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EASTCO Eastern A S T Company

EASTCO, or Eastern AST Company, was a private firm set up to sell weapons, ammunition and military equipment from United States to Eygpt. Theodore Shackley, assistant deputy director of CIA intelligence operations as of 1976 under George Bush, CIA director at the time. Thomas Clines who worked as a Case Officer under Shackley in Miami and in Laos. Rafael 'Chi-Chi' Quintero, an anti-Castro Cuban who worked under Clines and was alledgedly recruited for the CIA as an Assassin. General John Singlaub who worked with Shackley and Clines in Vietnam and responsible for CIA operations over the border in Laos. General Richard Secord who supervised air operations into Laos and was later appointed to the Pentagon and put in charge of weapons sales to Iran. Albert Hakim who was a middle man in weapons sales and involved in the Iran Contra affair.

Theodore Shackley supervised to western hemisphere director of operations and worked to overthrow Salvador Allende who was replaced by Pinochet. Theodore Shackley then moved to South East Asia and stole 100's of tons of military equipment and ammunition from Vietnam and began to construct a convert military power. This organization didn't answer to the United States government or congress and was aimed on removing socialist powers from the world.

After Watergate when Richard NIxon was removed from government and Jimmy Carter came to power he began to clean up the CIA and fired 800 cover operators. These operators then moved on to start private mercenary and security companies.

Jonathan Kwitny, Author, Journalist Daniel Sheehan, Christic Institute