IN OCTOBER 2008, the Justice Department and the Drug Enforcement Administration heralded the arrest of Haji Juma Khan on narcotics and terror charges. His capture, they said, dealt a punishing blow to the Taliban and the symbiotic relationship between the insurgent group and Afghan drug traffickers. Yet, unbeknownst to all but the closest observers of […]
The U.S. Quietly Released Afghanistan’s ‘Biggest Drug Kingpin” from Prison. Did He Cut a Deal?…
Senators Call on Sessions, DOJ to Stop Blocking Federal Medical Marijuana Research…
Two members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Orrin Hatch (R-UT) and Kamala Harris (D-CA), called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, a known anti-drug crusader, to cease reported efforts by the Drug Enforcement Agency to slow medical marijuana research, following reports that the Department of Justice was blocking medical marijuana research efforts by delaying approvals for […]
Sessions Orders Review of Abandoned Hezbollah-Linked Drug Prosecutions…
Attorney General Jeff Sessions has ordered the Justice Department to dig into allegations in a POLITICO report that a series of potential drug prosecutions related to the pro-Iranian militant group Hezbollah were abandoned as the Obama administration pressed to strike a deal with Iran over its nuclear program. Sessions indicated that he was troubled by […]
A Deafening Media Silence on the Obama-Hezbollah Scandal…
Politico published a jaw-dropping, meticulously sourced investigative piece this week detailing how the Obama administration had secretly undermined US law enforcement agency efforts to shut down an international drug-trafficking ring run by the terror group Hezbollah. The effort was part of a wider push by the administration to placate Iran and ensure the signing of […]
The Larger Meaning of Obama Letting Hezbollah Off the Hook by J.E. Dyer…
A very great deal will be written about this piece by Josh Meyer for Politico in the coming days. It’s an article that deserves consideration and extensive analysis. Although there was much that we already knew before it was published, its central point – that the Obama administration actively blocked law enforcement efforts to take […]
‘We feel like our system was hijacked’: DEA Agents Say a Huge Opioid Case Ended in a Whimper…
After two years of painstaking investigation, David Schiller and the rest of the Drug Enforcement Administration team he supervised were ready to move on the biggest opioid distribution case in U.S. history. The team, based out of the DEA’s Denver field division, had been examining the operations of the nation’s largest drug company, McKesson Corp. […]
The Secret Backstory of How Obama Let Hezbollah’s Billion-Dollar Criminal Enterprise Off the Hook…
In its determination to secure a nuclear deal with Iran, the Obama administration derailed an ambitious law enforcement campaign targeting drug trafficking by the Iranian-backed terrorist group Hezbollah, even as it was funneling cocaine into the United States, according to a POLITICO investigation. The campaign, dubbed Project Cassandra, was launched in 2008 after the Drug […]
DEA REPORT: Mexican Cartels Dominate U.S. Drug Market and No-One Can Challenge Them…
Mexican cartels are by far the biggest source of illegal drugs flooding the US market, the Drug Enforcement Agency said on Monday. In its annual report on drug trafficking, the DEA said of the Mexican criminal gangs: ‘No other group is currently positioned to challenge them.’ The report highlighted the strength of the Sinaloa cartel […]
The Drug Industry’s Triumph Over the DEA…
In April 2016, at the height of the deadliest drug epidemic in U.S. history, Congress effectively stripped the Drug Enforcement Administration of its most potent weapon against large drug companies suspected of spilling prescription narcotics onto the nation’s streets. By then, the opioid war had claimed 200,000 lives, more than three times the number of […]
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