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Torture.
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This week, Mike
and Mark are joined by Celerino
Castillo - Vietnam Vet and Ex-DEA agent - to talk about torture, the
sorry state of the justice system and the "war on drugs". Listeners
will want to check out the article
on waterboarding referenced in the show, by Federal Judge Evan Wallach.
About the Guest:
 CELERINO
"CELE" CASTILLO III, is a 20-year veteran of both state and
federal law enforcement with 12-year service in the U. S. Department of
Justice, Drug Enforcement Administration. Mr. Castillo is a highly decorated
DEA agent for his undercover operations in Central and South America.
For several years, he was also placed in major cities like San Francisco
and New York City for deep cover operations. He is an author of "Powderburns"
Cocaine, Contras And The Drug War, and is an acclaimed public speaker
and educator.
COURT QUALIFIED EXPERT WITNESS: For 20 years Mr.
Castillo has qualified as an "expert witness" in criminal and
civil trials, both for and against various state and federal law enforcement
agencies, in the following subjects: Undercover tactics, entrapment, informant
handling practices and procedures, all subjects related to drugs trafficking,
money laundering, and international narcotics investigations, police profiling,
research on federal documentation for the defense. (Bates)
 MR.
CASTILLO has written several internationally known articles against federal
law enforcement corruption: "Written Statement of Celerino Castillo
III, for The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence" 1998.
He was mentioned in several articles on Informant Handling for The National
Law Journal. ABC's Primetime Live, Dateline NBC, Discovery Channel and
other numerous news magazines have done exclusive interviews on Mr. Castillo
pertaining to "Outrageous Conduct" by the U.S. Government.
Links:
Cele
Castillo's Website - powderburns.org
Judge
Evan Wallach article - "Waterboarding Used to Be a Crime"
NPR
Nance interview on Waterboarding
Mike's essay - "I volunteer
to kidnap Ollie North"
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