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27 House findings: “October Surprise conspiracy theory,” Wikipedia (online).
28 Donald Gregg: Stich, p. 245.
29 Andelman testimony: “Fact Finders: U.S.-Iran: 20 Years of Secrets,” I/F Magazine, November-December 1999.
30 Russian report: “Russia’s PM & October Surprise,” by Robert Parry, The Consortium, May 17, 1999.
31 Steven Emerson: www.steveemerson.com.
32 Clinton: I/F Magazine, November- December 1999 article.
Chapter Ten
1 Statistics on prisons: “Will Obama End ‘War on Drugs?’, by Sherwood Ross, June 1, 2009, www.truthout.org.
2 Banks and drug money: Chapter by Peter Dale Scott, “Drugs, Anti-Communism and Extra-Legal Repression in Mexico,” p. 187, in Government of the Shadows, edited by Eric Wilson, Pluto Press, 2009.
3 Heroin smuggling: “The Cocaine Connection,” by Vince Bielski and Dennis Berstein, Covert Action, Summer 1987, quoting Alfred McCoy, author of The Politics of Heroin.
4 Heroin in bodies: Rodney Stich, Defrauding America, p. 296.
5 Nugan Hand bank: “The Australian Heroin Connection,” by Jerry Meldon, Covert Action, Summer 1987.
6 Reagan and Nicaragua: “Reinventing Reagan?”, by John Lampert, April 29, 2009, www.truthout.org.
7 Memorandum of Understanding: “Hyde’s Blind Eye: Contras & Cocaine,” I/F Magazine, November-December 1999.
8 Hitz report: The Consortium, October 26, 1998.
9 Levine and Castillo: “Hyde’s Blind Eye”
10 Reagan statement on Contras: “U.S. Concedes Contras Linked to Drugs, But Denies Leadership Involved,” Associated Press, April 10, 1986.
11 Reagan Administration report: April 17, 1986. North memo: quoted in “Hyde’s Blind Eye.”
12 Wanda Palacio testimony: “Congress Puts Contra-Coke Secrets Behind Closed Doors,” by Robert Parry, I/F, July-Aug. 1999.
13 Kerry quote: “Cocaine Connection,” Covert Action, Summer 1987.
14 Anti-Drug Abuse Act: CounterPunch, June 15-30, 1998.
15 Kerry report: April 13, 1989, Government Printing Office.
16 Times and Kerry report: “CIA: We Knew All Along,” CounterPunch, October 15- 25, 1998. The series was written by Keith Schneider.
17 Post and Time: “R.I.P. Gary Webb—Unembedded Reporter,” by Jeff Cohen, December 13, 2004, www.commondreams.org. The Time correspondent was Laurence Zuckerman.
18 Stone and Noriega: “A Talk with Manuel Noriega,” The Nation, January 24, 1994.
19 Noriega: Stich, Defrauding America, p. 307.
20 Seal smuggling billions: 1986 letter from the attorney general of Louisiana to U.S. Attorney General Edwin Meese.
21 Mena, Arkansas and Seal: “The Crimes of Mena,” by Sally Denton and Roger Morris, online at www.theforbiddenknowledge.com. Barry Seal’s story became the subject of an HBO film in 1991 called Doublecrossed.
22 Gary Webb series: Ibid. See also Webb’s book, Dark Alliance.
23 Pincus and CIA: “WaPo Covered for CIA in Iran-Contra Crack Scandal,” Huffington Post, June 29, 2009.
24 LA Times slant: Cohen article.
25 Gates comment: Stich book, p. 400.
26 Gates and BCCI: www.historycommons.org. Complete 9/11 timeline: BCCI. Citing article in London’s Financial Times in 1991.
27 Pakistani president and drugs: Report by Alfred McCoy.
28 Kerry investigation and cooperation: “with the key exception of the Federal Reserve,” Senator Kerry later told the Foreign Relations Committee.
29 Largest Islamic bank: Owned 77% at the time by Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nayhan, president of the United Arab Emirates.
30 Bin Laden: www.historycommons.org, BCCI timeline, citing United Press International story March 1, 2001.
31 Peter Dale Scott: “Afghanistan: Heroin-Ravaged State”, May 8, 2009, on Global Research Web site.
32 Pentagon refusal to bomb drug labs: Pakistani journalist and best-selling author Ahmed Rashid.
33 Karzai’s brother: “Brother of Afghan Leader Said to be Paid by C.I.A.,” New York Times, October 28, 2009.
34 Marshal Fahim and drugs: New York Times, August 27, 2009, “Accused of Drug Ties, Afghan Official Worries U.S.”
35 Expert: Loretta Napoleoni.
36 Traffickers targeted: New York Times, August 10, 2009, “Drug Chieftains Tied to Taliban are U.S. Targets.”
37 Peter Dale