Defrauding America: Encyclopedia of Secret Operations by the CIA, DEA, and Other Covert Agencies, Vol. One (Book # 2 of 30 in Defrauding America series.)

by Rodney Stich

The meeting lasted about ninety minutes and a final agreement was reached, whereby the Iranians were to be given $40 million bribe money and large quantities of arms would be sold to them. In exchange, the Iranians would continue to imprison the 52 Americans until after the November 1980 presidential election and the January 1981 inauguration. Justice Department Obstruction of Justice CIA contract agent Richard Brenneke testified in U.S. District Court at Denver in 1988 on behalf of another CIA contract agent, Heinrich Rupp. The purpose of the testimony was to show that Brenneke’s friend, Rupp, was a CIA contract agent (as was Brenneke), and that the offenses for which Rupp was being charged were offenses committed under orders of the CIA. Justice Department prosecutors had charged Rupp with money offenses at Aurora Bank in the Denver area.