To: JF Quinnelly who wrote (14326 ) 11/19/1998 9:23:00 PM From: Dayuhan Read Replies (1) | Respond to
The Los Angeles Times, The New York Times and the Washington Post did exhaustive stories finding Webb's articles inaccurate, inflated, or misleading in major respects. Columbia Journalism Review studied both Webb's series and the articles which challenged it, and concluded that while Webb's work was faulty, the critics focused entirely on its vulnerable points, and entirely overlooked serious issues that were deserving of further study. "was virtually unobtainable in black neighborhoods before members of the CIA's army started bringing it into South-Central [Los Angeles] in the 1980s at bargain-basement prices." the CIA swore in court filings in San Diego on Nov. 5 that it had no record of any contacts whatsoever with Blandon. his articles don't actually say the CIA knew that persons in the Contra movement were dealing crack, he intends to "explore a theory" that the Contra war "was not a real war at all. It was a charade, a smoke screen...to provide cover for a massive drug operation"
