CIA & The 1980's Crack Cocaine Epidemic

[Madara]

In August 1996, Pulitzer prize winner Gary Webb becomes the first journalist to report on the CIA's involvement in the 1980 crack epidemic.

http://rwor.org/a/firstvol/crack.htm
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/forum/october96/crack_contra_11-1.html


On December 10, 2004, he died from two gunshot wounds to the head. This has been ruled as a suicide by the coroner.

Mmmm....

How do you shoot yourself twice in the head? I guess it is possible but he was working on another piece and "had mentioned to friends that he had been receiving death threats, was under surveillance and constantly being tailed."

We will never know for sure. I just wanted to bring this story (not the "suicide") back into the collective NF consciousness.

[Amaretti]

I'm afraid that if I make any kind of comment on this I'll 'commit suicide'.

I'll never rule out the possibility of someone who really did commit suicide in order to martyr themselves and frame another party, but I'll also never underestimate government corruption. Reminds me of Dr David Kelly who caused a major political scandal after talking with a journalist about a government dossier on WMD in Iraq. Shortly after that he was found dead in a park and it was ruled as 'suicide' by the government-ordained enquiry.

Man, I hate politics...

[Madara]

I'm afraid that if I make any kind of comment on this I'll 'commit suicide'.

I'll never rule out the possibility of someone who really did commit suicide in order to martyr themselves and frame another party, but I'll also never underestimate government corruption. Reminds me of Dr David Kelly who caused a major political scandal after talking with a journalist about a government dossier on WMD in Iraq. Shortly after that he was found dead in a park and it was ruled as 'suicide' by the government-ordained enquiry.

Man, I hate politics...

Yeah, that David Kelly affair was pretty weird too, but that's the problem with the past is that you can never really know for sure.

[isanon]

either thats the dumbest corner in the history or its a coverup:omg (ill go for the second)

well it is possible to shot yourself in the head 2 times. while i was in the army a guy did that. but he was using blanks (i think they are called blanks in english any way they are the ones who are made of wood and vaporise in the barrel)