Central Intelligence Agency, The
Central Intelligence Agency, The | The CIA Has Not Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the coordinating agency for U.S. federal intelligence activities. The agency is responsible for collecting and analyzing information on foreign nations for the use of the president in policy decisions.
Summary: A thorough investigation conducted by a CIA investigations staff determined that the CIA was not involved in smuggling cocaine into Los Angeles in the 1980s as a way of funding the Nicaraguan Contras. On the contrary, the staff found that the CIA had no connection with any of the drug traffickers alleged to...
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- The CIA Is Responsible for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Cannot Be Blamed for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Should Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The CIA Should Not Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Be Amended
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Not Be Amended
- The CIA Has Too Little Accountability in the War Against Terrorism
- Covert Action Is Sometimes Justified
- Covert Action Is Never Justified
- The CIA Helps Promote Peace
- The CIA Promotes Violence
- The CIA Has Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Has Not Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Is Seriously Flawed
- America Still Needs the CIA
- The CIA Should Be Reformed
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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