Freedom of Information Act
The Freedom of Information Act was used by Gary Webb to obtain government documents that revealed the CIA and DEA's knowledge of Contra-connected drug trafficking.
The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was used by Gary Webb to obtain government documents that revealed the Central Intelligence Agency and DEA's knowledge of Contra-connected drug trafficking. Webb's FOIA requests produced thousands of pages of previously classified documents that formed the evidentiary backbone of the Dark Alliance series.1
Document Discovery
Webb filed FOIA requests with multiple federal agencies to obtain records about Danilo Blandón, Norwin Meneses, and their connections to the Contra war. The documents he received confirmed that federal law enforcement agencies had been aware of the Blandón-Meneses cocaine trafficking network for years but had failed to prosecute or disrupt it. The FOIA-obtained records included DEA reports, CIA cables, FBI files, and court documents that corroborated the testimony of witnesses and filled in gaps in the narrative.2
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- PersonAl Schwimmer
- OrganizationAllan Memorial Institute
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- PersonAshley Gorski
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- EventBay of Pigs
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- PersonBrad Brunon
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- PersonCelerino Castillo
- PersonChristopher Mellon
- EventCIA Family Jewels
- PersonD. Ewen Cameron
- PersonDanny Casolaro
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- EventDecember 2017 New York Times AATIP Report
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- PersonDonald Kendall
- PersonDustin Moskovitz
- PersonEdwin Wilson
- ConceptEpstein Files
- EventEpstein non-prosecution agreement
- OrganizationExecutive Office for United States Attorneys
- PlaceFederal Prison Camp Bryan
- PersonFrancis Gary Powers
- PersonFrancisco Guirola Beeche
- PersonFred Hampton
- PersonGary Webb
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- PersonGeorge Hunter White
- EventGIMBAL
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- PersonH.L. Hunt
- PersonHal Puthoff
- PersonHenry A. Kissinger
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- OrganizationIn-Q-Tel
- PersonJ. Allen Hynek
- PersonJames A. Baker III
- PersonJames Forrestal
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- PersonJames R. Bath
- PersonJason Matheny
- PersonJeffrey Epstein
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- PersonJohn J. McCloy
- PersonKit Green
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- ConceptKUBARK Counterintelligence Interrogation
- PersonLaurance Rockefeller
- PersonLeonard N. Weigner
- PersonLinda Moulton Howe
- PersonLuis Elizondo
- PersonLyman Kirkpatrick
- EventMajestic-12
- PersonMarcos Aguado
- PersonMaria Farmer
- PersonMark Epstein
- PersonMartin Weinberg
- OrganizationNational Security Archive
- PersonNelson Bunker Hunt
- PlaceNew Mexico
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- ProgramOperation AJAX
- ProgramOperation Midnight Climax
- ProgramOperation THIRD CHANCE
- ConceptPalantir Gotham
- OrganizationPalantir Technologies
- PersonPaul Bennewitz
- OrganizationPeople's Temple
- PersonPhilip Agee
- ProgramProject Aquarius
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- PersonRamon J. Martinez
- PersonRay Hunt
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- PersonRinaldo Nazzaro
- PersonRobert Maxwell
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- PersonSidney Gottlieb
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- PersonWalter Kreitlow
- PersonWilliam L. Moore
- PersonWilliam Sargant