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Gary Webb – Hero Journalist Exposing CIA Crimes


“If we had met five years ago, you wouldn’t have found a more staunch defender of the newspaper industry than me… I was winning awards, getting raises, lecturing college classes, appearing on TV shows, and judging journalism contests… And then I wrote some stories that made me realize how sadly misplaced my bliss had been. The reason I’d enjoyed such smooth sailing for so long hadn’t been, as I’d assumed because I was careful and diligent and good at my job… The truth was that, in all those years, I hadn’t written anything important enough to suppress.”[i]Gary Webb, Into the Buzzsaw, CH 13, Prometheus Books. – Gary Webb

In 1996, Gary exposed how the organized crime CIA hired drug dealer Danilo Blandon and other traffickers, to sell massive amounts of cocaine in the United States, in order to raise untraceable funds to finance a terrorist organization known as the Contras, that were trying to overthrow the Nicaraguan government.

These massive shipments of cocaine ultimately resulted in the crack epidemic that decimated the inner cities during the 90s which Gary wrote about in: Dark Alliance – The CIA, the Contras, and Crack Cocaine Explosion[ii]Dark Alliance by Gary Webb in PDF from: The Liberator in the folder: Important Books in PDF.. It is believed to be the same network that ex-LAPD narcotics detective Michael Ruppert called out to CIA Director John Deutch publicly in a community meeting in South Central[iii]Video of community meeting in South Central LA where ex-LAPD narcotics detective Michael Ruppert calls out CIA Director John Deutch publicly about agency drug dealing. Video archived in: The … Continue reading

As a result, the monopolized mainstream media vilified Gary Webb, destroyed his career which also led to the destruction of his marriage.

Gary refused to back down and stood firm against the system. Gary was found dead with two bullet wounds to his head where his death was ruled a suicide even though he had reported unusual activity at his home.

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We have the PDF of Gary’s Book: Dark Alliance – The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion! in our Flash Drive of Freedom; The Liberator.

We also have the James Corbett investigation into Gary’s death: Requiem for the Suicided: Gary Webb in: The Liberator.

End notes

End notes
i Gary Webb, Into the Buzzsaw, CH 13, Prometheus Books.
ii Dark Alliance by Gary Webb in PDF from: The Liberator in the folder: Important Books in PDF.
iii Video of community meeting in South Central LA where ex-LAPD narcotics detective Michael Ruppert calls out CIA Director John Deutch publicly about agency drug dealing. Video archived in: The Liberator: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9xl5pyt7jsp8h0l/Mike_Ruppert_Confronts_CIA_Director_John_Deutch_re_CIA_Drugdealing.mp4?dl=0