I mentioned Jimmy Carter and my Dad said he remembers a story about President Carter supplying children to Manuel Noriega.  Hmm the man with ties to US intelligence and had control of the Panama Canal? Couldn't be true....  Noriega was one of the Central Intelligence Agency's most valued intelligence sources, as well as one of the primary conduits for illicit weapons, military equipment and cash destined for U.S.-backed counter-insurgency forces throughout Latin America. The U.S. also regarded Noriega as an ally in its War on Drugs, despite Noriega himself having amassed a personal fortune through drug trafficking operations. Though his U.S. intelligence handlers were aware of this, it was allowed because of his usefulness to the U.S.  From wiki... You don't say?