In Context of Accusations of CIA Drug Smuggling, WaPo Calls $10 Million a Week "Relatively Small"

The movie Kill the Messenger has brought to new attention to charges that the CIA was involved in drug smuggling in the 1980s. The central allegation is that the CIA at least looked the other way, as its allies in arming the Contras trying to the Nicaraguan government smuggled large amounts of cocaine into the country. Jeff Leen, the Post's assistant managing editor for investigations, took up the issue in the Post's Outlook section today.

Leen is essentially dismissive of the charges, at one...