Andrew R. L. McNau

Andrew R. L. McNaughton

role:Figure in the 1976 federal laetrile-smuggling charges; TIME reported financial links to one of Tijuana's two laetrile-manufacturing plants.

connection:TIME magazine's 1976 reporting described the Canadian as a former gunrunner and self-styled philanthropist, called him the key figure in the federal charges, and reported his financial links to one of Tijuana's two laetrile-manufacturing plants. A May 1976 San Diego federal grand jury named him among 16 defendants indicted over an alleged cross-border laetrile smuggling operation. The indictment said some defendants held bank accounts totaling millions of dollars. The Supreme Court record separately lists an amicus brief from the McNaughton Foundation of California defending laetrile access in United States v. Rutherford (1979).

confirmed:yes

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NOTES

TIME’s 1976 reporting described Andrew R. L. McNaughton as the key figure in the federal laetrile charges and reported that he had financial links to one of Tijuana’s two laetrile-manufacturing plants. The Supreme Court record separately lists the McNaughton Foundation of California among the parties that filed amicus briefs opposing the government in United States v. Rutherford.