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Gary Webb, un Pulitzer Premio-que gana al reportero investigador que escribió una serie de historias que ligaban la Cia a la cocaína de la grieta que traficaba en Los Ángeles, es muerta en la edad 49. ¡Ahora oímos una entrevista 1998 con Gary Webb en democracia! y hablamos con su colega, parry. investigador de Roberto del periodista del veterano [ incluye la transcripción de las acometidas
Monday, December 13th, 2004
Investigative Reporter Gary Webb Who Linked CIA to Crack Sales Found Dead of Apparent Suicide

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Gary Webb, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a series of stories linking the CIA to crack cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles, is dead at age 49. We hear an 1998 interview with Gary Webb on Democracy Now! and we speak with his colleague, veteran investigative journalist Robert Parry. [includes rush transcript]

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Gary Webb, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a series of stories linking the CIA to crack cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles, is dead at age 49.
Webb was found Friday morning at his home in Sacramento County, dead of an apparent suicide. Moving-company workers called authorities after discovering a note posted on his front door that read, "Please do not enter. Call 911 and ask for an ambulance." Webb died of a gunshot wound to the head, according to the Sacramento County coroner's office. He is survived by two sons and a daughter.

Gary Webb's 1996 series in the San Jose Mercury News titled "Dark Alliance" revealed that for the better part of a decade, a Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to Los Angeles street gangs and funneled millions in drug profits to the CIA-backed Nicaraguan Contras.

It provoked a fierce reaction from the media establishment, which denounced the series. Following the controversy, San Jose Mercury News executive editor demoted Webb within the paper. He resigned and pushed his investigation even further in his book "Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion."


Robert Parry, veteran investigative journalist and author of the new book "Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq." For years he worked as an investigative reporter for both the Associated Press and Newsweek magazine. His reporting led to the exposure of what is now known as the "Iran-Contra" scandal.
- Read Robert Parry's article: "America's Debt to Journalist Gary Webb"
Past Democracy Now Coverage:


7/1998 - The CIA-Contra Cocaine Connection
5/1998 - Gary Webb -- Dark Alliance Interview Part II
5/1998 - CIA Crack Connection Reporter Releases New Book
2/1998 - Analysis of C.I.A. Report On Its Involvement in Drug Trafficking
12/1997 - Gary Webb Resigns From the San Jose Mercury News
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