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Prior to dark alliance, webb said, i was winning awards, getting raises, lecturing college classes, appearing on tv. The articles detailed the nexus between a california coke kingpin, cia. Unless otherwise stated, the content of this page is licensed under creative commons attributionsharealike 3. Less of a statement was dark alliance worth the listening. Knowledge of drug trafficking and the contras the national security archive obtained the handwritten notebooks of oliver north, the national security council aide who helped run the contra war and other reagan administration covert operations, through a freedom of information act lawsuit filed in 1989. Gary webb sums up the story in his last major interview just days before his death.
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