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Mena, Arkansas and Barry Seal's CIA Drug Running
from Weinstein Company Man · #66
Audio-only archive episode — no video to seek.
6 minTim explains the background of the Tom Cruise movie American Made, the mysterious deaths tied to the Mena, Arkansas drug-trafficking story, the Boys on the Tracks case, and Robert Mercer's belief that the Clintons had opponents murdered.
- 26:35Tom Cruise's American Made depicts CIA drug running supposedly connected to Barry Seal.
- 27:21Tim wonders whether Scientology has interest in showcasing America's drug operations through the film.
- 27:59Mena, Arkansas became a center of drug trafficking with alleged CIA involvement.
- 28:17Two boys who witnessed a drug drop in Mena were both murdered and left on train tracks.
- 28:47Tim's skeptical of the official story that the boys fell asleep on train tracks after smoking weed.
- 29:02Robert Mercer, a hedge fund billionaire who funded the alt-right, believes the Clintons ran a secret CIA drug scheme out of Mena Airport.
- 31:11Jane Mayer dismisses the Mena story as a dark fantasy from 90s conservative magazines, but Tim argues there's more to it than just Clinton connections.
- 31:42The Bushes were also connected to the Mena drug nexus, alongside BCCI and operations running from Florida.
- 32:07Multiple political factions converged around CIA drug running and heroin importation to fund intelligence operations.
Robert MercerPhilip MarshallBarry SealJane MayerThe Boys on the TracksBill ClintonHillary ClintonMena, ArkansasRenaissance TechnologiesAmerican SpectatorCIA drug runningDavid BrockAmerican MadeDavid KochTom CruiseWes BakerScientologyRoger Stone