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Dark Alliance The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion

Gary Webb

Major Motion Picture based on In August 1996, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Gary Webb stunned the world with a series of articles in the

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Gary Webb wrote this book detailing CIA drug running, and according to the speaker, the CIA destroyed his career, ruined his marriage and finances, and he subsequently died from two bullets in his head, which the guest characterized as being pushed to suicide.

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They destroyed his career, ruined his journalistic career, lost his marriage, his finances, and then wound up in a hotel room with two bullets in his head because he reported on CIA drug running.

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Gary Webb wrote this book detailing CIA drug running, and according to the speaker, the CIA destroyed his career, ruined his marriage and finances, and he subsequently died from two bullets in his head, which the guest characterized as being pushed to suicide.

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They destroyed his career, ruined his journalistic career, lost his marriage, his finances, and then wound up in a hotel room with two bullets in his head because he reported on CIA drug running.

And he wrote the book Dark Alliance.

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It was discussed in the context of Gary Webb's investigation into the CIA's alleged involvement in the crack cocaine epidemic, and it was mentioned that he faced criticism and pushback from major news outlets after publishing it.

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Yeah, series of articles and now book.

— Episode: SYSK Selects: How Crack Works

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Crack Works

It was discussed in the context of Gary Webb's investigation into the CIA's alleged involvement in the crack cocaine epidemic, and it was mentioned that he faced criticism and pushback from major news outlets after publishing it.

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Yeah, series of articles and now book.

From 1996 I believe Gary Webb was an investigative journalist for the San Jose Mercury News.

And they had a front page story where he basically figured out the connection between the CIA and the crack epidemic that started in I think 1984 in Los Angeles.

Yeah, South Central.

Sadly, all three of the major newspapers the LA Times, New York Times and I guess was the Washington Post came out. They were not only shunned, they like tried to discredit him.

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Crack Works

It was mentioned as a book that explored the alleged connection between the CIA and the crack cocaine epidemic, focusing on Freeway Ricky Ross and the Nicaraguan Contras. The book was met with criticism and controversy, resulting in Webb's ostracization and a disputed suicide.

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Yeah, series of articles and now book.

From 1996 I believe Gary Webb was an investigative journalist for the San Jose Mercury News.

And they had a front page story where he basically figured out the connection between the CIA and the crack epidemic that started in I think 1984 in Los Angeles.

Sadly, all three of the major newspapers the LA Times, New York Times and I guess was the Washington Post came out. They were not only shunned, they like tried to discredit him.

He ended up quitting and committed a very weird suicide. Yeah. In which he shot himself in the head twice.

Episode: SYSK Selects: How Crack Works

It was a series of articles and later a book that detailed the alleged connection between the CIA and the crack cocaine epidemic that began in the mid-1980s, focusing on the role of Freeway Ricky Ross and the Contra rebels in Nicaragua.

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Yeah, series of articles and now book.

From 1996 I believe Gary Webb was an investigative journalist for the San Jose Mercury News.

And they had a front page story where he basically figured out the connection between the CIA and the crack epidemic that started in I think 1984 in Los Angeles.

Sadly, all three of the major newspapers the LA Times, New York Times and I guess was the Washington Post came out. They were not only shunned, they like tried to discredit him.

Yeah, rather than pick up the story they tried to de-demolish it and Webb. New York Times suggested he was a reckless reporter prone to getting his facts wrong.

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