The Generals, The CIA, and POTUS OBAMA

[FOTD]

Brother of Afghan Leader Said to Be Paid by C.I.A.

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/28/world/asia/28intel.html?_r=1&hp

"The ties to Mr. Karzai have created deep divisions within the Obama administration. The critics say the ties complicate America's increasingly tense relationship with President Hamid Karzai, who has struggled to build sustained popularity among Afghans and has long been portrayed by the Taliban as an American puppet. The C.I.A.'s practices also suggest that the United States is not doing everything in its power to stamp out the lucrative Afghan drug trade, a major source of revenue for the Taliban."

Seems to me that the CIA is a thorn in the Generals sides. The CIA under Bush, and long before, used drugs as their vehicle to pay off adversarial parties and control opposing governments to our own military despite the claim of intelligence gathering. Looks like POTUS OBAMA leaked this story in an attempt to side with the Generals. This would suggest more troops and a greater concentration of destroying the Taliban in western Pakistan is coming.

Don't be surprised in the years ahead to see OBAMA buy up all the opium rather than fighting.

[Conan71]

Wasn't that how all the good hashish wound up in the U.S. back in the early '80's when we were helping the "freedom fighters"?

[FOTD]

Wasn't that how all the good hashish wound up in the U.S. back in the early '80's when we were helping the "freedom fighters"?

The Thai Stick in the 70's, the Persian in the 70's, and the coke in the 80's ....

Oh, and the CIA was solely responsible for the 1960's having experimented with LSD and cracked the consciousness of America by testing on such notables as Ken Kesey.

[Townsend]

1947 The CIA begins its study of LSD as a potential weapon for use by American intelligence. Human subjects (both civilian and military) are used with and without their knowledge.

1950 I n an experiment to determine how susceptible an American city would be to biological attack, the U.S. Navy sprays a cloud of bacteria from ships over San Franciso. Monitoring devices are situated throughout the city in order to test the extent of infection. Many residents become ill with pneumonia-like symptoms.

1953 U.S. military releases clouds of Zink cadmium sulfide gas over Winnipeg, St. Louis, Minneapolis, Fort Wayne, the Monocacy River Valley in Maryland, and Leesburg, Virginia. Their intent is to determine how efficiently they could disperse chemical agents.

1953 CIA initiates Project MKULTRA. This is an eleven year research program designed to produce and test drugs and biological agents that would be used for mind control and behavior modification. Six of the subprojects involved testing the agents on unwitting human beings.

1955 Army Chemical Corps continues LSD research, studying its potential use as a chemical incapacitating agent. More than 1,000 Americans participate in the tests, which continue until 1958.

1965 Project CIA and Department of Defense begin Project MKSEARCH, a program to develop a capability to manipulate human behavior through the use of mind-altering drugs

1966 U.S. Army dispenses Bacillus subtilis variant niger throughout the New York City subway system. More than a million civilians are exposed when army scientists drop lightbulbs filled with the bacteria onto ventilation grates.

There are many more, this is just into the 60's, anyway...

I'm sure we get some drugs through more official lines sometimes.


Edit :  "Lines"  Ha, cough cough