Monday, May 04, 2009

CIA Drug Ops Conspiracy: The Secret Heartbeat of America





The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia

Nearly 20 years ago, McCoy wrote The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia , which stirred up considerable controversy, alleging that the CIA was intimately involved in the Vietnamese opium trade. In the current volume, a substantially updated and longer work, he argues that pk the situation basically hasn't changed over the past two decades; however the numbers have gotten bigger. McCoy writes, "Although the drug pandemic of the 1980s had complex causes, the growth in global heroin supply could be traced in large part to two key aspects of U.S. policy: the failure of the DEA's interdiction efforts and the CIA's covert operations." He readily admits that the CIA's role in the heroin trade was an "inadvertent" byproduct of "its cold war tactics," but he limns convincingly the path by which the agency and its forebears helped Corsican and Sicilian mobsters reestablish the heroin trade after WW II and, most recently, "transformed southern Asia from a self-contained opium zone into a major supplier of heroin." Scrupulously documented, almost numbingly so at times, this is a valuable corrective to the misinformation being peddled by anti-drug zealots on both sides of the aisle. First serial to the Progressive.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From Library Journal
It seems that the American government has learned nothing from its war on drugs. In 1972, the CIA attempted to suppress McCoy's classic work, The Politics of Heroin in Southeast Asia ( LJ 11/15/72 ) , which charged CIA complicity in the narcotics trade as part of its cold war tactics. Now, this revised and expanded edition, incorporating 20 years of research, discusses in almost overwhelming detail how U.S. drug policies and actions in the Third World has created "America's heroin plague." McCoy notes that every attempt at interdiction has only resulted in the expansion of both the production and consumption of drugs. He also charges that 40 years of CIA protection of Asian drug traffickers and active participation in the transport of opium and heroin has undermined U.S. anti-drug efforts. A massive work that raises serious questions. For larger public and academic libraries.
- Wilda Williams, "Library Journal"

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41 comments:

  1. Anonymous1:00 AM

    Thank you for uncovering this scam in the secret of Heartbeat of America. It seems that the American government has learned nothing from its war on drugs.

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  2. Anonymous9:54 PM

    The Secret Heartbeat of America is awesome and uncovers the ultimate scam.

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  3. Anonymous12:18 PM

    Heartbeat of America rocks. Thank you for exposing the Secret on this scam.

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  4. Anonymous2:08 PM

    I just watched the secret "Heartbeat of America" and love it. Rock on about exposing this scam on drugs.

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  5. Anonymous3:02 PM

    Okay so I watched the Secret Heartbeat of America but I don't get it what is the scam here.

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  6. Anonymous5:28 PM

    Everyone in America has known about the scam of the government being involved in drug trade. Drugs are the Secret Heartbeat of America. Drugs are a scam they keep America going strong on a false hope of nothing.

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  7. The Secret Heartbeat of America? What a scam!

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  8. Anonymous10:08 PM

    I really enjoyed The Secret Hearbeat of America. The war on drugs is a complete scam.

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  9. Anonymous12:34 AM

    Heartbeat of America the scam on drugs. All I can say is WOW after watching the above clip. Thank you so much for exposing this scam. Life will never ever be the same.

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  10. Anonymous1:22 AM

    Ah those little unknown facts just itching to come out about the Secret Heartbeat of America scam.

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  11. Anonymous5:27 PM

    The Secret Heartbeat of America just opened my eyes to a complete scam.

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  12. Anonymous1:08 PM

    This is incredible thank you secret Heartbeat of America for exposing this unbelievable scam

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  13. Anonymous3:58 PM

    Wow this is amazing. Thanks to the secret Heartbeat of America we are finally being told the details of this scam.

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  14. Anonymous12:53 AM

    This video was a a great way to show this scam. I am going to tell all my friends about the secret Heartbeat of America.

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  15. Anonymous8:44 PM

    This video the Secret Heartbeat of America is very informative about this scam.

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  16. Anonymous3:01 PM

    Thanks for exposing this scam. The secret Heartbeat of America is a great movie.

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  17. Anonymous4:00 PM

    Everyone should watch this clip on the secret Heartbeat of America. Its a scam the will change your mind about what you were brought up to believe. ROCK ON secret Heartbeat of America.

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  18. Anonymous5:46 PM

    The secret Heartbeat of America is amazing. This video is a great insight into this massive scam.

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  19. Anonymous12:57 PM

    This secret Heartbeat of America clip is so great. It really exposes this giant scam.

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  20. Anonymous1:14 PM

    The secret Heartbeat of America is a great video to blow the lid off this scam.

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  21. Ok I saw this. This is not the Heartbeat of America or the Secret of the Heartbeat of America. This is about the west coast drug trade. So were is the scam and how does this tie into Heartbeat of America. Shouldn't be Peoria, IL?

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  22. Anonymous12:46 AM

    What an idiot the above blogger is. What the heck is he mumbling about. The secret Heartbeat of America exposes this drug scam.That's what the video is about. Not Peoria

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  23. Anonymous11:39 AM

    I don't think he actually watched the secret Heartbeat of America link above. If he did he'd understand that the CIA drug conspiracy is just a scam on Americans.

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  24. Anonymous6:34 PM

    Doesn't "B" get it? The secret Heartbeat of America link is about a scam on the people of America.

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  25. Anonymous10:27 PM

    All I ever hear is Heartbeat of America is a scam Heartbeat of America is a scam heartbeat of america is a scam!!!!! WHY?

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  26. Anonymous11:48 AM

    Chevy/Gm is dead the new Heartbeat of America is Obama. The first president who is not a scam.

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  27. Anonymous4:50 PM

    I agree, the new Heartbeat of America is Obama. Finally a president that insn't a scam.

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  28. Anonymous6:01 PM

    Great movie exposing scam. Who knew there was a secret Heartbeat of America?

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  29. Anonymous11:14 AM

    The secret Heartbeat of America has been around awhile. Does anyone no why they have not exposed this scam on Tv.

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  30. Anonymous2:24 PM

    Check out the true Heartbeat of America
    "Obama". Don't let people scam you into believing his health care plan is not good for America.
    www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/

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  31. Anonymous9:34 AM

    Obama is now they Heartbeat of America. What a scam.

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  32. Anonymous12:57 PM

    I just watched the clip of the secret Heartbeat of America. Thanks for exposing this scam. Truely film making at its best.

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  33. Anonymous11:29 PM

    I don't get what the big deal is the secret Heartbeat of America is a decent pic exposing some scam but there are several other films exposing this scam.

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  34. Anonymous4:35 PM

    Thanks for exposing this scam. Who knew the was a secret Heartbeat of America?

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  35. Anonymous9:24 PM

    Secret Heartbeat of America is a scam that needed to be exposed.

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  36. Anonymous9:54 PM

    This Heartbeat of America scam needed to be exposed. Great job.

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  37. Anonymous11:58 AM

    Heartbeat of America scam is a secret no more. Is there going to be a sequal.

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  38. Anonymous5:16 PM

    Thanks for exposing this scam. Who knew the was a secret Heartbeat of America?

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  39. Anonymous3:57 PM

    The secret Heartbeat of America scam is great. I just emailed the link to several friends were blown away.

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  40. Anonymous1:21 PM

    The Heartbeat of America scam is great. When is the sequal

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  41. Anonymous12:29 PM

    Heartbeat of America is a scam!!!
    Heartbeat of America is a scam!!!
    Heartbeat of America is a scam!!!!

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