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It's funny as the Germans had different priorities from the US. The US mainly wanted to use it to extract information, while the Germans also wanted to increase profits so that they have funds outside of parliamentary control and supervision. So they looked more at the business side of things.

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I guess funding was not a big issue for the CIA...

They are still flush with cash from decades of running cocaine.

Yeah I doubt the CIA has objected because they got all their needs met from congressional funding. They just already had built plenty of dark money reserves.

people might laugh at you but Colombian "cartels" have deep ties with the government and the military. They even know the patrolling routes of the US Navy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ra3uSDGL9sw

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