Dennis Bernstein is an award winning reporter whose home page not only includes poetry but details his investigations into the least savory episodes of recent history. His site contains an archives page with links to his major articles, covering the CIA Contra Connection, the Iran Contra scandal, Gulf War Coverups, and Black Church Burnings.
Gary Webb, author of the August 1996 "Dark Alliance" series in the San Jose Mercury News which claimed evidence of direct CIA involvement with contra drug operation. Central finding: "After being instrucgted by a CIA agent to raise money in California for the Contras, two Contra drug dealers began selling vast amounts of cocaine in inner-city Los Angeles, primarily to the Crips and Bloods. Some of the profits went to pay for the CIA;s covert war against the Sandinistas...The drug ring's main customers, the LA gangs, introduced crack to more than 110 cities across the U. S. by the end of the 1980's." The series was later attacked by the Washington Post, and New York Times, and Gary Webb was forced out of his job. Jake Sexton, "The Rewards of Responsible Journalism"
Allan Nairn's special investigations have included reports on the U.S. role in the
creation of the Salvadoran death squads, Guatemala's G-2 military
intelligence service and U.S. military strategy in Central America. In 1994
The Nation published his exposé of U.S. military intelligence plans for the
occupation of Haiti, including the revelation of ties between U.S. intelligence
and the notorious paramilitary group FRAPH.
