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Leslie Cockburn

Leslie Cockburn’s ‘America’s Secret War’, published in Granta 22, later formed part of Out of Control, her investigation into the US government’s covert operations in Central America during Ronald Reagan’s presidency. Her other books include Dangerous Liaison and One Point Safe, both co-authored with her husband Andrew Cockburn, and Looking for Trouble: Six Wars and a Revolution.

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America’s Secret War

Leslie Cockburn

‘Morales’s troubles began in the spring of 1984, when he was indicted for conspiracy to import and distribute cocaine. It was this awkward development that made him particularly receptive to the proposal he received from a delegation of Contras and a CIA man that turned up at his Opa-locka office soon after the bad news.’

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