The True story of "Kill the Messenger"

About 30 years ago, an Associated Press journalist broke a shocking story about the CIA. Ten years later, Gary Webb was working at the San Jose Mercury News when he uncovered the story, tucked away inside of a Senate subcommittee report from a

few years before. The report showed that the CIA was very closely tied to illegal cocaine smuggling in 1985.

Webb started out skeptical, but eventually published a series called “Dark Alliance.” Then, Webb’s life fell apart. One by one, news agencies started to pick him apart, trying their best to discredit his story. Eventually, his own employer piled on, and pushed him out. Webb went on to kill himself in 2004. Now, the Contra-Cocaine scandal is being retold in a new movie, called, “Kill The Messenger,” starring Jeremy Renner.

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