Comments on: BARRY SEAL: THE ANATOMY OF A CONSPIRACY THEORY

By: John Camp

John Camp — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 12:07:02 +0000

You are correct that the CIA ties are a load of crap and Seal was a victim of Escobar’s vengeance. In fact, Escobar’s involvement was revealed in trial testimony. As I wrote in the book, Barry’s death was ordered after Escobar saw the opening scene of my documentary, Uncle Sam Wants You. It disclosed that Barry was a DEA informant and also reveal his name. Barry had used an alias. Ellis McKenzie, in all of his dealings with the cartel. He even had a phony passport. I’m puzzled about your comment of meeting him at AA and NA meetings. It is well known that Barry rarely drank alcohol, if ever, and never used drugs.

By: Pierre

Pierre — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 03:54:49 +0000

What a load of crap. I personally know two of the three guys who killed Seal. I spent many years in prison with them. Seal was killed for two reasons: an attempt to protect Escobar and his minions, and to make an example of Seal to dissuade future informants from doing the same. I knew Seal myself–briefly, in the months before he was killed–while he was attending AA and NA meetings as a condition of his sentence. He was a nice man, but he took his chances and knew full well what the risks were. And if you ask Bernardo or Louie (Luis Cruz) if factions in the US government were involved in the hit on Seal, you’ll get a laugh from the first and a blank stare from the second. In their world, if you betray those you work for, if you turn informant or “rat”, you die for it. Everyone understands that. No complicated explanations–or ridiculous conspiracy theories–are necessary. Even if Seal hadn’t represented a genuine threat to Escobar or those close to him, he would have been killed out of principle. Despite his crimes Seal seemed like a genuinely nice guy and it’s sad that he wasn’t able to move on from that part of his life and put it behind him, as I have no doubt he would have done. But that’s the rules of the world he was a part of. The world he wanted badly to leave. He just didn’t make it.

By: John Camp

John Camp — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 14:17:00 +0000

Another myth. I don’t know the genesis of the “George Bush” telephone number–probably a wing-nut blog or publication. But as the old saying goes, “If you got it, show it.” So far, nobody has produced the evidence.

By: Joel

Joel — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 04:45:55 +0000

Funny that this story completely ignores the biggest piece of evidence in the conspiracy theory…George Bush’s home telephone number was in Barrys car. This was found after he was gunned down. Maybe there is more to the tales than anyone will ever know.

By: Peter Whiteside

Peter Whiteside — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:35:14 +0000

Wow this blog brings back memories of many late nights at WBRZ. I really enjoyed that time and your company and influence. I love your blog and am amazed at how aligned our views are. Admittedly mine are much less informed. Barry’s story is a sad but cautionary tale about the price of 15 minutes of fame.