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Episode Six: Airborne Imperialism

A U.S.-led program killed a young missionary and her daughter in Peru after mistaking their plane for drug smugglers in 2001. Trump’s Venezuela boat...

12.11.2025 5

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Episode Five: What Fourth Amendment? 

How the killing of Trevon Cole by Las Vegas police almost made prime-time TV. The post Episode Five: What Fourth Amendment?  appeared first on The...

05.11.2025 3

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Episode Four: Criminalizing Care

The remarkable life and cruel death of Peter McWilliams, an AIDS and cancer patient who played a critical role in the legalization of medical...

29.10.2025 7

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Episode Three: Blown Cover

How confidential informants like LeBron Gaither, recruited by police as a teen and killed by a drug dealer, are seen by the criminal system as...

22.10.2025 10

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Episode Two: A Death in the Dark

How the pre-planned no-knock raid — a violent, volatile tactic that became a common tool of the drug war — led to tragic consequences, in the...

15.10.2025 2

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Episode One: Dirty Business

The Atlanta narcotics unit’s deadly raid on 92-year-old Kathryn Johnston. The post Episode One: Dirty Business appeared first on The Intercept.

08.10.2025 7

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Trump’s War on Drugs

Journalist Radley Balko examines how Trump’s war on immigrants merges and expands the lethal policies of the wars on drugs and terror. The post...

08.10.2025 30

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Introducing Collateral Damage 

The Intercept is launching a new podcast series reported and hosted by investigative journalist Radley Balko. The post Introducing Collateral Damage ...

01.10.2025 3

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