Show Notes Episode 493: Secret Dealer ManPart 3 of the Crack EpidemicThis week Host Dave Bledsoe tried to make a bartender believe he was an undercover agent for the state liquor authority and drinking for free would help their case. (It would have worked if his “badge” didn’t read Female Body Inspector) On the show this week we FINALLY conclude the Crack Epidemic and Coke Month with the story of how maybe the CIA did the crack epidemic.Along the way we discover that Dave will do anything for love, but he won’t do that. (That being to help a stripper smuggle drugs) Then we dive into the not so secret history of the Central Intelligence Agency. Then we meet a CIA asset and Panamanian dictator who trafficked so much coke the US Army got involved. (In taking him out, not buying his coke, we think.) Then we talk about a reporter, a hot story that was almost too good to be true. (Turned out it actually was too good to be true.)Our Sponsor this week is the Central Intelligence Agency, less evil than you think, more evil than you would like.  We open the show with 60 Minutes and close with Kirby who is living a life of danger.Show Theme: Hypnostate Prelude to Common SenseThe Show on Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/whatthehellpodcast.bsky.socialThe Show on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/whatthehellpodcast/The Show on Youtube:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjxP5ywpZ-O7qu_MFkLXQUQThe Show on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/whatthehellwereyouthinkingpod/Our Discord Server: https://discord.gg/kHmmrjptrqOur Website: www.whatthehellpodcast.comPatreon:  https://www.patreon.com/WhatthehellpodcastThe Show Line: 347 687 9601Closing Music: https://youtu.be/EjEUjmjwkpU?si=aN9cC-FF_ka3Y9AKBuy Our Stuff: https://www.seltzerkings.com/shopCitations Needed:History of CIAhttps://www.cia.gov/legacy/cia-history/Guns, Drugs and the CIAhttps://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/archive/gunsdrugscia.htmlPanama's Noriega: CIA spy turned drug-running dictatorhttps://www.reuters.com/article/world/panamas-noriega-cia-spy-turned-drug-running-dictator-idUSKBN18Q0NW/Helping the crack flowhttps://archive.org/stream/dark_alliance_original_series-gary_webb_cia_cocaine/Gary-Webb_Dark-Alliance/some_related_articles/edit821.htm_djvu.txtWikipedia Kerry Committeehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerry_CommitteeThough Evidence Is Thin, Tale of C.I.A. and Drugs Has a Life of Its Ownhttps://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/books/98/09/27/specials/cia-thin.htmlThe Storm Over Dark Alliancehttps://nsarchive2.gwu.edu/NSAEBB/NSAEBB2/storm.htmTracking the Genesis of the Crack Tradehttps://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1996-10-20-mn-59169-story.htmlLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices