The Briefcase Stuffed With Cash

General manuel noriega was indicted to day on charges of drug smuggling and racketeering. The briefcase stuffe with cash would become an icon for the scandal that unfolded, kind of like mona klinsky's dress or richard nixon's white house tapes. Norega didn't just stand by and watch all this silently in the press; he defended himself. He said that the us. Was really just interested in getting rid of him so it could keep control over the panama canal beyond 19 99. In fact, as far back as the early 19 seventies, officials were the know of noriega's involvement in the drug trade. But for years, the