{"product_id":"the-big-white-lie-the-deep-cover-operation-that-exposed-the-cia-sabotage-of-the-drug-war-9780985238629","title":"The Big White Lie: The Deep Cover Operation That Exposed the CIA Sabotage of the Drug War","description":"\u003ch2\u003eThe Big White Lie: The Deep Cover Operation That Exposed the CIA Sabotage of the Drug War\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Big White Lie\u003c\/em\u003e, Michael Levine, former DEA agent and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eDeep Cover\u003c\/em\u003e, leads the reader through a decade of undercover work. Levine's prose is fast-moving, highly readable, and hard-hitting. He tells how the beautiful South American \"Queen of Cocaine\" seduced the CIA into protecting her from prosecution as she sold drugs to Americans; how CIA-sponsored paramilitary ousted, tortured, and killed members of a pro-DEA Bolivian ruling party; and how the CIA created La Corporacion, the \"General Motors of cocaine,\" which led directly to the current cocaine\/crack epidemic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAs a 25-year veteran agent for the DEA, Michael Levine worked deep-cover cases from Bangkok to Buenos Aires, and witnessed firsthand scandalous violations of drug laws by U.S. officials. This investigative account documents the systematic sabotage of drug enforcement efforts by intelligence agencies, revealing how government corruption enabled the cocaine trade to flourish during the 1980s and 1990s.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat This Book Reveals\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis true crime investigation exposes the intersection of intelligence operations and drug trafficking networks. Levine provides detailed accounts of covert operations that protected narcotics traffickers while undermining legitimate law enforcement. The book documents CIA involvement in South American cocaine operations, the creation of drug cartels with government complicity, and the political machinations that prioritized intelligence objectives over public safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe narrative follows Levine's deep-cover work across international borders, providing insider perspective on how undercover operations function and how they were compromised by agency interference. His firsthand testimony as a decorated DEA agent lends credibility to allegations of institutional corruption within national security apparatus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch3\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMichael Levine, called \"America's top undercover agent for 25 years\" by 60 Minutes, is the New York Times bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eDeep Cover\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Big White Lie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTriangle of Death\u003c\/em\u003e, and one of the most decorated undercover agents in the history of the Drug Enforcement Administration. He is active as a court qualified expert and trial consultant in Covert Operations, International Narcotics Trafficking, Informant Handling and Police Use-of-Force. He is currently lecturing on Undercover Survival Tactics and Informant Handling for the U.S. State Department in Brazil. His New York City radio program, \u003cem\u003eThe Expert Witness Show\u003c\/em\u003e, can be heard on WBAI 99.5 FM as well as Stitcher.com and iTunes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eLaura Kavanau-Levine is the coauthor of \u003cem\u003eThe Big White Lie\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTriangle of Death\u003c\/em\u003e as well as the screenplays for HBO Pictures and Deutsche Colombia Pictures. She holds an MFA from New York University and a MSW from Fordham University.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laura Kavanau-Levine","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50680798839058,"sku":"9780985238629","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_220a51ce-434e-4065-9f2b-177f19e0d918.jpg?v=1733942569","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-big-white-lie-the-deep-cover-operation-that-exposed-the-cia-sabotage-of-the-drug-war-9780985238629","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}