Clearly that training is focused on subject matters quite different from the missions the Agency likes to be known for such as penetrating terrorist cells to stop attacks and uncovering military and intelligence secrets of potential adversaries. The Reuters and AFIO stories say that there are 11 different schools at the university and describes some of the classes as covering foreign language instruction. Many of the classes use classified materials.

The exact location of the university and access to its “campus” are restricted to those with proper clearances.

Regarding the drug trade, FTW has been focused for years on the fact that the control of the cash generated by the international drug trade has been one of the CIA’s primary concerns. This was the subject of a lecture given by this writer at the University of Southern California at the invitation of Professor David Andrus in December of 2000 entitled, “Wall Street’s War for Drug Money.”

A video of that lecture is available at www.copvcia.com

Michael C. Ruppert