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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: longnshort who wrote (112322)	3/18/2008 7:23:22 PM
From: Broken_Clock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 132070

First one yes. Second one i believe. Gary Webb ring a bell? --- Gary Webb From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia For other persons named Gary Webb, see Gary Webb (disambiguation). Gary Webb (August 31, 1955 – December 10, 2004) was a prize-winning American investigative journalist. Webb was 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 allegedly smuggled cocaine into the U.S. which was then distributed as crack cocaine into Los Angeles and funneled profits to the Contras. Webb also alleged that this influx of Nicaraguan supplied cocaine sparked and significantly fueled the widespread crack epidemic that swept through urban areas. According to Webb, the CIA was aware of the cocaine transactions and the large shipments of drugs into the U.S. by the Contra personnel and directly aided drug dealers to raise money for the Contras. Webb's reporting generated a large controversy and the Mercury News backed away from the story, effectively ending Webb's career as a mainstream media journalist. In 2004, Webb was found dead from two self-inflicted gunshot wounds to the head, a victim of an apparent suicide.