That was the CIA, who have no mandate to stop drug trafficking. About CIA drug trafficking, it's always a question about how much was expediency and how much was sanctioned.
Adam Maas wrote: > Ditto. I know quite a few current and ex US military types due to long > participation on a certain SF/F publisher's webboard. The publisher in > question is a noted publisher of MilSF with several ex-military authors > (Baen Books. David Drake, John Ringo and Tom Kratman). > > Know one guy who will talk about it, but that's because his only mission > with 5th SF was public. If they talk about it and their assignment > wasn't public, they're full of shit. > > That said, CIA has run drugs in the past, at least in South-East Asia > (See Air America). But that predates the 'War on Drugs' as we currently > know it. > > -Adam > > P. J. Alling wrote: > >> Now you're falling into the conspectus theory trap. If that were true >> the current congress would be selling tickets. I have a couple of >> friends who were into "black ops". The one who really was doesn't talk >> about it. The other is a blow hard. >> >> >> Bob Shell wrote: >> >>> On May 9, 2007, at 6:00 PM, P. J. Alling wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>>> The conspiracy theory is that the DEA would traffic in drugs. That's >>>> something that would be impossible, this country can't keep secrets >>>> that >>>> are necessary to national security. How the hell could anyone >>>> think the >>>> DEA would be able to keep drug running a secret >>>> >>>> >>> They haven't. It's well known in certain circles. >>> >>> One of my best friends in college went on to a career in black ops >>> for the govt. He spent many years in Central and South America >>> brokering arms and drugs. >>> >>> This is hardly news. >>> >>> Bob >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- Entropy Seminar: The results of a five yeer studee ntu the sekend lw uf thurmodynamiks aand itz inevibl fxt hon shewb rt nslpn raq liot. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
