

Seth Harp & The Fort Bragg Cartel [LIVE]
Aug 15, 2025
Join war reporter and investigative journalist Seth Harp, author of The Fort Bragg Cartel, as he dives into the murky world of Special Forces. He uncovers troubling links between elite military units and drug trafficking, highlighting a culture of accountability issues and substance abuse. The discussion also touches on veterans' mental health challenges, military transparency, and the dark realities of military justice, painting a vivid picture of the complexities and contradictions within American military operations.
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Special Forces Became A Covert Intelligence Arm
- Special Forces shifted from training proxies to conducting covert espionage and black operations once CIA oversight tightened in the 1980s.
- Delta Force and JSOC acquired espionage capabilities that blur lines between military and intelligence work.
Fort Bragg Concentrates Elite Military Power
- Fort Bragg houses the 82nd Airborne, Green Berets, Fifth Special Forces Group and Delta Force nearby, concentrating operational power.
- That concentration creates a pipeline from conventional units up into elite covert units.
Disney World Shooting And The Immediate Cover-Up
- At Disney World, Delta operator Billy Levine shot his Green Beret friend Mark Leshiker multiple times during a drug binge and killed him.
- Despite clear evidence, Levine was released that night and the case was closed due to command intervention.