EP. 937: THROUGH THE BONEYARD OF THE CIA'S WAR ON DRUGS ft. BILL CONROY

Get Bill's book here:https://a.co/d/02qIacSw The Great Pretense: A Tour Through the Boneyards of the CIA’ s War for Drugs offers readers a journey to the boneyards of the CIA's “ war for drugs” in Latin America and beyond, with all of its complexities and moral dilemmas. Conroy’ s book, part memoir and part exposé and thriller, is based on Conroy’ s lived experience over decades of reporting on national security and the illegal drug trade. It emphasizes the vital role of authentic journalism in a landscape marked with manipulation and deceit by powerful entities, such as the CIA. The book highlights the challenges of investigating the intricate relationship between intelligence operations, law enforcers and narco-traffickers. The book also reveals, with evidence, how the CIA operates in the drug war — against other U.S. agencies, or with them, and in ignoring or even enabling cartel drug trafficking — all in pursuit of intelligence-gathering and other opaque national security goals. Conroy’ s 40-year journalism career has focused heavily on investigative reporting — as an editor-in-chief, managing editor and reporter. Check out our new bi-weekly series, "The Crisis Papers" here: https://www.patreon.com/bitterlakepresents/shop READ THE WEEKLY TIR NEWSLETTER HERE: https://www.patreon.com/collection/1853497 Thank you guys again for taking the time to check this out. We appreciate each and everyone of you. If you have the means, and you feel so inclined, BECOME A PATRON! We're creating patron only programing, you'll get bonus content from many of the episodes, and you get MERCH! Become a patron now https://www.patreon.com/join/BitterLakePresents? Nü TIR Merch store: https://tirmerchstore.myshopify.com/ Please also like, subscribe, and follow us on these platforms as well, (specially YouTube!) THANKS Y'ALL Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Thisisrevolutionpodcast/ Twitter: @TIRShowOakland Instagram: @thisisrevolutionoakland Substack: https://jmylesoftir.substack.com/.../the-money-will-roll... Read Jason Myles in Current Affairs Magazine here: https://www.currentaffairs.org/.../donald-trump-is-a-pro... Read Jason Myles in Damage Magazine https://damagemag.com/2023/11/07/the-man-who-sold-the-world/ Read Jason in Black Agenda Report: https://www.blackagendareport.com/rainbow-and-machine