A really well-written piece that was educational with information I had never heard....
This is good journalism and kudos to the author for a very educational piece. Props to the DEA agent for his perseverance.
Shouldn’t you question the motivation for the NYT do do such a story? It’s as you say, a prop for the dea. Nothing in media and politics is by chance.
The more likely reality is that the dea is inolved in a massive protection racket along with banks and pols. Sure they need to write stories lauding the dea, but that’s a cover.