AP - Gary Webb, Dead at 49 - Linked CIA to Contra Drugs

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Associated Press
Gary Webb, Dead at 49 - Linked CIA to Drug Sales
Mon Dec 13, 2004 00:47
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Gary Webb, Reporter Who Linked CIA to Drug Sales, Dead at 49
The Associated Press
Published: Dec 12, 2004
http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGBNTHRXN2E.html

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Gary Webb, a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter who wrote a controversial series of stories linking the CIA to crack cocaine trafficking in Los Angeles, has died 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.

Webb was part of the San Jose Mercury News reporting team that won a 1990 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Loma Prieta earthquake.

Webb's 1996 series in the Mercury News alleged that Nicaraguan drug traffickers had sold tons of crack cocaine in Los Angeles and funneled millions of dollars in profits to the CIA-supported Nicaraguan Contras during the 1980s.

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[GetTheRightVote]

1. This sounds suspect to me and very scary as well

[bluestateguy]

2. I guess they're not using small airplanes anymore

They've switched their M.O. now.

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3. Please move to existing thread -

Sorry, didn't see the earlier post.

- Mark

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4. Duplicate

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1065543