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The Washington Post's Joby Warrick has an excellent story on one of the more novel tools CIA operatives use to coax intel from reluctant sources in Afghanistan: the little blue pill.
Talk about mastering the human terrain. But erectile-dysfunction meds are just one of the incentives spooks use to get tribal chieftains to offer up info on local Taliban activity. Writes Warrick:
In their efforts to win over notoriously fickle warlords and chieftains, the officials say, the agency's operatives have used a variety of personal services. These include pocketknives and tools, medicine or surgeries for ailing family members, toys and school equipment, tooth extractions, travel visas, and, occasionally, pharmaceutical enhancements for aging patriarchs with slumping libidos, the officials said.
"Whatever it takes to make friends and influence people -- whether it's building a school or handing out Viagra," said one longtime agency operative and veteran of several Afghanistan tours.
The male-enhancement pills apparently have a reputation that knows no borders. Earlier this year, the Los Angeles Times reported on the thriving black market for Viagra in Baghdad.     Read more...

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