With Hollywood set to release a movie about the Contra-cocaine
scandal and the destruction of journalist Gary Webb, an internal CIA
report has surfaced showing how the spy agency manipulated the
mainstream media’s coverage to disparage Webb and contain the
scandal, reports Robert Parry.
In 1996 – as major U.S. news outlets disparaged the Nicaraguan
Contra-cocaine story and destroyed the career of investigative reporter
Gary Webb for reviving it – the CIA marveled at the success of its
public-relations team guiding the mainstream media’s hostility toward
both the story and Webb, according to a newly released internal report. ***Read full article here***
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When Webb was found dead with two shotgun wounds to the head, it was done on purpose. They wanted people to know that they could kill them in the most ridiculous way and still get away with it by declaring it a suicide
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