Summary Of The Series 'Dark Alliance' By Gary Webb

Gary Webb was an investigative reporter from California. Webb is famous for his series called “Dark Alliance,” which was published in 1996 in the San Jose Mercury News where he worked. This series was highly controversial. In this series of articles, Webb suggested that the Central Intelligence Agency knew about and protected Nicaraguan cocaine traffickers and distributers, which allowed the outbreak of crack cocaine in the African-American community of Los Angeles in the 1980’s. “Dark Alliance” also suggested that law enforcement agencies neglected to prosecute known drug smuggler and distributors. The series started with one main article, then continued with shorter articles for about three months. By September 1996, there were three federal investigations brought out by the Justice Department, the CIA, and the CIA House Committee. The reports took over a year

The House Committee investigated drug traffickers association with the CIA. This report also concluded that there was no sufficient evidence to back Webb’s allegations.

All of the reports were all very critical of the CIA’s and law enforcement agency’s actions, but none had valid evidence to back Webb’s accusations. Then in 1998, a different report by the CIA General Inspector revealed that the CIA had hidden the fact that the agency had a business relationship with Nicaraguan drug distributers. In later 1997, Webb resigned from the San Jose Mercury News and then began a book on his series of articles called “Dark Alliance: the CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion.” The book was published was published in 1999 and soon had the House Intelligence Committee investigation the book’s