[PoorMuttly]

Re:#19...yes, I do wonder about our "new friends." I know it's tough having your mortal butt against the wall....but we will have to see what they do after they have served our common purpose. They can fast become our ex-new friends, too. About the other opium-producing areas in the world...transporting the stuff, and destabilizing nations, is a form of bio-terrorism too, IMHO, and may, with other underworld connections, qualify for our new "coalition" partners' attentention. What say ye?

[AGAviator]

About the other opium-producing areas in the world...transporting the stuff, and destabilizing nations, is a form of bio-terrorism too, IMHO, and may, with other underworld connections, qualify for our new "coalition" partners' attentention. What say ye?

As part of our "anti-terrorism crusade," the CIA has been given a billion dollar budget increase and carte blanche to do pretty much as it pleases anywhere in the world. This essentially means the old hijinks that were practiced in the name of "anti-communism" will now be permissible under "anti-terrorism."

Now since you can't get human intelligence from choir boys, there will certainly be some interacting with unsavory criminal drug-smuggling types, all for a greater good of course. So if drug smugglers have the useful connections and information, they will not only be given a pass, but they may be even assisted in their business. And there's always the possiblity of rogue agents doing a little free-lancing on the side. Who will have the oversight?