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America's War on Drugs

The CIA built Air America to move people and weaponsand money below the radar

Wright:
The CIA built Air America to move people and weapons
and money below the radar

Full Transcript

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Wright: The CIA built Air America
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to move people and weapons and money below the radar.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
21
Timestamp in Movie
00:30:57
Uploaded
Jul 01, 2025
Season
1
Episode
1
Genres
documentary, history
Production
Talos Films

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Movie Summary

"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.
S01 • E02 [ Laughter ] - America's War on Drugs 00:07
[ Laughter ]
S01 • E04 A heavily Hispanic neighborhood - America's War on Drugs 00:06
A heavily Hispanic neighborhood
S01 • E01 Well, that's identical to what drug traffickers have to do. - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Well, that's identical to what drug traffickers have to...
S01 • E02 Wright: Don Aronow was the premiere race boat builder. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
Wright: Don Aronow was the premiere race boat builder.
S01 • E04 El Chapo's drawn to these two brothers. - America's War on Drugs 00:04
El Chapo's drawn to these two brothers.
S01 • E02 He built race boats that George Bush enjoyed. - America's War on Drugs 00:05
He built race boats that George Bush enjoyed.
S01 • E01 It's almost inevitable that the CIA and drug traffickers - America's War on Drugs 00:12
It's almost inevitable that the CIA and drug trafficker...
S01 • E04 ¶¶ - America's War on Drugs 00:18
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S01 • E02 They were fast, they could make round trips - America's War on Drugs 00:08
They were fast, they could make round trips
S01 • E03 [ Indistinct shouting ] - America's War on Drugs 00:04
[ Indistinct shouting ]
S01 • E02 And so all of the drug smugglers were gravitating to the fastest, - America's War on Drugs 00:09
And so all of the drug smugglers were gravitating to the fas...
S01 • E03 All I felt was something on my head, - America's War on Drugs 00:05
All I felt was something on my head,
S01 • E01 Narrator: The CIA turns a blind eye - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: The CIA turns a blind eye
S01 • E02 Narrator: Bush asks Aronow to build him a fleet of chase boats - America's War on Drugs 00:07
Narrator: Bush asks Aronow to build him a fleet of chase boa...
S01 • E04 Chapo arranges a meeting at his mountaintop compound - America's War on Drugs 00:10
Chapo arranges a meeting at his mountaintop compound
S01 • E01 But Tony Poe didn't come to Laos to enrich a local drug lord. - America's War on Drugs 00:06
But Tony Poe didn't come to Laos to enrich a local drug...
S01 • E03 I got OPD." I said, "Where's AC/DC at?" you know, - America's War on Drugs 00:07
I got OPD." I said, "Where's AC/DC at?" ...
S01 • E02 Aronow calls the boats Blue Thunder, - America's War on Drugs 00:12
Aronow calls the boats Blue Thunder,
S01 • E01 [ Indistinct shouting ] - America's War on Drugs 00:04
[ Indistinct shouting ]
S01 • E04 El Chapo wants to know, can they deliver? - America's War on Drugs 00:04
El Chapo wants to know, can they deliver?