Coast Guard Seizes $66M Worth of Cocaine

[Earth_First]

Anyone know the whereabouts of James Baker in the 48 hour period preceeding Feburary 6, 2006?

Coast Guard Seizes $66M Worth of Cocaine

MIAMI BEACH, Fla. - The Coast Guard seized more than one ton of cocaine, worth an estimated $66 million, from a fishing boat that had been stopped off the coast of Panama, officials said Thursday.

The cocaine was found aboard the 40-foot fishing boat on Feb. 6 after it was stopped by a Navy frigate in international waters. The U.S. has treaties with most Latin American countries allowing it to board and search vessels operating under their flags. It was not immediately clear if the boat was bound for the United States.

The boat's master initially claimed to have 300 pounds of fish on board but then said those had been discarded, according to the Coast Guard. There were no fishing poles or lines aboard.

The cocaine was found behind a bulkhead that had been freshly painted, authorities said. It was being taken Thursday to the Coast Guard station at Miami Beach.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060216/ap_on_re_us/cocaine_seizure

[Solon]

1. Tomorrow, half of it will be sold onto the streets...

Hence the "War on Drugs"(TM) countinues.

[Earth_First]

3. They have to fund black-ops one way or another...

[Solon]

6. True, those "siezed" drugs are like 60% of the CIA's budget. n/t

[Up2Late]

2. Well, there goes my weekend!

Sorry, someone was bound to say it.:evilgrin:

[Skidmore]

4. So does that mean we've won the war on drugs finally?

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

5. "In related news, President Bush makes emergency trip to Miami Beach..."

:evilgrin:

[pitohui]

7. sez them

so under the usual inflated claims that would be, oh, what, $66K in cocaine?

[formerrepuke]

8. Curious: What happens to all that coke once it is seized?

[Earth_First]

9. It's redistributed, repackaged, and resold to fund the CIA

[INDIA]

10. Wow.

Everybody seems to be in on this rumor. I've never heard it before, got a link?

[Earth_First]

11. Google: "CIA" and "drugs"

[INDIA]

13. I googled it

A bunch of hits came up, but nothing that looked too solid or reliable.(No major news services, domestic or abroad) I also googled "aliens" and "CIA" and got a similar result. :tinfoilhat: Hey, believe what you want I guess.

[Solon]

14. Here's something reliable...

http://www.cia.gov/csi/studies/winter99-00/art7.html

Somewhat slanted in the CIA's favor though.

[Solon]

12. You never heard of "Air America"(not the radio station)?

It was an air "service" that the CIA ran itself, its sole purpose was smuggling drugs into the United States to fund several "unofficial" wars and arms trades. There were congressional investigations into it, just in case you were wondering, and supposedly it was disbanded as a result. But I strongly doubt the CIA actually gave up that money flow, especially since the budget slashes of the late 70s and the 80s. They are just more carefull nowadays.