{"id":2548,"date":"2014-11-08T18:58:23","date_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fenello.com\/blog\/?p=2548"},"modified":"2014-11-08T18:58:23","modified_gmt":"2014-11-08T18:58:23","slug":"how-the-cia-watched-over-the-destruction-of-gary-webb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fenello.com\/oldnews\/tranzitioning\/?p=2548","title":{"rendered":"How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mceItemEmbedly\" style=\"max-width:600px;\" data-ajax=\"{'url':'https:\/\/firstlook.org\/theintercept\/2014\/09\/25\/managing-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb\/','width':null,'words':null,'height':null,'embed':'&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly\\&quot; style=\\&quot;\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;https:\/\/prod01-cdn03.cdn.firstlook.org\/wp-uploads\/sites\/1\/2014\/09\/webb4-1000x480b.jpg\\&quot; class=\\&quot;thumb embedly-thumbnail-small\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;a class=\\'embedly-title\\' target=\\'_blank\\' href=\\'https:\/\/firstlook.org\/theintercept\/2014\/09\/25\/managing-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb\/\\'&gt;Managing a Nightmare: How the CIA Watched Over the Destruction of Gary Webb - The Intercept&lt;\/a&gt;Eighteen years after it was published, \\&quot;Dark Alliance,\\&quot; the San Jose Mercury News\\' s bombshell investigation into links between the cocaine trade, Nicaragua\\'s Contra rebels, and African American neighborhoods in California, remains one of the most explosive and controversial expos\\u00e9s in American journalism.&lt;div class=\\&quot;embedly-clear\\&quot;&gt;&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;span class=\\&quot;embedly-powered\\&quot; style=\\&quot;float:right;display:block\\&quot;&gt;&lt;a target=\\&quot;_blank\\&quot; href=\\&quot;http:\/\/embed.ly\/code?url=https%3A%2F%2Ffirstlook.org%2Ftheintercept%2F2014%2F09%2F25%2Fmanaging-nightmare-cia-media-destruction-gary-webb%2F\\&quot; title=\\&quot;Powered by Embedly\\&quot;&gt;&lt;img src=\\&quot;http:\/\/static.embed.ly\/images\/logos\/embedly-powered-small-light.png\\&quot; alt=\\&quot;Embedly Powered\\&quot; \/&gt;&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;div class=\\&quot;media-attribution\\&quot;&gt;&lt;span&gt;via &lt;\/span&gt;&lt;a href=\\&quot;https:\/\/firstlook.org\\&quot; class=\\&quot;media-attribution-link\\&quot; 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