Michael Risconosciuto
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"By the time he was a teenager, he had won so many science fairs with exhibits of laser technology that he was invited to be a summer research assistant at Stanford's [University] prestigious Cooper Vaper Laser Laboratory. Dr. Arthur Schalow, a Nobel laureate, remembered him: `You don't forget a 16 year old youngster who shows up with his own argon laser,'"</p>
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In 1966, at the Portola valley home of an unnamed State department employee, Risconscuito meets Soviet/Israeli agent and San Francisco based illicit drug manufacturer Al Holbert</p>
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"I was introduced to [Al] Holbert through the Stanford crowd at the home of [name withheld] in Portola Valley, California. Interesting enough, [name withheld] is a former State Department employee ..."
"Riconosciuto's relationship with Holbert had lasted from 1966 to 1981, a span of fifteen years. Most of that time had been devoted to complex drug activities in California. In one passage, Riconosciuto stated that "Ben Kalka was one of [Al] Holbert's lieutenants. The other lieutenant with Kalka was Charlie Weinberg, who set up the Vortex Chemical Company in Berkeley, California for Holbert."</p>
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.."He asked me if I could recover some of Ben Kalka's LSD<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461313135448_6070"> </b>because he had a sale for 5 lbs. of it to someone in Romania."(1982)</p>
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Ted: "Well, how could he [Holbert] be a Soviet agent and an Israeli agent?"
Mike: "Your guess is as good as mine. I talked to Major General Peratt on that subject last May and he said, `You don't understand the ways of the world.'
<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461313135448_6543">Regarding Al Holbert, I said, </b>`<b id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1461313135448_5964">That man has done more damage to my generation and my country [drugs]</b> How can you people say that you're friends of the United States, when you send us a guy like that?"
Michael continued ..."You know, Holbert came to the United States and he went to work for the Treasury Department out of Philadelphia</p>
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" ... My problems stemmed from my association with Al C. Holbert. I first met Holbert when I was still in high school and I was led to believe that he was an `unofficial' representative of the Israeli government. I was further led to believe that his interests were not contrary to those of the United States. It was not until July of 1981 that I learned the truth about Holbert. It came directly from him to me personally in what I will call a confrontational situation.</p>
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" ... I feel that Holbert and his group represent a current national security nightmare to this country.</p>
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"Riconosciuto added, in the California operation, Holbert and Richard Knozzi weighed their drugs on UHaul trucks! "When they do their meth lab, they usually do 1,500 to 2,000 pounds." "</p>
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"Riconosciuto had been recruited at Stanford University into the CIA nearly twenty years earlier"</p>