SG1A and the 45-Foot Cigarette Boat
Smugglers used the Bahamas to flood Florida with narcotics while the CIA mapped every stash and boat, keeping the full transcripts secret for decades.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Narcotics
Fidel Castro and the Narcobusiness Serving the US Market
Cold War titans discussed the US addiction to Latin American narcotics and a president's failure to lead while Soviet subsidies were quietly slipping away.
By Harlan Pryce ·
Michael Palmer and the $300,000 Paid to a Marijuana Trafficker
A drug-running crew was paid by the U.S. government to ferry supplies to Nicaraguan rebels, a transaction that remained hidden behind the label of humanitarian aid.
By Harlan Pryce ·
45-Foot Cigarette Boats and the Secret Map to Cuban Narcotics
A 1990 tasking order, kept secret for 13 years until its 2003 release, tracks narcotic airdrops in the Bahamas under a restricted handling requirement known as SKEET.
By Miriam Adler ·
Rodrigo Lara Bonilla and the U.S. Plan to Weaponize a Minister's Murder
Kept confidential for decades, a 1984 cable shows how U.S. officials viewed the assassination of a Colombian Justice Minister as a tactical asset to force extradition and military expansion
By Desmond Okafor ·