Author: Evan Wright
An informative, depressive and certainly disturbing, look at
corruption and drug lords in America during the late 20th century.
Though Evan Wright’s investigative journalism is well researched and offers a
good look at the relationship between the CIA, local cops, politicians and drug
lords, one random passage stuck out to me.
(The CIA calls its
full-time employees officers, not agents, as they’re known in movies; an
“agent” refers to an outside asset recruited for a specific job.)
Yet another example of Hollywood ignoring industry terms and
using a “sexier” vocabulary in movies.
This book is an excellent book if you’re interested in
modern crime, the drug trade and corruption. It includes a very incriminating
bit on the oft parodied and once prominent former State Attorney of Florida and
Attorney General Janet Reno.
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