This earmark sure won't fly

Secret manned surveillance planes purchased under a “black earmark” by the Drug Enforcement Administration suck so bad they’re being sold as cannibalized parts to maximize the money they produce in sale.

And, what is a “black earmark,” you might ask?

Per the story, which has a number of other examples, it’s analogous to the CIA’s black budget. It’s an earmark made in secret.

If you want to know how bad they are, black earmarks are part of what led to Duke Cunningham’s conviction less than two years ago.

Beyond that, the DEA is NOT the CIA; nor is the Coast Guard, also burned by a black earmark. There’s no need for any of its weaponry to be funded in secret.

Bolivia President Morales — DEA is spying on us

Accusing Drug Enforcement Administration operatives of spying on Bolivians for political espionage, President Evo Morales has suspended their anti-cocaine operations in his country indefinitely.

Washington laughed it off as ridiculous. Oh?

Let’s ask Jacobo Arbenz, Salvador Allende, Fidel Castro, Daniel Ortega and many other Latin American leaders just how “ridiculous” such an idea might be.

Or, better yet, let’s just ask Ecuador right now; where President Rafael Correa accuses the CIA of infiltrating his country’s army earlier this year.