Vindication should be sweeter than this. Last week, the CIA conceded that throughout the mid-'80s it had turned a blind eye to the cocaine which came north in the bellies of Contra supply planes. Agency proxies sent these same planes south loaded with guns, ammunition, and the occasional mercenary. Reporter Gary Webb should have been reveling in this news at his Sacramento home, cordless at his side should his former minders at the San Jose Mercury News call to express regret for having forced his resignation after his articles on cocaine trafficking by U.S.-backed Nicaraguan rebels unleashed a... More >>>