Description

Book Synopsis
Shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers.

Table of Contents
Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition
Preface to the 1992 Paperback Edition
Acknowledgments

Introduction
1 The Kerry Report: The Truth but Not the Whole Truth

PART I RIGHT-WING NARCOTERRORISM, THE CIA,
AND THE CONTRAS
2 The CIA and Right-Wing Narcoterrorism in Latin America
3 Bananas, Cocaine, and Military Plots in Honduras
4 Noriega and the Contras: Guns, Drugs, and the
Harari Network
5 The International Cali Connection and the United States
6 The Contra Drug Connections in Costa Rica

PART II EXPOSURE AND COVER-UP
7 Jack Terrell Reveals the Contra-Drug Connection
8 North Moves to Silence Terrell
9 How the Justice Department Tried to Block the
Drug Inquiry
10 Covert Operations and the Perversion of Drug
Enforcement
11 The Media and the Contra Drug Issue
12 Conclusion
Notes
Names and Organizations
Index

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A Paperback / softback by Peter Dale Scott, Jonathan Marshall

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    Publisher: University of California Press
    Publication Date: 10/04/1998
    ISBN13: 9780520214491, 978-0520214491
    ISBN10: 0520214498

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    Shows that under the cover of national security and covert operations, the US government has repeatedly collaborated with and protected major international drug traffickers.

    Table of Contents
    Preface to the 1998 Paperback Edition
    Preface to the 1992 Paperback Edition
    Acknowledgments

    Introduction
    1 The Kerry Report: The Truth but Not the Whole Truth

    PART I RIGHT-WING NARCOTERRORISM, THE CIA,
    AND THE CONTRAS
    2 The CIA and Right-Wing Narcoterrorism in Latin America
    3 Bananas, Cocaine, and Military Plots in Honduras
    4 Noriega and the Contras: Guns, Drugs, and the
    Harari Network
    5 The International Cali Connection and the United States
    6 The Contra Drug Connections in Costa Rica

    PART II EXPOSURE AND COVER-UP
    7 Jack Terrell Reveals the Contra-Drug Connection
    8 North Moves to Silence Terrell
    9 How the Justice Department Tried to Block the
    Drug Inquiry
    10 Covert Operations and the Perversion of Drug
    Enforcement
    11 The Media and the Contra Drug Issue
    12 Conclusion
    Notes
    Names and Organizations
    Index

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