Gary Webb: In His Own Words (2002) | CIA Cocaine Dark Alliance

Libertarian99: I am sure most people here know that Pulitzer Prize-Winning journalist Gary Webb got "SUICIDED" in 2004 for exposing the CIA drug running operations. The 2014 movie "KILL THE MESSENGER" starring Jeremy Renner was about Gary Webb.
Truthers always either get SUICIDED or constantly harassed to get you to stop exposing them. The great researcher Antony C Sutton said in an interview towards the end of his life (Died 2002) about all the legal harassment he got and all the fake court cases that drained all his money where they asked him if it was worth it and he said it certainly wasn't worth it when he sees what they did to his life for exposing them.

Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJkNEtgMulw
Gary Webb, the Pulitzer prize-winning reporter who broke the story of the CIAs involvement in the importation of cocaine into the U.S., died December 10, 2004, reportedly from self-inflicted gunshots to the head.

It was a tragic end to a brilliant, and tragic, career.

In August 1996, the San Jose Mercury News published Webb's 20,000 word, three-part series entitled Dark Alliance. The articles detailed the nexus between a California coke kingpin, CIA officials and assets and the Nicaraguan Contra army, whose funding had been cut off by an act of Congress in the mid-80s. Webb found evidence that the CIA had direct contact with the smugglers, knew the proceeds were going to fund the murderous Contras, and tried to cover it up when other law enforcement agencies began investigating. The most troubling aspect to the story was that the central player was no ordinary drug lord. He was the man many credit for popularizing crack, the highly addictive, smoke-able form of cocaine.

For many African-Americans, the story smacked of a grand conspiracy to destroy the black community. There were rallies in Watts and Compton, and heated discussions on black media across the country. Members of the Congressional Black Caucus called for a federal investigation. In November 1996, CIA director John Deutch appeared at Locke High School in South Central Los Angeles to personally answer to the allegations. He was met with loud jeers. It was a PR disaster.

But it was Webb who found himself on the ropes. Ironically, the CIA did little to publicly counter his allegations. Instead, the media did its dirty work for them, most notably the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post. The mainstream media accused Webb of exaggerating his findings.