Book · 1998 · United States
Dark Alliance
The CIA, the Contras, and the Crack Cocaine Explosion
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And i remember reading his book the dark alliance when i was in in high school and being absolutely flabbergasted at the connections that he was able to investigate to look into and expose with evidence with proof the us government literally financing not only death squads in latin america and and financing revolutions and and meddling in other people's.
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We went through this scandal in the 1980s and 1990s famously with Gary Webb the journalist who published Dark Alliance about the role of the CIA in drug trafficking.
I just want to point out a couple of these some of these claims that that I think are interesting when you read them in one place from Gary Webb's Dark Alliance trilogy of articles that ultimately became a book quote thousands of young black men are serving long prison sentences for selling cocaine.
Gary Webb wrote what is this the dark Alliance series uh examine the origins of the crack cocaine trade in Los Angeles and anti-communist Contra Rebels and Nicaragua.
I remember reading his book the dark alliance when i was in in high school and being absolutely flabbergasted at the connections that he was able to investigate to look into and expose with evidence with proof the us government literally financing not only death squads in latin america and and financing revolutions and and meddling in other people's elections.
I mean his book Dark Alliance essentially what happened is it started out a bunch of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and it was later published as a book and in a three-part series he investigated the Nicaraguan linked uh to the CIA backed contress who had allegedly it's like he exposed the whole thing and brought.
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Dark Alliance by Gary Webb is an investigative journalism book that examines the alleged connections between the Central Intelligence Agency, Nicaraguan Contras, and the introduction of crack cocaine into American cities during the 1980s. Mike Benz recommended the publication on The Joe Rogan Experience while discussing historical government involvement in international drug trades. A host on Timcast IRL similarly recalled reading the work in high school, expressing astonishment at the extensive documentation provided regarding covert operations in Latin America. The book also served as a central topic of discussion across multiple platforms, with Ben Bowlin dedicating episodes of Stuff They Don't Want You To Know to analyzing the structure of Webb's original newspaper articles and their subsequent compilation into the famous text. Scott Horton referenced the work on the Lex Fridman Podcast to contextualize American military interventions, while Kevin Shipp discussed the investigative findings on Candace. Across these episodes, commentators used the publication to debate the boundaries of investigative journalism, government accountability, and the historical repercussions of foreign policy decisions.
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Mike Benz I mean (Gary) Webb obviously wrote all about this in dark Alliance and uh you know there's all sorts of fan… 2
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“We went through this scandal in the 1980s and 1990s famously with Gary Webb the uh journalist who published Dark Alliance about the role of the CIA in in drug trafficking.”
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“I mean (Gary) Webb obviously wrote all about this in dark Alliance and uh you know there's all sorts of fantastic books on all this if you want to read more”
Ben Bowlin so in these these three articles are pretty lengthy and later they're all collected into a book named the d… 3
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“so in these these three articles are pretty lengthy and later they're all collected into a book named the dark Alliance”
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“so the one thing that Gary Webb did not do by discussing these things in his three-part series that would become the dark Alliance”
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“I just want to point out a couple of these uh some of these claims that that I think are interesting when you read them in one place from Gary Webb's dark Alliance Trilogy of articles that ultimately became a book quote thousands of young black men are serving long prison sentences for selling cocaine”
Freeway Rick Ross and my Laurie was contacted by this reporter named Gary Webb he wrote a book called Dark Alliance - 2
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“and my Laurie was contacted by this reporter named Gary Webb he wrote a book called Dark Alliance -”
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“Even that uh u every day I'm hustling is something that I had I used to say. He got that out of a book that uh Gary Webb wrote called Dark Alliance.”
Joe Rogan you know that came from dark Alliance cuz that's what you said 2
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“you know that came from dark Alliance cuz that's what you said”
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“I mean his book Dark Alliance essentially what happened is it started out a bunch of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and it was later published as a book and in a three-part series he investigated the Nicaraguan linked uh to the CIA backed contress who had allegedly it's like he exposed the whole thing and brought”
Luke Rudkowski despite what – killed the messenger says kill the messenger we're getting always getting the movie about it… 2
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“i remember reading his book the dark alliance when i was in in high school and being absolutely flabbergasted at the connections that he was able to investigate to look into and expose with evidence with proof the us government literally financing not only death squads in latin america and and financing revolutions and and meddling in other people's elections”
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“despite what – killed the messenger says kill the messenger we're getting always getting the movie about it you check it out”
Kevin Shipp and he wrote the book dark Alliance 1
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“and he wrote the book dark Alliance”
Scott Horton Point being, America's back in Saddam, except when they're helping Israel back Iran and by selling them the… 1
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“Point being, America's back in Saddam, except when they're helping Israel back Iran and by selling them these missiles and there even I don't have my footnote anymore, but it's findable, I'm sure, where they did talk about, you know, what we do is we support one side till they start getting ahead a little bit, then we support the”
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“Gary Webb wrote what is this the dark Alliance series uh examine the origins of the crack cocaine trade in Los Angeles and anti-communist Contra Rebels and Nicaragua”
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“and i remember reading his book the dark alliance when i was in in high school and being absolutely flabbergasted at the connections that he was able to investigate to look into and expose with evidence with proof the us government literally financing not only death squads in latin america and and financing revolutions and and meddling in other people's”
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“and my Laurie was contacted by this reporter named Gary Webb he wrote a book called Dark Alliance - that then I'm one of the featured characters”
