Leonard Lopate Weekend: Gary Hart, Russian Spies & Black Tar Heroin

The Leonard Lopate Show | Jul 2, 2015

This week: First, former Colorado Senator Gary Hart looks at the growing gap between our current political landscape and the principles of the U.S. Constitution (first). Then, former double agent Naveed Jamali reveals how he posed as an undercover operative and fooled the Russians (31:40). Plus, Sam Quinones explains enterprising sugar cane farmers on the west coast of Mexico created a unique distribution system that brought black tar heroin, the cheapest, most addictive form of the opiate, into the United States (54:01). 

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