CIA Helped Shoot Down 15 Civilian Planes Report Points To Cover-Up Of '90s Anti-Drug Program; Crimin

[kpete]

Source: CBS/AP

CIA Helped Shoot Down 15 Civilian Planes
Report Points To Cover-Up Of '90s Anti-Drug Program; Criminal Charges Possible

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WASHINGTON, Dec. 11, 2008


(CBS/AP) With the help of CIA spotters, the Peruvian air force shot down 15 small civilian aircraft suspected of carrying drugs, in many cases without warning and within two to three minutes of being sighted, a U.S. lawmaker said Thursday.

It was the first public disclosure of the number of planes shot down between 1995 and 2001 as part of the Airbridge Denial Program, a CIA counternarcotics effort that killed an innocent American missionary, Veronica Bowers, and her infant daughter in 2001. A State Department investigation at the time said that Peruvian fighter jets forced another 23 planes to land.

Michigan Rep. Pete Hoekstra, senior Republican on the Intelligence Committee of the House of Representatives, told The Associated Press most of the 15 planes shot down with the help of the CIA crashed in the jungle. The wreckage has not been or could not be examined to ascertain whether narcotics were aboard the aircraft.

"The Bowers could have gone in the same category if they had crashed in the jungle," Hoekstra said, speaking of the missionary family from Hoekstra's state, Michigan.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/12/11/world/main4664791.shtml

[ixion]

1. shooting down planes at random... how very civilized

:eyes:

[happylib]

10. CIA and the Pentagon

CIA and the Pentagon are the biggest terror organizations in the world.

The only difference between the CIA and the B.T.K. guy is he wasn't on there payroll

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

2. That span of years is disturbing.

[yardwork]

3. It's been

[yardwork]

19. Oops. I meant to write that this has been ongoing since the 1960s and before.

This is nothing new. U.S. behavior in Latin American has been despicable for hundreds of years.

[Ian David]

4. Between 1995 and 2001... Bill Clinton and George W. Bush. n/t

[awoke_in_2003]

5. Now it's

shoot first, ask questions never.

[Why Syzygy]

6. Their way of ridding themselves of competitors. nt

[jeff30997]

9. Yep.

CIA stands for Cocaine Importation Agency.

[pauldp]

16. Or - Crack. In. America.

[LynnTheDem]

7. They hate us for our freedoms.

Or gee, could it be the US habit of slaughtering of men, women and kids???

[subsuelo]

8. Another example of our deplorable history in latin america

[antimatter98]

11. CIA was protecting THEIR drug running business. n/t

[Joe Chi Minh]

21. Drug barons are very jealous to protect their manor.

[acmavm]

12. When our country's Karma comes, it will be a bitch.

[benld74]

14. IT MAY already be upon us

[acmavm]

18. You're right. This may all be payback for too many murders,

too many lies.

[Ikonoklast]

13. The CIA is just eliminating the competition.

Those drug lords that play ball, survive and thrive.

Those that don't, well....

[deaniac21]

15. I wonder if they were ever in Minnesota.

[Broadslidin]

17. Am I to assume, the CIA policy of 'Murder First' eased with the appointment of Mr. Bush...?

:nuke: :patriot: :nuke:

[LincolnRepublican]

20. The "state" has run amok. These are high crimes that should

be prosecuted in US courts.

[subsuelo]

22. Corporate-fascist empire has near total control

little can be done

[appleannie1]

23. Pre-emptive strikes. So what if there are no drugs, blame it on faulty intelligence.

[judasdisney]

24. CIA? Cocaine? Surely you jest.

Next you'll be telling me WMD was a marketing excuse or Mueller is Ergenekon.