Crack Report: Crack Reporting, or on Crack?
Pete, remember how we were arguing in Boston about whether the CIA had introduced crack into the USA to suppress the black underclass? You argued yes, and I argued that you had no evidence for this and that I thought it highly unlikely. Neither of us had any real information about this.
Well, moderate-liberal political blogger Kevin Drum posted about this last week, so I've got some answers that I believe. His post was mostly about an LA Times op-ed on the same topic that appeared recently, but what you want to read is this article from '98 from Mother Jones. (Pete, I hope they're not too centrist for you.)
The short answer is: no, the CIA did not introduce crack into the USA to suppress the black underclass. This was never asserted, and even some weaker assertions that CIA activity incidentally caused the crack epidemic were soundly debunked.
The CIA did, however, provide a massive amount of cover for drug rings run by Nicaraguan Contras, in one case even requesting that the Attorney General return confiscated drug money to a Contra-connected dealer. (He did.)
Naturally the national liberal media would have jumped all over John Kerry's Senate investigation into this in the mid-80s, right? Read the article to find out the answer! The answer may shock and surprise you! The answer is "no."
So there you go.
Next week: Did the CIA introduce Pop Rocks into the USA as a coordinated hit effort against the Mikey Likes It kid? Read our report to find out the answer! The answer may shock and surprise you!
Well, moderate-liberal political blogger Kevin Drum posted about this last week, so I've got some answers that I believe. His post was mostly about an LA Times op-ed on the same topic that appeared recently, but what you want to read is this article from '98 from Mother Jones. (Pete, I hope they're not too centrist for you.)
The short answer is: no, the CIA did not introduce crack into the USA to suppress the black underclass. This was never asserted, and even some weaker assertions that CIA activity incidentally caused the crack epidemic were soundly debunked.
The CIA did, however, provide a massive amount of cover for drug rings run by Nicaraguan Contras, in one case even requesting that the Attorney General return confiscated drug money to a Contra-connected dealer. (He did.)
Naturally the national liberal media would have jumped all over John Kerry's Senate investigation into this in the mid-80s, right? Read the article to find out the answer! The answer may shock and surprise you! The answer is "no."
So there you go.
Next week: Did the CIA introduce Pop Rocks into the USA as a coordinated hit effort against the Mikey Likes It kid? Read our report to find out the answer! The answer may shock and surprise you!
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