Investigative Journalist Seth Harp Explores The Fort Bragg Cartel

About this episode

Seth Harp discusses his book on drug trafficking and murder in the Special Forces, focusing on Fort Bragg's overdose statistics.

Seth Harp is a lawyer and an Iraq war veteran and an investigative writer and journalist. His first book, "The Fort Bragg Cartel," is about drug trafficking and murder in the Special Forces. Near the end of his book, Harp writes: "Between January 2017 and September 2022, a total of 15,293 active duty service members suffered drug overdoses, and 322 of those were fatal. The Defense Department data showed that Fort Bragg had far more overdoses than any other military base in both absolute and per capita terms." Fort Bragg is located in Fayetteville, North Carolina, and is the largest populated army base with close to 50,000 soldiers. It is headquarters of the secret Delta Force. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

People in this episode

Host: C-SPAN

Guest: Seth Harp

Topics covered

• investigative journalism
• drug trafficking
• military
• overdoses
• Special Forces

Keywords

• Seth Harp
• Fort Bragg
• drug trafficking
• military overdoses
• Iraq war veteran

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Fort Bragg Cartel

Places: Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, North Carolina

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