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Gary Stephen Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was an American investigative journalist. He began his career working for newspapers in Kentucky and Ohio, winning numerous awards, and building a reputation for investigative writing.
Oct 10, 2014 · Investigative reporter Gary Webb linked the CIA to America's introduction to crack cocaine.
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Dec 5, 2019 · Gary Webb's groundbreaking series "Dark Alliance" exposed how the CIA funded a Nicaraguan rebel group by selling crack cocaine to black communities in the U.S. He faced fierce criticism and backlash for his report, and later committed suicide in 2004.
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Sep 25, 2014 · The CIA document reveals how the agency watched over the media backlash that discredited the journalist's investigation into the Contras and cocaine trade. The article also explores the legacy of Webb's series and the upcoming film "Kill the Messenger".
Jan 22, 2023 · Gary Webb was a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who wrote a controversial series in 1996 alleging the CIA supported the Contra rebels who smuggled crack cocaine in the U.S. He died in 2004 under suspicious circumstances after facing criticism and backlash from the media and the CIA.
May 7, 2024 · Gary Webb was an American investigative journalist who wrote a three-part series for the San Jose Mercury News in 1996 on connections between the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the U.S.-backed Contra army seeking to overthrow Nicaragua’s leftist government, and cocaine trafficking into the.
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Mar 21, 2015 · In 1996, journalist Gary Webb began looking into links between Nicaragua's drug-running Contra rebels and the CIA. As a recent film shows, what he found killed him
