In 1996, investigative journalist Gary Webb exposed the CIA’s involvement in large-scale cocaine trafficking into the United States during the 1980s, which ultimately sparked America’s crack epidemic. In 2004, Webb was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head. His death was officially ruled a suicide.

In 1996, investigative journalist Gary Webb exposed the CIA's involvement in large-scale cocaine trafficking into the United States during the 1980s, which ultimately sparked America's crack epidemic.

In 2004, Webb was found dead with two gunshot wounds to the head. His death… pic.twitter.com/PRRc7AG7LO

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