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This was a policy that was born in deception
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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

This was a policythat was born in deception, born in lies, born in cover-ups

This was a policy
that was born in deception, born in lies, born in cover-ups

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This was a policy that was born in deception,
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born in lies, born in cover-ups.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
30
Timestamp in Movie
00:43:21
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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Movie Summary

In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
Before we invest one more dime in Central America, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Before we invest one more dime in Central America,
So, Congress says we cannot use federal money to support the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
So, Congress says we cannot use federal money to support the...
Can't buy them weapons, can't buy them uniforms, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Can't buy them weapons, can't buy them uniforms,
At that point, the Reagan administration began to look - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
At that point, the Reagan administration began to look
And one of those sources of funding became profits from the sale of arms to Iran. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
And one of those sources of funding became profits from the ...
We started selling missiles and rockets to Iran, illegally, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:17
We started selling missiles and rockets to Iran, illegally,
We worked with pilots who were flying aid down to the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
We worked with pilots who were flying aid down to the Contra...
And US officials not just looked the other way, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
And US officials not just looked the other way,
I was working for the Associated Press - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:13
I was working for the Associated Press
We had more than three dozen sources - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
We had more than three dozen sources
John Kerry was newly elected to the United States Senate - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:10
John Kerry was newly elected to the United States Senate
Today, we are going to proceed to tell a piece of the Contra drug story. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
Today, we are going to proceed to tell a piece of the Contra...
After the guns were unloaded, was something loaded into the airplane? - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
After the guns were unloaded, was something loaded into the ...
Yes. I loaded about 17 duffel bags - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
Yes. I loaded about 17 duffel bags
Two-foot square boxes in the aircraft. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Two-foot square boxes in the aircraft.
The White House involved in secretly funneling guns - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
The White House involved in secretly funneling guns
Financed by sales of missiles to Iran. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
Financed by sales of missiles to Iran.
At least turning a blind eye to cocaine smuggling - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:09
At least turning a blind eye to cocaine smuggling
It was a perfect template for drug smuggling. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:05
It was a perfect template for drug smuggling.
When you shipped guns to Central America, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
When you shipped guns to Central America,