You can’t believe the government – on anything. And you especially can’t believe them when they’re talking about important stuff.
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After spending three years of my life looking into this, I am more convinced than ever that the U.S. government's responsibility for the drug problems in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities is greater than I ever wrote in the newspaper.
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Birth: | 31st August, 1955 |
Death: | 10th December, 2004 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Journalist |
Gary Stephen Webb was an American investigative reporter best known for his 1996 "Dark Alliance" series of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and later published as a book. In the three-part series, Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had smuggled cocaine into the U.S. Their smuggled cocaine was distributed as crack cocaine in Los Angeles, with the profits funneled back to the Contras.
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