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Never fucking forget. Kicking. n/t Hotler Jan 2013 #1
Uncovering IranContra also opened doors to S&L coverups and use of BCCI to fund global terrorism blm Jan 2013 #2
Kerry wrote about this in "The New War" starroute Jan 2013 #14
if IranContra and BCCI had the focused attention from DC media as Lewinsky case, BushInc would have blm Jan 2013 #16
Why didn't it happen in 1993... JackRiddler Jan 2013 #24
This is my gripe about Clinton and his closeness w/Poppy Bush. However, if you scrutinize blm Jan 2013 #27
Agreed, but "gripe" doesn't cover it, I'm sure you'll agree. JackRiddler Jan 2013 #31
You should know by now, JR, that I was just being DU civil in using the word 'gripe' here. ;) blm Jan 2013 #33
It wasn't "on their radar screens" aka version 1 of "looking forward not back" JHB Jan 2013 #47
Exactly the point of Parry's article "Hey Democrats, Truth Matters" blm Jan 2013 #53
And earlier Parry articles: JHB Jan 2013 #59
What I wonder was what the impact of closing this source of cocaine was. karynnj Jan 2013 #3
I also see Poppy Bush's covert ops here dumping tons of cheap coke in urban neighborhoods as a way blm Jan 2013 #4
The laws in certain states strip the vote from felons Coyotl Jan 2013 #17
Wish I could rec your post lastlib Jan 2013 #12
Thanks - it is infuriating karynnj Jan 2013 #18
North, Abrams, Weld - all involved in operation or coverup (Weld) for BushInc. blm Jan 2013 #21
Crack was readily available here Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #29
Wow - great link well worth the read rurallib Jan 2013 #5
Some who studied this time aren't so sure that Poppy Bush even bothered to let Reagan know what blm Jan 2013 #7
Republicans intensified drug addiction in the USA Berlum Jan 2013 #6
K&R Solly Mack Jan 2013 #8
Gary WEBB Octafish Jan 2013 #9
Yep. Shot twice in the back of the head. malthaussen Jan 2013 #15
That's how a Pulitzer Prize winner gets treated, who crosses the BFEE. Octafish Jan 2013 #20
Robert Parry: We All Failed Gary Webb MinM Jan 2013 #30
Sure enough. Octafish Jan 2013 #44
Thanks for this... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #67
I worry that they could get you my friend! zappaman Jan 2013 #35
Dude the Disruption Dude Octafish Jan 2013 #42
Stay safe, my question-dodging friend! zappaman Jan 2013 #43
Dude the Disruption Dude Octafish Jan 2013 #45
You have become an expert on dodging questions. zappaman Jan 2013 #46
So what have you to say about Rick Ross and the CIA cocaine trade, zappaman? Octafish Jan 2013 #68
Stay safe my friend! zappaman Jan 2013 #69
Was not shot in the back of the head. hootinholler Jan 2013 #63
All agreed....but I don't get the title of the post....what did I miss? nt navarth Jan 2013 #10
Ricky Ross was one of the biggest distributors of all that cheap IranContra cocaine blm Jan 2013 #13
There have been 1st hand accounts dotymed Jan 2013 #11
the linked 2004 salon article d_r Jan 2013 #19
People forget how complicit corpmedia has been in the DC power elite's targeting of Kerry blm Jan 2013 #22
Just think how bad it would be d_r Jan 2013 #37
+1,000 freshwest Jan 2013 #38
The MSM was corrupted long ago....Operation Mockingbird, 1948..... OldDem2012 Jan 2013 #51
kerry was made a pariah like webb? please. did he lose his job? was he blacklisted? did he HiPointDem Jan 2013 #23
I agree that goes too far - karynnj Jan 2013 #25
"Like Webb" in the sense that he was marginalized... JHB Jan 2013 #48
how was he marginalized? he continued as a legislator, got committee appointments, became HiPointDem Jan 2013 #49
The press regularly dismisses him as an empty suit and rarely mentions his 5 year investigation blm Jan 2013 #54
I'm reading America's Stolen Narrative Sekhmets Daughter Jan 2013 #26
wow. BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #28
I've been a lurker for a long time Party Favors Jan 2013 #32
Once you wrap your brain around the facts in IranContra/BCCI everything else that happens in the blm Jan 2013 #34
Don't put a period at the end of a link bananas Jan 2013 #36
Lack of action after BCCI report. Not Senator Kerry's fault. PufPuf23 Jan 2013 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author REP Jan 2013 #40
This thread has been unlocked. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #41
Thank you. blm Jan 2013 #52
I didn't unlock it. UnrepentantLiberal Jan 2013 #55
Good to know. blm Jan 2013 #56
Rather rude of the host that locked it not to announce the unlock. n/t hootinholler Jan 2013 #60
I believe freshwest is right, many people are unaware of the details involved, and US media blm Jan 2013 #61
Yes, but that has nothing to do with my point hootinholler Jan 2013 #62
I can only expect they'll be more careful in the future. blm Jan 2013 #64
K&R for visibility idwiyo Jan 2013 #50
Someday maybe we will find out who the drug lords in the USA are. Coyotl Jan 2013 #57
Companion question: How did 'Poppy' Bush earn that nickname from his CIA pals in the 60s? blm Jan 2013 #58
And I had assumed that Poppy was a term for a grandfather or patriarch hootinholler Jan 2013 #65
At Carlyle Group... Octafish Jan 2013 #66
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