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Seth Harp

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The Rise of the US Military’s Clandestine Foreign War Apparatus

In the darkest days of the Iraq War, the highly secretive Joint Special Operations Command emerged as one of the most influential institutions in government.

by Seth Harp via Wired on August 12, 2025
'Fort Bragg Has a Lot of Secrets. It's Its Own Little Cartel'

New details of drug dealing and murder at North Carolina base, the command center for U.S. Special Forces.

by Seth Harp via Rolling Stone
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on July 28, 2025

The Fort Bragg Cartel: Drug Trafficking and Murder in the Special Forces

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American soldiers and helicopters in a field of poppies.

Guns, Money and Opium

There is an undeniable symmetry between surges in drug use in the US and the country’s covert operations overseas.

by Laleh Khalili via London Review of Books on February 13, 2026

US soldiers in a field of poppy flowers in Afghanistan.

A History of Violence

Chronicling the history of drug trafficking in the U.S. Special Forces.

by Noah Kulwin via Protean on November 12, 2025

Shadowy outlines of people with military style rifles on a black background.

Pipe Hitters

American special operators brought their tactics in the global war on terror back home.

by Grayson Scott via The Baffler on August 14, 2025

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