CIA & drugs

[Doug Millison]

  Martin Lee (author of The Beast Reawakens -- a book I've recommended 
before, about the international neo-Nazi movement -- and Acid Dreams, 
about the history of LSD with a focus on the CIA's use of same) 
article on the CIA and drugs at Consortiumnews that will resonate 
with Pynchon's treatment of same:

""In adding these pages, the CIA joins other federal agencies
in projecting an anti-drug message to America's youth," the
press release disclosed. "The Web site puts drugs in the
perspective of the world of intelligence gathering. Children
see what roles the CIA plays in the war on drugs. [...]

"What's more, according to Peruvian prosecutors, Montesinos
used drug profits to finance death squads, which were
responsible for torture, extra-judicial executions, and the
disappearance of 4,000 government opponents. By choosing
Montesinos as its main ally in Peru, the CIA turned a blind
eye to human rights abuses as well as his involvement in the
drug trade. [...]

"Montesinos is currently a fugitive from justice, and the
so-called war on drugs continues to provide a thinly veiled
cover for U.S.-backed counterinsurgency in Colombia.

"Washington's fraudulent anti-narcotics agenda is
underscored by the CIA's unwillingness to target far-right
paramilitary groups responsible for anti-guerrilla attacks and
civilian massacres, even though these same paramilitary
groups are directly involved in cocaine production and
trafficking.

continues at
  <http://www.consortiumnews.com/030401a.html>http://www.consortiumnews.com/030401a.html