So I approached Lt. Dwyer who informed me that an indictment had
already been secured for Tyree and that he would stand trial for the charge of murder. Lt.
Dwyer expressed concern that there would not be enough evidence to warrant a guilty
finding against Tyree. Lt. Dwyer indicated that the only person with enough credibility
was SP4 Peters. I could not inform Lt. Dwyer that Peters had been the person responsible
for Elaine Tyree’s murder.
44. Actual information erased included the attendance of Pvt. Tyree at certain
service schools and references to overseas service. I ordered all records to be erased that
linked Pvt. Tyree to Operation WATCHTOWER or Orwell. Service schools and badges
[that] I know were erased included his Taper Flash Special Forces Qualification’,
‘Crewman’s Aviator Wings’, ‘Canadian Airborne Badge’, and ‘Master Parachute Badge’. I
also gave orders to disenfranchise Pvt. Tyree from [the] Special Forces. I wanted no-one
standing up for him and in the process dragging the information concerning Operation
WATCHTOWER into the public eye. [Note: And to hell with poor Pvt. Tyree, whose wife had just
been murdered because she knew about the US military’s illegal drug-running operations, and who
had himself been arrested after confronting his wife’s murderer – Ed.].
45. Unknown to him, Pvt. Tyree underwent a hearing on the criminal charges in a
local courthouse, under the surveillance of Operation Orwell. I learned through transmissions that Tyree only spoke of defense issues with his attorney, but [had] never mentioned Operations WATCHTOWER or Orwell. In the process of Pvt. Tyree’s hearing, a
State police officer from Lt. Dwyer’s office discovered [that] the State courthouse was
under surveillance. This led to the arrest of the senior Court Officer, Ira Kiezer, who took full
responsibility and never mentioned my office.
46. After the hearing concluded, the presiding judge in the Tyree matter found no
reason to bind Tyree over for the trial on the murder of his wife. I found myself faced with
the possibility that Pvt. Tyree, upon release, would become angered at my decision to
disfranchise him. So I approached Lt. Dwyer who informed me that an indictment had
already been secured for Tyree and that he would stand trial for the charge of murder. Lt.
Dwyer expressed concern that there would not be enough evidence to warrant a guilty
finding against Tyree. Lt. Dwyer indicated that the only person with enough credibility
was SP4 Peters. I could not inform Lt. Dwyer that Peters had been the person responsible
for Elaine Tyree’s murder.
47. After weeks of consideration, I concluded that the security of Operation
WATCHTOWER and Orwell came first and AR 340-18-5 strictly prohibited the disclosure
of intelligence gathered pursuant to that regulation.
48. On 29 February 1980, Pvt. Tyree was convicted of murder and will spend the duration of
his life incarcerated. I could not disseminate intelligence gathered under Operation Orwell to
notify civilian authorities who actually killed Elaine Tyree. [Note: For illegal operational
reasons, including the need to cover up US drug-running, therefore, an army private (named as a Colonel in the court documents to which Casey’s Affidavit was
appended, but as ‘Private’ in Cutolo’s Affidavit) faced spending the rest of his life in jail for
murdering his wife, even though his Commanding Officer knew who had actually committed
the murder (false witness). The Author’s enquiries have indicated that the unfortunate Pvt.
Tyree is still incarcerated (as of June 2006). – Ed.].
49. The current intelligence on Archbishop Romero (El Salvador) indicates [that] he
is in receipt of physical evidence supporting several allegations that the United States is
currently, [along] with Honduras, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Panama, covertly training and
sponsoring freedom fighters attempting to overthrow the current regime in Nicaragua;
that these freedom fighters are also being supported from funds arising from Operation
WATCHTOWER in part; that Mr. Robert D’Aubuisson (El Salvador) secretly aided the
freedom fighters by allowing US advisors to train the freedom fighters inside El Salvador;
[and] that Sr. D’Aubuisson was contacted by Edwin Wilson and Frank Terpil prior to the
freedom fighters being trained inside El Salvador.
This information made it necessary to protect Operation WATCHTOWER and
Orwell regardless of the costs [i.e., regardless of the murder of Pvt. Tyree’s wife by someone other
than her husband and regardless of the fact that this US military officer or soldier was languishing in
prison, where he faced spending the rest of his life – Ed.].
50. I have been in communication with Lt. Dw
51. I mailed the diaries of Elaine Tyree to a post office box number in Langley,
Virginia, per instructions of Edwin Wilson who contacted me by telephone concerning the
diaries [i.e., the diaries were sent to the CIA, where of course they have been suppressed –
Ed.]. Wilson also notified me of the intelligence on Archbishop Romero.
52. I reviewed the diaries prior to mailing them. The diaries contained most of the
information on SP4 Peters, as Pvt. Tyree indicated they did. I suspect that this was the
motive for Peters’ killing of Elaine Tyree. The diaries contained no mention of Pvt. Tyree or
his alleged illegal dealings. I suspect that Elaine Tyree only wrote in the diaries relating to
soldiers other than her husband, who were involved in illegal activities in and around Ft.
Devens.
53. Th
