Description:This week we meet the man who knew the secrets of the CIA's Dark Alliance. From the jungles of Nicaragua to the mean streets of south-central LA, Gary Webb's groundbreaking journalism uncovered a scandal so huge that the story could not be allowed to continue. Help us honour the memory of this intrepid reporter by exploring the suspicious death and passing on the life's work of Gary Webb.
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Documentation - Statement of CIA Inspector General to The House Committee On Intelligence - March 16, 1998
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25:33
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The first of two explosive CIA internal investigations detailing how the Reagan-Bush administration did know about and condone contra drug running and actively protected the dealers.
Documentation - Evidence Begins To Indicate Gary Webb Was Murdered
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40:29
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Credible sources who were close to Gary Webb have stated that he was receiving death threats, being regularly followed, and that he was concerned about strange individuals who were seen on multiple occasions breaking into and leaving his house before