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Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy

We worked with pilotswho were flying aid down to the Contras

We worked with pilots
who were flying aid down to the Contras

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We worked with pilots who were flying aid down to the Contras.
Duration
5 seconds
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Timestamp in Movie
00:44:17
Uploaded
May 25, 2025
Genres
documentary, crime, history
Production
Firelight Films

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In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
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,
It profited for the Contras. - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
It profited for the Contras.
It was a cozy arrangement that worked for everyone, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:06
It was a cozy arrangement that worked for everyone,
The Reagan administration either looked the other way, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
The Reagan administration either looked the other way,
Our goal was to defeat communism in Central America, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:11
Our goal was to defeat communism in Central America,
Nice move by Lenny Bias! And gets the score and it... - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Nice move by Lenny Bias! And gets the score and it...
One big turning point was Len Bias, - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:07
One big turning point was Len Bias,
Lead catch. Adrian Branch. Great feed back to Bias! - Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy 00:04
Lead catch. Adrian Branch. Great feed back to Bias!