Internal Report Reveals Military's Desire to Join the Drug War
An Obama-era Pentagon report recommended "direct military action" in the drug war, foreshadowing Trump's aggressive strikes on boats in the Caribbean.
A decade before President Donald Trump spoke of "hunting" alleged "narcoterrorists" on boats off the coast of Venezuela, the Defense Department sought new ways to engage in the war on drugs.
The report presents findings based on interviews with dozens of top drug traffickers incarcerated in the United States, on how to better disrupt transnational organized crime.
- The report, obtained by The Intercept through a Freedom of Information Act request, provides insight into major drug-trafficking networks.
- One key recommendation: More "direct military action".
Author's summary: Pentagon report reveals military's desire to join the drug war.
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