re: Barry Seal Thread: Was he stupid or did the judge screw him, or both?

He knew to much. In the movie he would fly low over the swamp and dump bails of coke out the back of his plane in the swamp and airboats would be waiting on them.

he knew so much about gun smuggling and gun running if he lived and blew the whistle on the feds while in jail it could have been a disaster for the Reagan administration. So just get him whacked.

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Then why did they cut him loose to be gunned down at a homeless shelter?

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They're not going to compromise an entire operation (and operational history) for 1 guy - they probably did the best they could do for him under the circumstances (and by "they" I mean the guys who knew him) - clearly the PTB wanted him gone - Polozola was a Carter appointee and fairly liberal, overall. He was kind of a hardass at times, especially on what he considered corruption, but seemed extra prickish with Seal - I figure that's what came down from above.

But, Seal never stopped working for the CIA.