Reply #42: Gee. Who was Raygun's Drug War Czar in '82?

[Octafish]

Could it be Satan? Yes. His name is George Herbert Walker Bush.

From Kicking a Dead Man

Worse, the results of those investigations proved that the core of what Webb alleged was, indeed, true and accurate. When CIA Inspector General Frederick Hitz presented the findings of his internal investigation to Congress in 1998 (two years after Webb's piece and the ensuing Times vindication of the CIA), he revealed for the first time an eye-popping agreement that the CIA had cemented with the Justice Department: Between 1982 and 1995, the CIA was exempted from informing the DOJ if its non-employee agents, paid or unpaid, were dealing drugs. In short, it was the policy of the U.S. government to turn a blind eye to such connections.

SOURCE: http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20784



Thanks for the heads-up, pberq! BTW: A most hearty welcome to Democratic Underground!

Hey! In looking for a by now scrubbed picture showing Poppy and the Pineapple seated on the same settee, no doubt discussing the ins-and-outs of offshore banking, I found a most interesting web site. Talk about your coincidences! Thanks again, pberq!

http://www.treasoninc.com/main.html