BUMMER, DUDE :

DEA probe links illegal drug profits in terrorists (AP, 9/01/2002)

Federal authorities have amassed evidence for the first time that an illegal drug operation in the United States was funneling proceeds to Middle East terrorist groups like Hezbollah. Evidence gathered by the Drug Enforcement Administration since a series of raids in January indicates that a methamphetamine drug operation in the Midwest involving men of Middle Eastern descent has been shipping money back to terrorist groups, officials said.

"There is increasing intelligence information from the investigation that for the first time alleged drug sales in the United States are going in part to support terrorist organizations in the Middle East," DEA administrator Asa Hutchinson said Friday.

Remember how outraged all the pro-drug folks got when the feds started running ads saying that if you bought drugs you might be helping fund terrorism? Posted by Orrin Judd at September 2, 2002 9:13 AM