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CIA records show the agency was fully aware of its agent's involvement with drug traffickers. It received word in February 1973 that "Posada may be involved in smuggling cocaine from [[Colombia]] through Venezuela to Miami, also counterfeit U.S. money in Venezuela." But the agency decided "not to directly confront Posada with allegation so as not to compromise ongoing investigation."[^1]
According to notes of a congressional investigator who reviewed Posada's voluminous CIA files in the late 1970s, cables indicated "concern that Posada [was a] serious potential liability. Anxious to terminate association promptly if allegations prove true. By April 1973, it seems sure that Posada involved in narcotics, drug trafficking—seen with known big time drug trafficker." After questioning Posada, the agency found him "guilty only of having the wrong kind of friends" and continued his employment.[^1]
According to notes of a congressional investigator who reviewed Posada's voluminous CIA files in the late 1970s, cables indicated "concern that Posada [was a] serious potential liability. Anxious to terminate association promptly if allegations prove true. By April 1973, it seems sure that Posada involved in narcotics, drug trafficking - seen with known big time drug trafficker." After questioning Posada, the agency found him "guilty only of having the wrong kind of friends" and continued his employment.[^1]
His associations continued: in January 1974 he asked the CIA to provide a Venezuelan passport for a Dominican military official, which the agency refused on the grounds that it "cannot permit controlled agents to become directly involved with illicit drug trafficking." A few months later the DEA received a report that Posada was trading weapons for cocaine with a man the DEA believed "is involved in political assassinations."[^1]