In the 1970s, there was a private intelligence firm in DC called Intertel, which was launched by former Bobby Kennedy DOJ guys and staffed by veteran FBI agents, intelligence officers, etc. Richard Nixon was deeply wary of INTERTEL because he thought it was a private spy agency for the Kennedys. - ThreadSky

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eamonjavers.bsky.social • 20 days ago

In the 1970s, there was a private intelligence firm in DC called Intertel, which was launched by former Bobby Kennedy DOJ guys and staffed by veteran FBI agents, intelligence officers, etc. Richard Nixon was deeply wary of INTERTEL because he thought it was a private spy agency for the Kennedys.

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eamonjavers.bsky.social•20 days ago

The guy who ran INTERTEL was Robert Dolan Peloquin, a former Bobby Kennedy guy at DOJ. And Peloquin worked for Hughes.

eamonjavers.bsky.social•20 days ago

When I was working on my book on corporate espionage, I heard a lot about INTERTEL and Peloquin, and tried to track him down. One retired FBI agent vetted me and passed me on to another … and another, and then finally I was told that Peloquin would meet with me.

eamonjavers.bsky.social•20 days ago

(This is in my book, starting on pg. 86)

eamonjavers.bsky.social•20 days ago

Turns out, he had a farm in rural Pennsylvania. So I drove up there to see him. Over a few hours and some excellent cookies supplied by his wife Peggy, he told me his life story.

eamonjavers.bsky.social•20 days ago

Just one of the wild anecdotes he told me was the time he had to exfiltrate Hughes from Las Vegas.

eamonjavers.bsky.social•20 days ago

Toward the end of his life, Hughes was crippled with mental illness and drug abuse and holed up in a suite in the Desert Inn hotel in Las Vegas.

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