560: Operation Gladio | How The Mob Financed The CIA's Secret Army
The Why Files: Operation Podcast
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The chapter uncovers the sudden surge of heroin in U.S. cities in 1948, tied to Lucky Luciano's smuggling operations from Sicily, and the revelation that he was collaborating with the CIA. It also discusses the CIA's Cold War strategy of recruiting Nazis for a secret army in Europe to counter Soviet influence, despite their previous atrocities.
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