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Eleanors38

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4. So glad you brought this up. The genuine conspiracy

Reply to Octafish (Reply #2)

Mon Jun 17, 2013, 10:02 AM

Jun 2013

of how "crack" was brought into this country by the CIA, and the genuine conspiracy to ruin Gary Webb (whose work was confirmed later by the NYT), reached its vulgar height when the Big 3 ran editorials against Webb.

On the same day.

What a message that was.

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How involved is the CIA in drug trafficking? [View all] kentuck Jun 2013 OP

LSD WovenGems Jun 2013 #1

Remember Gary Webb Octafish Jun 2013 #2

+1000! snot Jun 2013 #3

Oliver North, the Traitor, was instrumental drug runner... Octafish Jun 2013 #5

So glad you brought this up. The genuine conspiracy Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #4

This is news to most Americans, except those who work in law enforcement... Octafish Jun 2013 #7

Good reading on this subject in The Cocaine Wars, Eleanors38 Jun 2013 #6