*UNLOCKED* [#215] CONTRA VIII, Part 4: Dirty Money and Spy Games in the New Russia

Dimitri and Khalid complete their deep dive into Alan A. Block's "All Is Clouded By Desire". Topics include: The Riggs Bank-Politico connection, Alton G. Keel Jr’s obscure Iran-Contra involvement, the Schultz v. Casey “battle royale” over weapons sales to Iran, George H.W. Bush’s curiously fraught relationship with Israel… The sus European Union Bank (“the world’s first internet bank”) and Soviet wunderkind Alexander Konanykhine, recruiting ex-dandy junkie Lord Mancroft, KGB defector Yuri Shvetz (who would later claim Trump was a KGB asset), the mysterious Karen von Gerke Thompson, the CIA “leaving Aldrich Ames in the catbird seat”, Konanykhine’s appear...