[Hugh R]

Years ago, I worked for a company called Tetra Tech. Besides being an engineering firm, we had marine research vessels that we used to map the ocean floors around the world. We were under contract to the U.S. Navy. We had our research vessels off the coast of Chile before the fall of Allende, Iraq before the Shah was shown the exit, off of Haiti before Papa Doc fell, off of Panama before Noriega was ousted, off of Nicaragua before Ortega was thrown out. Are you starting to see a pattern here? We were the US equivalent of the proverbial Russian fishing trawler. Our research vessels were listening posts and advance men for the CIA. I also know personally that we were the bag man for the CIA in Oman, the UAE, and several other mid-east countries. We meddle in the affairs of over 100 countries.