One Who Knew A Lot And Told A Little More Than Most...... Chip Tatum

[Peter Lemkin]

Yes, Chip Tatum is a key that can help understand a lot of covert operations in his timeframe. As is Barry Seal. And, in a way, Gunther Russbacher. And Ari Ben Menashe. And in a slightly different way Oswald LeWinter and Richard Brenneke.
All of them are connected in more than one way.

In a one step forward two steps back kinda way...

How much does a Mechanic understand of the Sponsor's design?

The mechanic does not need to understand anything, but he has to be motivated for his actions. Consequently if you find the same mechanic in two events, seemingly independent from each other, you know that there is a connection. The same Sponsor, the same motivation. It is significant that people like Chip Tatum appear in more than one event. As do the others. Find their motivation and you will get nearer to the Sponsors.

While I understand your point Jan, we don't need the mechanics to know exactly what the sponsors were thinking or up to. We can put those puzzle pieces together ourselves, over time and with a lot of work...as can some of the brighter mechanics. We need truthful information - its the best we can get. No sponsor as far as I know has ever said anything truthful......and most have not spoken at all.