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New York: Seven Stories Press. Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 1998. First Printing. Hardcover. 1888363681 . Signed and inscribed by Gary Webb upon half-title page. "Shows how the L.A. crack market flourished through a breathtaking combination of government negligence, greed, and criminal conduct... Demonstrates that U.S. government agencies, including the CIA, DEA and FBI, were aware of the activities of this well-connected drug network and did little or nothing to stop it. Indeed, in several instances documented here, the Justice Department, the CIA, and the secret National Security Council unit run by Oliver North, took extraordinary steps to protect the ring from public exposure. In the final chapters Webb reveals the conflict that led to his newspaper's stunning repudiation of its own series - and at what cost he stood by his story." - dust jacket. xxviii, 548 pages. Footnotes, glossary and index. Webb was found dead in his home in 2004 with two gunshot wounds…
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New York: Seven Stories Press, 1998. First Edition. First Printing. Hardcover. Very good/very good. 548 pages. Illus., notes on sources, glossary, index, slight wear/soiling to DJ & slight edge wear. Inscribed by the author. Signed copies are very scarce. Foreword by Congresswoman Maxine Waters. The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winner, died in December 2004, from two gunshot wounds to the head, said to be self-inflicted. This work was based upon a 20,000 word, three-part investigative series published by the San Jose Mercury, which alleged that Nicaraguan drug traffickers had sold and distributed crack cocaine in Los Angeles during the 1980's, and that the drug profits were used to fund the CIA-supported Nicaraguan Contras. Drawing on declassified CIA documents and extensive interviews with drug dealers and drug lords, Webb reported on the corruption and ultimate responsibility of the CIA for the drug trafficking that plagues the United States.
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- Keywords CIA, Drug Trafficking, Contras, Drug Enforcement, FBI, Los Angeles, Nicaragua, Sandinistas, Inscribed
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