Part 11

PART 11: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31, 1998

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THE O.J. COVER-UP -- Part 11
How connected is Bill Wasz? His ties go right up to the Clinton White House, he claims.
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Editor's note: This is the 11th part of an
ongoing series of stories based on a
seven-month WorldNetDaily investigation
into the events surrounding the murder of
Nicole Brown Simpson. The investigation
includes exclusive interviews, conducted
in person and by telephone, with key
witness Bill Wasz, now serving time in a
high-security prison for other crimes.
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By David M. Bresnahan
(c) 1998, WorldNetDaily.com

Drug running, guns for drugs, deals with Pentagon officials, help from Arkansas state troopers, and connections to a present day White House dirt digger are all part of the amazing history of the hitman who says he was hired to kill Nicole Brown Simpson.

Bill Wasz, now 35, began working for a trucking company in Virginia in the mid-1980s. He was young, tall, strong, intelligent, and hungry for money and adventure. He was just the man they were looking for, and Wasz found what he was looking for as a drug runner driving between Florida and Virginia.

It was during that time that he began to associate with Linton Tibbetts and his son Danny. Wasz claims the Tibbets were laundering drug money through their various companies in and out of the U.S. He says Tibbetts owned Cox Lumber Company in Florida, and Cayman Airways.

"The only U.S. airline that was allowed to fly over Cuba," said Wasz in an exclusive interview with WorldNetDaily. "I learned that he (Linton Tibbetts) was a personal friend of Castro, and that he held a vast holding of assets in Cuba, including real estate and banking interests.

"Cox Lumber was the front company for his operations that included many overseas interests, mainly washing money for the cartels and other political interests in Central and South America.

"These individuals all parked their money in the Caymans. What better utilization than to have the money cleaned through building and trade in the U.S., as well as the import/export business that they controlled. You see, at the time, and maybe even today, they controlled all building supply shipments to all the Caribbean Islands, and I mean all. So, being as the Caribbean is notorious for its discretion, there was no better opportunity than to use that trade as a means to wash money."

During at least one meeting with the Tibbetts, he was introduced to a man named Barry. He later came to realize this man was most likely Barry Seal, well-known drug runner and federal agent. During the meeting "Barry" kept asking Wasz if he was a "fed." Wasz says he asked him several times.

The company Wasz worked for was Phoenix, Inc.

"They were based out of Sterling, Virginia and did far more than run coke," said Wasz. "They had a scheme where they had a deal with a firearms company where they basically were buying uninscribed firearms. Handguns and semi-auto rifles. They were trading them for cocaine in large quantities. The firearms company would actually pump out these firearms in return for a share of the profits, all deposited in corporate accounts in the Caymans and Rio."

The gun company shipped the firearms by UPS to Europe, and then to South America. In 1991 a UPS driver helped himself to about 500 of the guns and sold them in New Jersey. One of the stolen guns ended up being used to kill a cop in New York City, according to Wasz.

The case drew significant initial publicity, but then it ended, as did the investigation.

"It stopped because most of the guns had no serial numbers from the factory, and they were not registered with U.S. Customs as being exported," explained Wasz. "However the implications were so far reaching that if all were known, then a whole lot of government personnel would of been implicated. Thus the snowball effect would have ensued. All because a damn UPS driver got sticky fingers."

Phoenix was quickly disbanded. During that same period of time, Wasz met one other person who would appear again after the murder of Nicole Brown Simpson.

Anthony Pellicano, a private investigator, was hired to investigate the death of Nicole, and had previous association with Wasz. Now he does investigative work for Bill Clinton, according to news reports.

"I met a man that I believe was him (Pellicano) at the Holiday Inn in Falls Church, Virginia in 1988. It was during a discussion pertaining to guns for cocaine coming from Panama City, Panama." Wasz did not provide further details.

Shortly after the murder of Nicole, a witness claimed a private investigator and two other men were involved in the murder. John Dunton was brought before a grand jury and refused to talk. He said his life was in danger from the police if he told what he known. He was put in jail on contempt charges, and never did tell what he knew.

Immediately after Dunton made his claims, Pellicano called a press conference to deny that he had any involvement in the murder. Pellicano was already a well-known private investigator because of his work with entertainer Michael Jackson.

Dunton claimed that Pellicano was hired to do surveillance of Nicole Brown Simpson, something he also denied. "I can't even get angry about this because it's so ridiculous," Pellicano told the press. "I have no information about these murders. Had I, I would have brought it to the attention of law enforcement
immediately."

Although Pellicano was to be called before the grand jury to testify, he was dismissed before he was called and told he would not be needed.

Wasz says that Pellicano also has denied knowing him, and that he knows nothing of his claims that he was hired to kill Nicole.

"He amassed an extremely large dossier on me for use at any time," Wasz explained. "Not only did he build it, but he sold a copy of it to a writer named Steven Worth, an alias for software millionaire Charles Cass. He sold a copy of this file to Cass in January 1997. The payment for this copy of the file was sifted through F. Lee Bailey in Florida."

Cass sent a number of letters to Wasz in prison and told him the file substantiated the claims made by Wasz.

In 1991 Wasz began working as a car salesman in Arlington, Virginia just outside Washington, D.C. He quickly became the number one salesman on the lot.

"My referrals were everyone from Pentagon secretaries to a full admiral," said Wasz. It was my befriending of this admiral and an assistant secretary of state that led to my venturing into the dope running once again."

Wasz would often meet the two in a Falls Church bar where they would discuss openly their work in the Pentagon. Wasz felt uncomfortable and decided he should tell them the truth about his criminal past and
that he had already spent some time behind bars.

"We already know," they told him.

"It was then that they proposed a job for me. They told me it had to be in strict confidence and I was never to utter any words spoken at that meeting. I was asked if I would run some coke from Little Rock, Arkansas to Los Angeles for $25,000 on delivery."

It was just what Wasz needed. He had just gotten out of jail on bail for crashing his employer's truck, which he stole. This was his ticket out of town, and he had nothing to worry about.

"I was told by the admiral that there was a green light in Arkansas to run the coke," explained Wasz. Arkansas turned out to be a problem for Wasz despite the "green light."

His stolen truck died just before he reached the warehouse destination at the Little Rock Airport where he would pick up his load of cocaine. Wasz sat in the truck drinking beer while he waited for a tow truck, and suddenly a state trooper came up behind him.

Once again Wasz found himself in jail, but just as quickly found himself out on bail. He was set free and told he could send the bail money by mail. The same state trooper took him to his truck and bought him lunch on the way. That state trooper was Bill Shelton.

Shelton is listed in "Cover Up: The Art and Science of Political Deception" (available through the WorldNetDaily.com book store) as a Bill Clinton associate who died a mysterious death.

"He told me that he knew why I was in Arkansas, but didn't care," said Wasz. "He also told me that I should be careful because Texas was pretty tough to drive through like that."

By now Wasz was three days late for the pick up, and arrived in a cab. His employers were not impressed and told him his services were no longer needed.