Cocaine Politics: Drugs, Armies, and the CIA in Central America, Updated EditionWhen the San Jose Mercury News ran a controversial series of stories in 1996 on the relationship between the CIA, the Contras, and crack, they reignited the issue of the intelligence agency's connections to drug trafficking, initially brought to light during the Vietnam War and then again by the Iran-Contra affair. Broad in scope and extensively documented, Cocaine Politics shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the U.S. government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers. A new preface discusses developments of the last six years, including the Mercury News stories and the public reaction they provoked. |
Contents
The Truth but Not the Whole Truth | 8 |
RIGHTWING NARCOTERRORISM THE CIA | 21 |
Bananas Cocaine and Military Plots in Honduras | 51 |
Guns Drugs and | 65 |
The International Cali Connection and the United States | 79 |
The Contra Drug Connections in Costa Rica | 104 |
Jack Terrell Reveals the ContraDrug Connection | 125 |
North Moves to Silence Terrell | 140 |
How the Justice Department Tried to Block | 148 |
Covert Operations and the Perversion of Drug | 165 |
The Media and the Contra Drug Issue | 172 |
Conclusion | 186 |
Notes | 193 |
Names and Organizations | 259 |
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