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" off the coast of Venezuela, the Defense Department sought new ways to engage in the war on drugs.
A report by the Institute for Defense Analyses, funded by the federal government, presented findings based on interviews with dozens of top drug traffickers in the US, on how to disrupt transnational organized crime.
- The report, obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request, provides insight into major drug-trafficking networks.
- Researchers suggested "direct military action" as a key prescription.
The report provides a window into the inner workings of major drug-trafficking networks.
Author's summary: Pentagon report reveals military's desire to join drug war.