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Was Gary Webb Assassinated or Did He Commit Suicide?-Episode #04

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Was Journalist Gary Webb Assassinated or Did He Commit Suicide? Gary Webb was an American  investigative journalist whose suicide in 2004 is considered controversial. In 1996 he reported that the CIA, in order to fund the Contras of Nicaragua in the 80s, took part in the trafficking of crack cocaine into the US sparking the drug epidemic. Conspiracies began to arise stating that Webb’s death wasn’t a suicide but an assassination by the CIA for exposing the truth. 

Corrections:

  • 5:05-The Cuban Missile Crisis was in 1962 not 1961
  • 54:50-The CIA program being discussed was MK Ultra not KMFDM

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    • Episode Resources:

    • Twitter. “WRITTEN in PAIN.” Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2005, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-mar-16-et-webb16-story.html. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
  • Delaval, Craig. “Special Reports - Cocaine, Conspiracy Theories and the Cia in Central America | Drug Wars | FRONTLINE | PBS.” Pbs.org, 2014, www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/drugs/special/cia.html.
  • ‌Leen, Jeff. “Gary Webb Was No Journalism Hero, despite What “Kill the Messenger” Says.” Washington Post, 17 Oct. 2014, www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/gary-webb-was-no-journalism-hero-despite-what-kill-the-messenger-says/2014/10/17/026b7560-53c9-11e4-809b-8cc0a295c773_story.html.
  • ‌“CIA Activities in Nicaragua.” Wikipedia, 30 May 2023, en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_activities_in_Nicaragua#:~:text=In%20April%201981%2C%20President%20Reagan. Accessed 3 Oct. 2023.
  • ‌Matthews, Roland. “Iran-Contra Affair | Summary.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 7 Feb. 2019, www.britannica.com/event/Iran-Contra-Affair.
  • Webb, Gary. Dark Alliance : The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion. Tiverton, Devon, Old Street, 2015.

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