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  • That was a military transport plane.

  • If there was heroin was onboard,

  • then someone in the military would have to be involved.

  • Which means that even as it fights a war that's claimed

  • 50,000 American lives, the military is smuggling narcotics.

  • That is how this event today will be interpreted.

  • That someone employed by this office

  • believes that the United States Army is in the drug trafficking business

  • and is trying to prove it by desecrating the remains of young men

  • who have given their lives in the defense of democracy!

  • - There is dope on that plane. - Shut the fuck up!

  • Is it any wonder, then, because of your actions,

  • the entire federal narcotics program is now in jeopardy

  • of being dismantled as completely and enthusiastically

  • as that fucking transport plane?

  • That is what you've accomplished, Mr. Roberts, single-handedly.

  • I had good information.

  • That the target of my investigation was bringing dope in on that plane.

  • - And that target is? - Frank Lucas.

  • - Who? - His name's Frank Lucas.

  • Who is Frank Lucas? Who does he work for? Which family?

  • He's not Italian. He's black.

  • Is that supposed to be some kind of a joke?

  • You're this close to the end of your career in law enforcement

  • and you're making fucking jokes?

  • My investigation indicates

  • that Frank Lucas is above the Mafia in the dope business.

  • My investigations also indicate

  • that Frank Lucas buys direct from a source in Southeast Asia.

  • He cuts out the middlemen and uses US military planes

  • and personnel to transport pure #4 heroin into the United States

  • and he's been doing so on a regular basis since 1969.

  • I have cases against every member of Frank's organization.

  • Frank's organization?

  • No fucking nigger has ever accomplished what the American Mafia hasn't in 100 years!

  • And you would know that how? Why? 'Cause your head is stuck up your fucking ass?

  • Hey, Lou, do me a favor. Will you get this fucking kike out of here?

  • Kike? Kike?

  • Richie, no.

That was a military transport plane.

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plane

US /plen/

UK /pleɪn/

  • noun
  • An airplane
  • Flat or level surface
  • Sharp tool for smoothing or shaving wood
  • verb
  • To make wood smooth with a shaving tool
business

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UK /ˈbɪznəs/

  • noun
  • A company formed for making profit
  • A task or matter; an affair.
  • A company or firm.
  • The set of rules and processes that govern how data is handled in a software system.
  • A task or duty.
  • Matter that has to be dealt with; task; situation
  • Activity of working to make a profit
  • A matter or issue to be dealt with
  • A person's regular occupation, profession, or trade
  • A person's reason or purpose for doing something.
  • Right or justification for doing something.
  • A task or errand
  • other
  • A particular activity or pursuit.
  • A matter or affair; something that concerns someone.
  • A field of study concerned with commerce and management.
  • The state of being busy; busyness.
  • Commercial activity; the exchange of goods or services for profit.
  • A person's duty, role, or responsibility.
  • A particular sector of commerce or industry.
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  • A specific task or purpose.
  • Minor actions and movements of actors on a stage.
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  • adverb
  • Seriously; with determination.
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  • adjective
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  • other
  • A specific commercial enterprise or establishment.
young

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UK /jʌŋ/

  • adjective
  • At an early stage of existence; not mature
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  • noun
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black

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  • verb
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  • adjective
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  • noun
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close

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UK /kləʊz/

  • other
  • To complete or finalize (a deal, transaction, etc.).
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  • adjective
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man

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  • verb
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  • other
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family

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  • noun
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head

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  • noun
  • Counter for the number of cattle
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  • Leader or person with the greatest authority
  • Mind; mental ability; mental state
  • Side of a coin with a head on it
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make

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  • verb
  • To arrange or prepare something e.g. dinner
  • To get to (a place) on time
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today

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  • adverb
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