Talk:Eugene Hasenfus

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This gives the impression Hasenfus was new to the CIA. Hasenfus had flown for Air America in Vietnam and had worked with the CIA operatives on the plane for many years. He may well have also been a construction worker, but this article seems to portray him as a hapless dupe in the situation. He was not.

The first two paragraphs state that he was "alleged" by the sandinistas to be a CIA operative (and that he later retracted). But it was proved to be true the US authorities themselves during congressional hearings on the Iran-Contra gate, so why talk of mere allegations implying it could have been sandinist propaganda ? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.226.130.233 (talk) 04:44, 29 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Note on categories

Whomever decided to offer their opinion on my father, Eugene Hasenfus, being a criminal WILL BE liable to libel charges. Eugene Hasenfus was a dedicated American soldier and operative for the CIA. His operational responsibilities overseas did not fall into the "White Ops" category in the Agency, but rather he was involved with "Black Ops" which 10 times out of 10 means that whatever the Agency is doing is illegal somewhere, but vital to the US's National Security. If you choose to think of Eugene Hasenfus as a criminal, then consider also many leaders of MY country, who were heavily involved in the CIA, to be crininals as well.

Adam Hasenfus 69.23.97.106 (talk) 21:04, 3 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Somebody put him in the category over a year ago The conviction is well sourced. John celona (talk) 13:45, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Sources mean nothing when it comes to ideology LamontCranston (talk) 12:00, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If a person is convicted of a crime, then they are by definition a criminal.Newzild (talk) 02:44, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Especially Egregious Mis-Categorization

The poor fellow deserves better. Eugene Hasenfus is exactly the paradigm of a person who should not be included in the American Criminals category. He's notable for his involvement in Iran-Contra. His later troubles with the law are not notable and any categorization violates WP:BLP because it amounts to WP:Undue Weight. Shameful. David in DC (talk) 01:09, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

If they weren't notable they wouldn't have been reported in major media. Stop edit warring on cases that non-involved users legitimately put in this category years ago. John celona (talk) 13:51, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

"If they weren't notable they wouldn't have been reported in major media." Yup, there's the problem, in a nutshell. No concern for WP:BLP nor WP:WEIGHT, no exercise of discretion, no reflection. Just about the opposite of EDITING. David in DC (talk) 15:27, 24 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

He flew for Air America, he flew for the Contras - the man is a criminal. LamontCranston (talk) 12:01, 20 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

today?

What is he doing today? Kingturtle (talk) 15:34, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Since he's 68 years old, presumably somewhat retired. AnonMoos (talk) 20:56, 21 May 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Cocaine connection

wasn't Hasenfus' aircraft full of cocaine? How come this wasn't mentioned in the article? Drifter bob (talk) 14:57, 16 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Maybe because it wasn't mentioned in the media in 1986. Hope you didn't hear that from Lyndon LaRouche... AnonMoos (talk) 02:41, 17 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]

"Overlinking"

I have reverted the link removal once again. Only one of those links was to a country; most of the rest were to institutions within the US or Nicaragua to which outside readers (ie most readers of Wikipedia) would find links helpful. Please discuss this before making further wholesale removals, per WP:BRD. Vanamonde (talk) 15:24, 5 October 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Recent edits

Wikiuser100 You've introduced grammatical errors, factual errors (he was shot down by a government missile, not a Contra one), strange terminology (most sources call the Contras rebels, not mercenaries) and made some other odd edits; can you please explain what you are trying to do? Vanamonde (talk) 18:35, 5 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

"adding fuel"

The content added here [1] remains original research; no source supports that claim as written. I cannot ping the IP address adding the content, so I hope they are watching. Vanamonde (Talk) 17:57, 11 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]