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CIA-Contra Cocaine Scandal

Democracy Now! coverage of Gary Webb’s reporting on the “Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.”

StoryFeb 13, 1997

Community Activists Are Organizing Against Media and CIA

StoryJan 02, 1997

Snowjob: Corporate media’s coverage of Gary Webb’s “Dark Alliance” series in San Jose Mercury News

StoryNov 27, 1996

Excerpts and Analysis of Senate Hearing on Possible CIA Connection with Cocaine Sales in US Funding Nicaraguan War

StoryNov 27, 1996

Excerpts and Analysis of Senate Hearing on Possible CIA Connection with Cocaine Sales in US Funding Nicaraguan War, part 2

StoryNov 27, 1996

Excerpts and Analysis of Senate Hearing on Possible CIA Connection with Cocaine Sales in US Funding Nicaraguan War, part 3

StoryNov 26, 1996

CIA & Drugs –Cocaine Politics in the U.S.

StoryNov 25, 1996

10th Anniversary of the Iran-Contra Scandal

StoryNov 18, 1996

Deutch in South Central Los Angeles

StoryNov 18, 1996

Deutch in South Central Los Angeles, part 2

StoryOct 21, 1996

Crack-Cocaine Already Flourishing in South Central Long Before Nicaraguan Traffickers Arrived

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