Tag: Russ Eakin

  • THE LATEST COUP IN BOLIVIA & “OPERATION CONDOR”

    THE LATEST COUP IN BOLIVIA & “OPERATION CONDOR”

    Coming on the heels of weeks of unrest in Chile, this week’s coup in Bolivia has obvious geopolitical ramifications, as well as echoes of that country’s infamous ‘Cocaine Coup’ in 1980. While researching “Barry & ‘the boys,” I spent time with a man who had been U.S. pro-consul in Bolivia in the 1980’s, and a close…

  • From Barry Seal to Donald Trump

    From Barry Seal to Donald Trump

    This is a story about  ‘connections,’ elite deviance and the CIA.  More specifically,  Donald Trump’s connections, a  word which has a long history of usage in organized crime.  As in,  ‘He’s connected.’ A member of the Mafia is known as a ‘made guy.’ Someone who’s ‘connected’ has been vouched for by a ‘made guy,’ who…