Central Intelligence Agency

About the author: The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is the coordinating agency for U.S. federal intelligence activities. The agency is responsible for collecting and analyzing information on foreign nations for the use of the president in policy decisions.

A thorough investigation conducted by a CIA investigations staff determined that the CIA was not involved in smuggling cocaine into Los Angeles in the 1980s as a way of funding the Nicaraguan Contras. On the contrary, the staff found that the CIA had no connection with any of the drug traffickers alleged to have a relationship with the agency. In addition, the report found that the drug traffickers were in fact selling drugs for personal profit, not to aid the Contras in their attempt to overthrow the ruling...