Trying to find proof of CIA doing drug business

I told my friend once about the speculation and accusations that were made about the CIA being in the drug business(or use to be). I found places on the internet that talked about that, but is there any hard and official evidence(from CNN maybe) to support this idea?

www.thirdworldtraveler.com...

www.serendipity.li...

Those are the internet links.

Cocain Importing Agency,

San Jose Mercury News broke some of this years ago, highly recommended.

Thanks CultureShock...When I told my friend about this...he was almost in shock that our government had the potential to do such things. But it just goes to show you, its time we open up the hatches and see whats really going on out there.

Your very welcome, here's a link to a search at Narconews.com.
They're quite far to the left, but always worth a poke around.
CI A drugs

1) The Lies About Taliban Heroin. A replay of CIA's Vietnam era drug dealing.
2)AFGHAN OPIUM PRODUCTION DOUBLES
3)The Crimes of Mena
4)Hostages
5) HOSTAGES, Part I - Carlos Lehder Free? - AIG and Arkansas
6)HOSTAGES, Part II
7)Citibank and Asa Hutchinson
8)Asa Hutchinson by Mara Leveritt
9)ONLY THE GODFATHER
10)The Crimes of Citigroup
11)The Bush Cheney Drug Empire
12)Appeals Court Backs Claim of CIA/Contra Drugs
13)Excerpts from Scott's Essay on CIA & Drugs
14)Casey Letter Admits CIA Drugs
15)"W" Bush in Barry Seal's Plane
16)CIA Vol. II - IG Confession
17)CIA, Drugs, and Wall Street
18)Iran-Contra Era - CIA & Drugs Factsheet
19)British Media Exposes CIA-Cocaine Links
20)ARTICLES ABOUT THE CIA

Here's a site with some credibility in case your friend only trusts information that comes from the government:

House.gov:
The following statement was presented by Rep. Waters on the House floor, May 13,1999:

Most Americans would assume that the CIA would never traffic in illegal drugs and would take all necessary actions to prosecute known drug traffickers. History, however, has proven that this is not the case.

For 13 years, the CIA and the Department of Justice followed a Memorandum of Understanding that explicitly exempted the CIA from requirements to report drug trafficking by CIA assets, agents, and contractors to federal law enforcement agencies. This allowed some of the biggest drug lords in the world to operate without fear that their activities would be reported to the Drug Enforcement Agency or other law enforcement authorities. This remarkable -- and secret -- agreement was in force from February 1982 until August of 1995."

I have been investigating the allegations of drug trafficking by the Nicaraguan Contras during the 1980s. My investigation has led me to the conclusion that U.S. intelligence agencies knew about drug trafficking by the Contras in South Central Los Angeles and throughout the United States and chose to continue to support the Contras without taking any action to stop the drug trafficking. Last year, the CIA Inspector General released a Report of Investigation on drug trafficking by the Contras, which confirms allegations of CIA knowledge of and support for drug trafficking in the United States by the Contras. The Report provides extensive details of the evidence available to the CIA regarding drug trafficking by the Contra rebels and their supporters.

Even more remarkable is the fact that there is evidence that the CIA has actually participated in drug trafficking activities. In the late 1980s, the CIA began to develop intelligence on the Colombian drug cartels. To infiltrate the cartels, the CIA arranged an undercover drug-smuggling operation with the Venezuelan National Guard.

[edit on 11-6-2004 by AceOfBase]