-Caveat Lector- I don't have a link for this, just passing it on as it had been posted to another list, but since it's an AP wire story, it will appear (or has already appeared) in a number of papers and news websites.
- jt ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steven Bacon" <sonnyboysb@...> Friday July 12 12:11 PM EST U.S. DEA Takes Its War On Drugs To Hollywood Producers, Directors And Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) - The people waging the war on drugs have gone Hollywood. Officials with the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration briefed producers, directors and writers on the connection between drug trafficking and terrorism, and offered to consult on movies and TV programs. About 40 people, including film directors Michael Mann and Arthur Hiller and people behind such TV series as Third Watch and E.R., gathered at the Beverly Hills Hotel on Wednesday to hear DEA Director Asa Hutchinson, as well as the agency's intelligence chief and a former undercover agent. "I was stunned," said Anne Sweeney, president of ABC Cable Networks Group, a unit of The Walt Disney Co. "It helped deepen people's understanding of the challenges our country faces in the war on drugs." The meeting was organized by the Entertainment Industries Council, a nonprofit group that helps writers and producers depict social and health issues including AIDS, alcohol abuse and gun violence. "The DEA knows more about terrorism and drugs than anybody," said Brian Dyak, the EIC's president and chief executive. "If they're willing to open their doors a little and the information becomes a part of story lines, it's a service to the public." A DEA spokesman said the agency is trying to emerge from its often necessary shroud of secrecy to offer technical help the same way the Pentagon and the CIA consult on movies such as the recent blockbuster The Sum of All Fears. "We don't expect to try and directly shape what some screenwriter is going to write," DEA spokesman Chris Battle said. "Our goal was simply to provide a more realistic and accurate version of the drug war and what kind of challenges, what kind of threats our agents face every day." ===== peace:-)==U``` Steven <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
