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America's War on Drugs

"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.

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So he had his relationship
with the Bush administration. - America's War on Drugs

So he had his relationship with the Bush administration.

Narrator:
Noriega's ties to the CIA - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: Noriega's ties to the CIA

As a young officer,
he provides information - America's War on Drugs

As a young officer, he provides information

In the '80s, Noriega is enlisted - America's War on Drugs

In the '80s, Noriega is enlisted

Noriega offers to help the CIA - America's War on Drugs

Noriega offers to help the CIA

[ Shouting in Spanish ] - America's War on Drugs

[ Shouting in Spanish ]

Panama was created
to be kind of like - America's War on Drugs

Panama was created to be kind of like

In the 1980s, the CIA - America's War on Drugs

In the 1980s, the CIA

Escobar's job was to help
manage this network - America's War on Drugs

Escobar's job was to help manage this network

And when General Noriega became
the head of Panama, - America's War on Drugs

And when General Noriega became the head of Panama,

Narrator: And Escobar
is looking for a better product - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: And Escobar is looking for a better product

But he started inviting
Pablo Escobar - America's War on Drugs

But he started inviting Pablo Escobar

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

Narrator:
With American troops closing in, - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: With American troops closing in,

But the U.S. Army
surrounds the embassy - America's War on Drugs

But the U.S. Army surrounds the embassy

Chile's also a Cold War hotspot, - America's War on Drugs

Chile's also a Cold War hotspot,

[ Rock music plays ] - America's War on Drugs

[ Rock music plays ]

On September 11, 1973, - America's War on Drugs

On September 11, 1973,

That was this threat,
but it was far away. - America's War on Drugs

That was this threat, but it was far away.

Suddenly, that threat - America's War on Drugs

Suddenly, that threat

Undeterred, Noriega takes
to the radio - America's War on Drugs

Undeterred, Noriega takes to the radio

An American ally, - America's War on Drugs

An American ally,

Narrator: Eisenhower's
vice president, Richard Nixon, - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: Eisenhower's vice president, Richard Nixon,

Stratton:
The best chemists in the world - America's War on Drugs

Stratton: The best chemists in the world

He's been a CIA asset
ever since. - America's War on Drugs

He's been a CIA asset ever since.

When they cracked down on them,
they split and left - America's War on Drugs

When they cracked down on them, they split and left

The CIA wanted to get
our guy positioned in power, - America's War on Drugs

The CIA wanted to get our guy positioned in power,

Narrator:
But Noriega is surrounded by
the world's most powerful army - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: But Noriega is surrounded by the world's most...

America's attempts to foster
the replacement - America's War on Drugs

America's attempts to foster the replacement

When he finally gives up 10 days
later, it's agents from the DEA - America's War on Drugs

When he finally gives up 10 days later, it's agents fro...

That, ultimately,
was the beginning. - America's War on Drugs

That, ultimately, was the beginning.

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

Trafficante tells the agency men - America's War on Drugs

Trafficante tells the agency men

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

Wright: George Bush
had to take out our ally - America's War on Drugs

Wright: George Bush had to take out our ally

[ Gunfire ] - America's War on Drugs

Parenti: The CIA is,
from its very beginning, - America's War on Drugs

Parenti: The CIA is, from its very beginning,

Narrator: With help from
the Chilean chemists, - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: With help from the Chilean chemists,

The U.S. had to go in - America's War on Drugs

The U.S. had to go in

Farah: There was a lack
of attention initially paid - America's War on Drugs

Farah: There was a lack of attention initially paid

The basic policy
was capitalism is good. - America's War on Drugs

The basic policy was capitalism is good.

But that was exactly what
the narcos were doing, right? - America's War on Drugs

But that was exactly what the narcos were doing, right?

Narrator: As one boss
is brought down in Panama, - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: As one boss is brought down in Panama,

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

They're ambushed, and the agency - America's War on Drugs

They're ambushed, and the agency

Man #2:
North 1506, west 8319. - America's War on Drugs

Man #2: North 1506, west 8319.

Wright: Cocaine is often still
being processed in Colombia, - America's War on Drugs

Wright: Cocaine is often still being processed in Colombia,

Moran: At the agency then,
and even to this day, - America's War on Drugs

Moran: At the agency then, and even to this day,

Man #3: Signal down.
We've lost visual. - America's War on Drugs

Man #3: Signal down. We've lost visual.

Narrator:
This clandestine document -- - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: This clandestine document --

Pablo Escobar was on the run. - America's War on Drugs

Pablo Escobar was on the run.

Inside his luggage
is 50 kilograms - America's War on Drugs

Inside his luggage is 50 kilograms

One thing that's true
about the War on Drugs - America's War on Drugs

One thing that's true about the War on Drugs

[ Indistinct conversations ] - America's War on Drugs

[ Indistinct conversations ]

Issued in 1954, it lays out
the core mission for the agency. - America's War on Drugs

Issued in 1954, it lays out the core mission for the agency.

It's a law of physics almost. - America's War on Drugs

It's a law of physics almost.

The Doolittle Report
essentially said, - America's War on Drugs

The Doolittle Report essentially said,

Narrator:
On this plane is a powerful - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: On this plane is a powerful

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

[ Horn honks ] - America's War on Drugs

Narrator:
The CIA undertakes extortion, - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: The CIA undertakes extortion,

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

Amado Carrillo Fuentes, born
in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, - America's War on Drugs

Amado Carrillo Fuentes, born in the Mexican state of Sinaloa...

Plotting assassinations
and coups in Iran, - America's War on Drugs

Plotting assassinations and coups in Iran,

George Jung came out
to California with cocaine - America's War on Drugs

George Jung came out to California with cocaine

Amado Carrillo Fuentes
was a-a really strong, - America's War on Drugs

Amado Carrillo Fuentes was a-a really strong,

It doesn't matter the Mafia is
also America's largest supplier - America's War on Drugs

It doesn't matter the Mafia is also America's larg...

We got the lesser
of all the evils in power. - America's War on Drugs

We got the lesser of all the evils in power.

Cocaine was the drug of doctors
and lawyers - America's War on Drugs

Cocaine was the drug of doctors and lawyers

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

He determined that he could
advance his objectives - America's War on Drugs

He determined that he could advance his objectives

When you're at war, you will
do anything, in the short term, - America's War on Drugs

When you're at war, you will do anything, in the short ...

Jung and people like him
selling cocaine, - America's War on Drugs

Jung and people like him selling cocaine,

[ Speaks Spanish ] - America's War on Drugs

[ Speaks Spanish ]

[ Laughter ] - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: The CIA delivers
the ingredients to carry out - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: The CIA delivers the ingredients to carry out

Now, thanks to his brother,
he's on the CIA payroll. - America's War on Drugs

Now, thanks to his brother, he's on the CIA payroll.

For a decade, the brothers have
had a gentleman's agreement - America's War on Drugs

For a decade, the brothers have had a gentleman's agree...

...a suitcase with $150,000
in cash... - America's War on Drugs

...a suitcase with $150,000 in cash...

Afghanistan produces
the vast majority - America's War on Drugs

Afghanistan produces the vast majority

Grim: Jimmy Carter's
top drug-policy official - America's War on Drugs

Grim: Jimmy Carter's top drug-policy official

Valentine: Trafficante agrees
to do this, knowing that, - America's War on Drugs

Valentine: Trafficante agrees to do this, knowing that,

Narrator: Located at the center - America's War on Drugs

Narrator: Located at the center

But when Escobar gains control
over 70% of the market, - America's War on Drugs

But when Escobar gains control over 70% of the market,

Greed and pleasure
were on the rise - America's War on Drugs

Greed and pleasure were on the rise

It's a business decision - America's War on Drugs

It's a business decision

¶¶ - America's War on Drugs

If that meant turning
a blind eye to - America's War on Drugs

If that meant turning a blind eye to

The Cali Cartel wants to move - America's War on Drugs

The Cali Cartel wants to move

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"America's War on Drugs" is an immersive trip through the last five decades, uncovering how the CIA, obsessed with keeping America safe in the fight against communism, allied itself with the mafia and foreign drug traffickers.

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Director: N/A

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Production: Talos Films

Genre: documentary, history

Year: 2017

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ImdbRating: 8.6

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Released: 18 Jun 2017

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Homepage: http://www.history.com/shows/americas-war-on-drugs