H. Seitz for bravery quickly consulted his wife, Barbara, and cabled his administration. rescuing a wounded Army captain in Iran. Bowen even acceptance. Had a close relationship with a network of anti- Page 16 CONTACT: THE PHOENIX JOURNAL NOVEMBER 15, 1999 Semites with Nazi and fascist affiliations. the American constitutional structure. The sheer magnitude Church Committee about the well-documented CIA e Had a widely documented connection with the 1980 of negative ramifications by Bush’s possible return to the misdeeds. Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and his “October Surprise”, the group which sabotaged Jimmy White House, with a sham “mandate”, has compelled the assistant Ronni Moffitt were killed that year by a car bomb Carter’s efforts to have the Iranian hostages released. author to put aside a number of other crucial investigations on Washington’s Embassy Row. Why was CIA Director . Had a role in trying to delay the Watergate to devote months of careful research to bring before the George Bush unwilling to aggressively pursue the killers, investigation after Richard Nixon put him in charge of American people the true face of this man who would be who were later discovered to be members of ,the Chilean the Republican National Committee.