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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,084 ...public enemy number one in the United States... 2 00:00:22,202 --> 00:00:24,126 ...is drug abuse. 3 00:00:24,803 --> 00:00:27,011 In order to fight and defeat this enemy... 4 00:00:27,084 --> 00:00:31,968 ...it is necessary to wage a new, all-out offensive. 5 00:00:33,208 --> 00:00:36,372 For nearly a year, I have been devoting increasing attention... 6 00:00:36,449 --> 00:00:40,342 ...to a problem which strikes at the very heart of our national well-being: 7 00:00:40,412 --> 00:00:41,573 Drug abuse. 8 00:00:41,652 --> 00:00:45,625 I did not condone any drug abuse, and we'll do everything possible to reduce... 9 00:00:45,734 --> 00:00:47,703 ...this serious threat to our society. 10 00:00:47,775 --> 00:00:50,064 Drugs are menacing our society. 11 00:00:50,137 --> 00:00:53,620 They're threatening our values and undercutting our institutions. 12 00:00:53,899 --> 00:00:56,028 They're killing our children. 13 00:00:59,261 --> 00:01:00,787 Thank you very much. 14 00:01:01,983 --> 00:01:05,910 ...and when it comes to drugs and alcohol, just say“no.” 15 00:01:05,985 --> 00:01:08,797 Reagan says he will make it a priority of his presidency... 16 00:01:08,867 --> 00:01:11,235 ...to stop drug abuse in the United States. 17 00:01:11,588 --> 00:01:13,193 This is your brain on drugs. 18 00:01:13,269 --> 00:01:17,640 Those who smuggle and sell drugs are as dangerous to our national security... 19 00:01:17,711 --> 00:01:20,444 ...as any terrorist or foreign dictatorship. 20 00:01:20,553 --> 00:01:24,276 The Reagan administration is spending billions on two wars... 21 00:01:24,355 --> 00:01:26,404 ...the war on drugs at home and the struggle for 22 00:01:26,476 --> 00:01:28,718 Nicaragua abroad. 23 00:01:28,797 --> 00:01:31,689 If we do not act decisively in defense of freedom... 24 00:01:31,799 --> 00:01:35,567 ...new Cubas will arise from the ruins of today's conflicts. 25 00:01:35,641 --> 00:01:37,770 We will consult closely with the Freedom Fighters. 26 00:01:37,842 --> 00:01:40,323 The anti-communist rebels known as the “contras”... 27 00:01:40,443 --> 00:01:44,245 ...an army founded and funded by the CIA. 28 00:01:45,126 --> 00:01:46,697 Crack cocaine... 29 00:01:46,807 --> 00:01:50,973 ...a drug epidemic unlike any that's ever probably existed in the history of the world. 30 00:01:51,089 --> 00:01:54,982 For five dollars, you can begin the process of addicting people. 31 00:01:55,051 --> 00:02:02,018 Waging the war on drugs has ...one hundred billion dollars over the last ten years. 32 00:02:02,135 --> 00:02:05,778 The crack trade has triggered a spasm of gang warfare in south-central L.A... 33 00:02:05,857 --> 00:02:07,860 ...and DEA agents are swarming throughout. 34 00:02:07,978 --> 00:02:09,743 How many of you have crack houses... 35 00:02:09,819 --> 00:02:12,107 ...in your neighborhood? 36 00:02:12,740 --> 00:02:14,470 No brave law enforcement officer... 37 00:02:14,581 --> 00:02:15,708 ...no teacher, no doctor, 38 00:02:15,822 --> 00:02:20,113 need be told how hard and cruel America's drug problem has become. 39 00:02:20,184 --> 00:02:21,391 By nineteen eighty-four, 40 00:02:21,465 --> 00:02:24,390 Congress was preparing to cut off funds to the Contras. 41 00:02:24,466 --> 00:02:29,316 High-level government officials began looking for other ways to continue the aid program. 42 00:02:29,429 --> 00:02:33,402 There must be no Soviet beachhead in Central America. 43 00:02:51,401 --> 00:02:52,482 Good morning. 44 00:02:53,962 --> 00:02:55,203 Who the fuck are you? 45 00:02:55,323 --> 00:02:57,804 Gary Webb. San Jose Mercury-News. 46 00:02:59,165 --> 00:03:00,326 What do you want? 47 00:03:00,405 --> 00:03:04,173 I called you about the government seizure of property of accused narcotics dealers? 48 00:03:04,287 --> 00:03:07,930 Yeah. The accused. Yeah, that's me. Come on in. 49 00:03:08,009 --> 00:03:10,013 Okay, great. Thanks. 50 00:03:12,492 --> 00:03:15,178 - My last house, this sweet pad in Laguna - - Yeah? 51 00:03:15,293 --> 00:03:18,139 Charges didn't stick and the feds still didn't give it back. 52 00:03:18,495 --> 00:03:20,737 - But you did it? - Did what? 53 00:03:21,256 --> 00:03:24,148 Well, off the record, I mean, you sold the dope. 54 00:03:24,418 --> 00:03:27,460 Yeah, but you're missing the point. They took the freaking roof over my head. 55 00:03:28,700 --> 00:03:29,862 Look, wait a sec... 56 00:03:29,981 --> 00:03:32,748 All this stuff that you bought with the drug money - the houses, 57 00:03:32,863 --> 00:03:34,513 the cars, what have you - 58 00:03:35,224 --> 00:03:37,796 ...you lose it because it's the crime that paid for it, right? 59 00:03:37,865 --> 00:03:39,868 Did it, didn't do it... Who gives a shit? 60 00:03:40,226 --> 00:03:43,630 Can't take a man's shelter. Anyway, they didn't prove it, did they? 61 00:03:43,708 --> 00:03:45,154 LA Sheriff's Department - nobody move! 62 00:03:45,229 --> 00:03:46,720 - Let me see your hands! 63 00:03:46,790 --> 00:03:48,919 Christ. Here we go again. 64 00:03:49,031 --> 00:03:51,034 - Down, motherfucker down! - Get the girl! 65 00:03:51,152 --> 00:03:52,200 Secure the girl! 66 00:03:52,273 --> 00:03:53,035 Look, I'm a reporter. 67 00:03:53,113 --> 00:03:54,195 Shut the fuck up! 68 00:03:54,274 --> 00:03:55,241 Better get that story out there. 69 00:03:55,354 --> 00:03:57,677 - San Jose Mercury News - - Hey! 70 00:04:00,157 --> 00:04:01,728 I'm a reporter! 71 00:04:01,798 --> 00:04:03,688 Quite a ruckus over there, huh? 72 00:04:03,759 --> 00:04:06,525 Yeah, this guy almost broke my fucking arm, the prick. 73 00:04:09,042 --> 00:04:10,043 All right. 74 00:04:11,683 --> 00:04:13,049 Hey, wait a minute. 75 00:04:14,845 --> 00:04:18,568 Where... 76 00:04:19,047 --> 00:04:21,528 Yeah, I'm sorry. We ran outta inches. 77 00:04:21,688 --> 00:04:25,012 Look, you cut the kicker and you're gonna blow the whole point to this thing. 78 00:04:25,090 --> 00:04:27,777 The government takes these people's shit, all right? 79 00:04:27,892 --> 00:04:30,339 Their cars, their houses, they take everything forever. 80 00:04:30,413 --> 00:04:32,303 This is before they're convicted. 81 00:04:32,374 --> 00:04:34,901 Even if they're acquitted, they don't get it back. 82 00:04:35,216 --> 00:04:36,741 They're drug dealers. 83 00:04:36,856 --> 00:04:40,544 Alleged drug dealers, with rights. Because this is America. 84 00:04:41,259 --> 00:04:42,785 Four minutes until deadline. 85 00:04:42,900 --> 00:04:45,063 Well, take my name off the story. 86 00:04:45,181 --> 00:04:47,389 God, you can be such an asshole. 87 00:04:47,982 --> 00:04:50,715 I'm an asshole because I believe in due process? 88 00:04:51,344 --> 00:04:53,393 Come on. This is our job. 89 00:04:54,146 --> 00:04:55,477 Clock's ticking. 90 00:04:56,587 --> 00:04:59,957 It's ticking. 91 00:05:00,549 --> 00:05:02,234 It's still ticking. 92 00:05:02,750 --> 00:05:04,560 And... 93 00:05:05,752 --> 00:05:07,322 ...don't call back. 94 00:05:12,555 --> 00:05:14,957 This guy just had a shotgun in his ear. Give him a break. 95 00:05:15,477 --> 00:05:17,446 No, there was no shotgun. All right, look, 96 00:05:17,558 --> 00:05:19,359 you're gonna have to wait to read the article. 97 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:22,763 Your son is sixteen. Just FYI. 98 00:05:22,881 --> 00:05:24,452 - I see you! Get rid of it. Honey? 99 00:05:24,562 --> 00:05:26,372 Come on, don't do that. 100 00:05:26,603 --> 00:05:28,203 - That's bad. - That's amazing parenting. 101 00:05:28,244 --> 00:05:29,928 - “Don't do that.” - Don't do that. 102 00:05:30,004 --> 00:05:31,769 It's really not a big deal. 103 00:05:33,246 --> 00:05:34,408 Would somebody watch this? 104 00:05:34,967 --> 00:05:36,572 I gotta show you guys something. 105 00:05:42,491 --> 00:05:44,301 New addition to the family... 106 00:05:46,013 --> 00:05:46,855 Oh my god! 107 00:05:46,933 --> 00:05:48,220 Dad! 108 00:05:48,974 --> 00:05:49,385 Holy... 109 00:05:49,455 --> 00:05:51,618 This is a '71 Tiger Sports Triumph. 110 00:05:51,776 --> 00:05:53,939 It's a beautiful bike or it was a beautiful bike... 111 00:05:54,017 --> 00:05:54,860 ...and we're going to make it beautiful again. 112 00:05:54,938 --> 00:05:55,985 This is the only deal. 113 00:05:56,098 --> 00:05:58,546 - You and I have to rebuild it together, okay? - Hey, hotshot. 114 00:05:58,620 --> 00:05:59,985 - Okay. I love you, Dad. - All right. I love you. 115 00:06:00,100 --> 00:06:02,423 - We're happy. - Goddammit. 116 00:06:02,542 --> 00:06:04,227 Yes? 117 00:06:04,543 --> 00:06:06,273 - We talked about this. - Come on... 118 00:06:06,384 --> 00:06:07,545 - No, “come on." No. - Look at him. 119 00:06:07,624 --> 00:06:09,309 - Look at this. Look at the bike... - I see it. 120 00:06:09,425 --> 00:06:11,747 Look at this face. 121 00:06:11,827 --> 00:06:13,431 Inside my head. 122 00:06:13,547 --> 00:06:17,440 Me and my boy riding side by side, to the mountaintops... 123 00:06:17,510 --> 00:06:18,841 - Touching the sky. - Isn't that right? 124 00:06:18,950 --> 00:06:21,192 - Anything happens to him while he's on that bike - Nothing's going to happen to him. 125 00:06:21,272 --> 00:06:24,356 ...I will cut these off while you are sleeping. 126 00:06:24,433 --> 00:06:27,757 - Wow. - I thought you already cut those off. 127 00:06:27,835 --> 00:06:30,362 While I'm sleeping! 128 00:06:39,881 --> 00:06:42,090 Dad, you hang out with some insanely bad people. 129 00:06:42,163 --> 00:06:43,653 Don't eat your hair. 130 00:06:43,803 --> 00:06:44,566 Well... 131 00:06:44,644 --> 00:06:46,807 ...bad guys are usually more honest than good guys. 132 00:06:46,925 --> 00:06:48,530 And more fun. 133 00:06:48,806 --> 00:06:51,378 - Life lessons by Gary Webb. - No, Mom. You actually have to read this. 134 00:06:51,447 --> 00:06:53,291 I did already. It's great. 135 00:06:55,410 --> 00:06:56,490 You guys gotta go, come on. 136 00:06:56,570 --> 00:06:57,379 You heard the lady! 137 00:06:57,451 --> 00:07:00,342 Come on! Who wants to ride in the green machine? 138 00:07:00,452 --> 00:07:02,455 - Dad's taking us? - I'm taking you. 139 00:07:02,573 --> 00:07:04,463 You're not going in your PJ's, are you? 140 00:07:05,455 --> 00:07:06,787 Come on, guys! 141 00:07:06,856 --> 00:07:08,301 - Let's get smushed. - That's where I sit. 142 00:07:08,416 --> 00:07:10,864 Got it? Step in like sardines. 143 00:07:10,978 --> 00:07:12,343 Bye, Momma! 144 00:07:12,419 --> 00:07:13,750 Bye Momma! 145 00:07:13,939 --> 00:07:15,510 - Bye, Momma! - Bye. 146 00:07:15,820 --> 00:07:17,311 Bye Momma! 147 00:07:18,622 --> 00:07:21,912 - One, two, three... - Bye, Mom! 148 00:07:41,914 --> 00:07:42,915 Here you go. 149 00:07:43,315 --> 00:07:45,239 - It's probably cold. - Thank you. 150 00:07:45,636 --> 00:07:47,639 Hey, I know how bad you want to do the Guv today. 151 00:07:47,957 --> 00:07:49,483 Some real reporter work. 152 00:07:49,598 --> 00:07:51,840 Yeah. How that shit gives you satisfaction, I'll never know. 153 00:07:51,959 --> 00:07:53,371 Hey, that story this morning? 154 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:54,642 That was a big one. 155 00:07:54,801 --> 00:07:57,169 - But not “the" big one. - Yeah, what would that be? 156 00:07:57,282 --> 00:07:59,445 Catching Clinton breaking into Watergate? 157 00:07:59,683 --> 00:08:00,845 Hey. 158 00:08:01,164 --> 00:08:03,088 Rich Kline, LA Times. How you doing? 159 00:08:03,365 --> 00:08:06,052 My editors are pissed that we missed the drug forfeiture story. 160 00:08:06,167 --> 00:08:07,658 I'm sure they are. 161 00:08:08,648 --> 00:08:11,574 It's an amazing job, by the way. You got any advice for me, or...? 162 00:08:11,930 --> 00:08:15,175 Ah, yeah. Don't let the assholes win? I don't know. 163 00:08:15,252 --> 00:08:17,938 Hey, who's Coral Baca and why does she keep calling me? 164 00:08:18,013 --> 00:08:19,584 Nobody? 165 00:08:23,216 --> 00:08:24,946 She called five times...? 166 00:08:28,018 --> 00:08:30,626 - Hola? - Hi, this is Gary Webb. 167 00:08:30,700 --> 00:08:34,707 He finally calls. I like your work. 168 00:08:35,062 --> 00:08:36,667 You follow my work? 169 00:08:37,023 --> 00:08:38,674 I do now. 170 00:08:39,424 --> 00:08:41,029 Okay, what can I do for you? 171 00:08:41,546 --> 00:08:43,914 It's what I can do for you. 172 00:08:44,147 --> 00:08:45,673 Okay, what can you do for me? 173 00:08:45,788 --> 00:08:49,715 My boyfriend Raffie's in prison, for cocaine trafficking. 174 00:08:49,870 --> 00:08:52,477 That's Rafael Cornejo. 175 00:08:53,192 --> 00:08:54,603 Was that Columbian? 176 00:08:54,673 --> 00:08:55,560 - Nicaraguan. 177 00:08:55,673 --> 00:08:56,674 - Nicaraguan. 178 00:08:56,714 --> 00:09:00,516 He has this gorgeous house the government just took. 179 00:09:00,836 --> 00:09:02,362 Good story, no? 180 00:09:02,477 --> 00:09:03,967 Yes, it is. I just wrote it. 181 00:09:04,037 --> 00:09:09,171 But Raffie's story is different. He sold drugs for the government. 182 00:09:12,242 --> 00:09:13,688 You want to say that again? 183 00:09:13,803 --> 00:09:17,696 He brought four tons of cocaine into the country... 184 00:09:17,805 --> 00:09:20,377 ...for the U.S. government. 185 00:09:21,207 --> 00:09:25,134 Look, you have a very lovely voice. 186 00:09:25,209 --> 00:09:28,419 - Thank you- - I've copied every piece of paper. 187 00:09:28,610 --> 00:09:31,058 Selling drugs for the government. 188 00:09:31,172 --> 00:09:35,338 Have you written that story? 189 00:09:52,023 --> 00:09:53,947 This is the thing you need to see. 190 00:09:58,626 --> 00:09:59,913 Wait a minute. 191 00:10:01,748 --> 00:10:03,319 You gotta be kidding me. 192 00:10:03,869 --> 00:10:05,395 Grand Jury transcript? 193 00:10:06,991 --> 00:10:08,277 How'd you get ahold of it? 194 00:10:08,391 --> 00:10:11,078 The government turned it over on discovery by mistake. 195 00:10:11,153 --> 00:10:12,644 Yeah, some mistake. 196 00:10:13,714 --> 00:10:15,604 It was Russell Dodson. 197 00:10:15,915 --> 00:10:17,680 Federal prosecutor Russell Dodson? 198 00:10:17,756 --> 00:10:20,887 The little bitch. I called the cops on him once. 199 00:10:21,478 --> 00:10:22,924 Called the cops on the feds? 200 00:10:23,039 --> 00:10:25,885 His goons were sneaking around my house. 201 00:10:26,241 --> 00:10:27,926 Could have been rapists. 202 00:10:31,524 --> 00:10:33,254 I think I'm gonna like you. 203 00:10:34,605 --> 00:10:36,574 So who's this Danilo Blandon? 204 00:10:36,646 --> 00:10:38,172 Wait. 205 00:10:38,247 --> 00:10:41,093 Ok. Let's see. 206 00:10:41,449 --> 00:10:44,454 That's who sold drugs for the government. 207 00:10:44,931 --> 00:10:46,296 He was a friend. 208 00:10:46,412 --> 00:10:48,461 He played with my kid. 209 00:10:48,573 --> 00:10:49,904 Then he rats. 210 00:10:49,973 --> 00:10:52,706 He's probably the biggest trafficker in the whole country. 211 00:10:52,775 --> 00:10:54,938 Way bigger than Raffie. 212 00:10:55,056 --> 00:10:58,744 Why use whale to catch catfish? 213 00:11:00,939 --> 00:11:05,345 - That make sense to you Gary Webb? - Not very much sense. No it doesn't. 214 00:11:07,583 --> 00:11:09,268 You have more documents? 215 00:11:09,464 --> 00:11:11,433 Everything is at my house. 216 00:11:11,785 --> 00:11:13,436 You want to come over? 217 00:11:19,189 --> 00:11:22,912 Why don't you just send the documents to my office? How's that? 218 00:11:24,272 --> 00:11:27,595 First things first, Gary Webb. 219 00:11:30,275 --> 00:11:32,324 Raffie's got court tomorrow. 220 00:11:34,277 --> 00:11:35,882 - Yeah? - Be there. 221 00:12:30,587 --> 00:12:31,634 Am I late? 222 00:12:31,827 --> 00:12:33,830 The judge called an early recess. 223 00:12:35,229 --> 00:12:37,198 It could be fifteen minutes or so. 224 00:12:37,310 --> 00:12:40,395 - Right. Yeah. So we've got time. - There's my boyfriend, Raffie... 225 00:12:42,153 --> 00:12:43,997 He looks friendly. 226 00:12:44,074 --> 00:12:46,396 He doesn't like seeing me with other men. 227 00:12:47,475 --> 00:12:49,844 And there is the little bitch. 228 00:12:50,157 --> 00:12:51,922 Russell Dodson. 229 00:12:53,799 --> 00:12:55,325 Be right back. 230 00:13:09,647 --> 00:13:13,620 So, Dodson. Gary Webb, San Jose Mercury News. 231 00:13:15,170 --> 00:13:19,336 - You always follow people into bathrooms? - No. Not really. 232 00:13:20,333 --> 00:13:23,144 So why is the local news interested in this case? 233 00:13:23,534 --> 00:13:25,299 I'm not. 234 00:13:25,816 --> 00:13:28,627 But I am interested in Danilo Blandon. 235 00:13:31,939 --> 00:13:33,749 Never heard of him. 236 00:13:36,781 --> 00:13:38,831 Then why is he on your witness list? 237 00:13:41,224 --> 00:13:44,195 You had this guy cold on major narcotics trafficking 238 00:13:44,265 --> 00:13:45,791 and you let him walk. 239 00:13:45,866 --> 00:13:47,153 Why? 240 00:13:49,868 --> 00:13:52,032 I have his grand jury transcript. 241 00:13:53,190 --> 00:13:53,395 I know. 242 00:13:53,510 --> 00:13:57,597 I've seen some screw ups outta you guys but boy is that a big one. 243 00:14:32,411 --> 00:14:35,735 So what's the story? Feds use a bad guy to catch other bad guy? 244 00:14:35,853 --> 00:14:38,664 - Do you even know what you have there? - Yes, I know what this is. 245 00:14:38,734 --> 00:14:40,976 Well, it's unheard of. It's a gift. 246 00:14:41,055 --> 00:14:42,421 And I asked around about Danilo Blandon. 247 00:14:42,536 --> 00:14:44,699 - No one has seemed-... - We're talking here. 248 00:14:46,338 --> 00:14:47,147 I'm telling you... 249 00:14:47,219 --> 00:14:50,703 ...whatever I got near, it made him very nervous. 250 00:14:51,621 --> 00:14:52,828 I know what I saw. 251 00:14:52,902 --> 00:14:55,065 - And I've been doing this a long time, - okay? So - 252 00:14:55,143 --> 00:14:57,545 Don't do old and wise. I hate that. 253 00:14:57,664 --> 00:14:58,905 I'm not old. 254 00:14:59,065 --> 00:15:00,591 Come on. It's why you brought me in here. 255 00:15:00,706 --> 00:15:01,906 To go after stories like this. 256 00:15:01,986 --> 00:15:04,912 - But we're not the LA Times. - We're not small-time, either. 257 00:15:05,068 --> 00:15:07,390 There's more here, I promise you. 258 00:15:14,873 --> 00:15:18,084 Get more info on Blandon and then we'll take it to Jerry. 259 00:15:18,195 --> 00:15:19,880 I gotta get back to San Jose. 260 00:15:20,036 --> 00:15:21,687 Okay. 261 00:15:23,238 --> 00:15:25,287 Hello, hello! 262 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,451 Smells good. 263 00:15:29,841 --> 00:15:31,367 Who's Coral? 264 00:15:31,922 --> 00:15:33,527 She's hot. 265 00:15:34,604 --> 00:15:36,369 She drove a Camaro. 266 00:15:36,445 --> 00:15:38,096 Of course she did. 267 00:15:38,286 --> 00:15:39,697 She left this? 268 00:15:40,247 --> 00:15:42,057 - Eat it. - Mom, can we start? 269 00:15:42,128 --> 00:15:45,497 - Yes. - Yes. That looks so good. 270 00:15:45,570 --> 00:15:48,939 - Yummy. - Hello, gents. 271 00:15:49,452 --> 00:15:51,774 - Hi. - Why does she know where you live? 272 00:15:51,893 --> 00:15:53,225 I don't know. 273 00:15:55,535 --> 00:15:59,258 - She's a source. - Yeah? For a story about strippers? 274 00:15:59,377 --> 00:16:01,858 No. But that's a good one, though. 275 00:16:01,938 --> 00:16:02,587 Drug dealers. 276 00:16:02,659 --> 00:16:04,867 Okay. That's better. 277 00:16:07,741 --> 00:16:09,426 Is it happening again? 278 00:16:10,383 --> 00:16:13,274 - No. - Is what happening again? 279 00:16:13,584 --> 00:16:14,586 Come on. 280 00:16:14,665 --> 00:16:15,427 Nothing. 281 00:16:15,545 --> 00:16:17,594 - What's in the box? - Eat your food. 282 00:16:22,549 --> 00:16:23,881 - What happened with her? - Nothing. 283 00:16:23,950 --> 00:16:25,601 What happened with her? 284 00:16:25,951 --> 00:16:27,602 Nothing. 285 00:16:27,912 --> 00:16:30,803 I mean, I'm not going to do this again. It's why we left my family, my friends... 286 00:16:30,913 --> 00:16:33,486 - I know, I know. - ...left Cleveland, moved out to California, 287 00:16:33,595 --> 00:16:34,437 which I hate... 288 00:16:34,555 --> 00:16:37,640 ...all this stupid sunshine and shiny happy faces... 289 00:16:37,757 --> 00:16:40,443 - Sunshine is so dumb. It's terrible. - I'm being serious. 290 00:16:40,519 --> 00:16:42,761 I know; well so am I. 291 00:16:43,480 --> 00:16:44,721 Baby... 292 00:16:45,441 --> 00:16:47,206 I'm not going to screw this up. 293 00:16:47,282 --> 00:16:48,808 Understand? 294 00:16:49,243 --> 00:16:50,928 Don't smile. 295 00:16:52,485 --> 00:16:55,535 She said there's another hearing tomorrow. Seriously, I fucking hate you. 296 00:16:55,606 --> 00:16:57,416 I love you. 297 00:17:05,652 --> 00:17:06,983 ...dismiss all charges against Mr.Cornejo. 298 00:17:07,133 --> 00:17:11,424 We are no longer proceeding with the case, you Honor. 299 00:17:11,655 --> 00:17:12,942 Hey. 300 00:17:13,056 --> 00:17:14,467 Hi. 301 00:17:15,457 --> 00:17:16,619 So what's going on? 302 00:17:16,698 --> 00:17:19,305 I don't know. They've been up there for a while. 303 00:17:20,820 --> 00:17:22,789 The charges against Mr, Cornejo are dismissed. 304 00:17:22,861 --> 00:17:24,705 You are free to go. 305 00:17:26,583 --> 00:17:28,234 What? 306 00:17:29,785 --> 00:17:32,517 Very impressive, Gary Webb. 307 00:17:32,746 --> 00:17:34,112 What just happened? 308 00:17:34,187 --> 00:17:36,316 You terrified them. 309 00:17:36,508 --> 00:17:40,401 They just stuffed Danilo Blandon under a rug. 310 00:17:40,470 --> 00:17:44,477 He's off their witness list. No Blandon, no case. 311 00:17:45,233 --> 00:17:47,202 Raffie walks. 312 00:17:54,998 --> 00:17:56,330 Hey, hey, hey- 313 00:17:57,639 --> 00:17:59,802 So you used me to get this fucking case dropped? 314 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:01,930 I'm just the bimbo, remember? 315 00:18:03,802 --> 00:18:04,804 Yeah, fuck you. 316 00:18:04,883 --> 00:18:07,171 Be happy, Gary Webb. 317 00:18:08,165 --> 00:18:10,487 You thought you were getting a piece of cheese, 318 00:18:10,566 --> 00:18:12,808 but I just gave you the mouse. 319 00:18:15,169 --> 00:18:16,694 There's your story. 320 00:18:18,170 --> 00:18:19,775 Danilo Blandon. 321 00:19:01,633 --> 00:19:03,204 West coast... 322 00:19:33,450 --> 00:19:34,862 Sorry about the air conditioning. 323 00:19:34,971 --> 00:19:36,302 Come on in. 324 00:19:38,292 --> 00:19:40,535 - How you doing? - Pretty well. 325 00:19:41,374 --> 00:19:44,026 You represent Ricky Ross, the crack dealer? 326 00:19:45,776 --> 00:19:47,620 Alleged crack dealer. 327 00:19:47,817 --> 00:19:51,301 “Freeway Ricky Ross. Biggest dealer in Los Angeles... 328 00:19:51,379 --> 00:19:55,181 ...the epicenter of the national crack epidemic" L.A. Times. 329 00:19:55,461 --> 00:19:56,702 Who do you write for? 330 00:19:56,782 --> 00:19:58,865 - San Jose Mercury News. - Never heard of them. 331 00:19:58,983 --> 00:20:01,352 Russell Dodson is the prosecutor on your case? 332 00:20:01,425 --> 00:20:03,075 That's public record. Yes. 333 00:20:03,226 --> 00:20:05,150 What about Danilo Blandon? 334 00:20:05,987 --> 00:20:08,879 - Maybe. - Because I think he's going to testify 335 00:20:08,989 --> 00:20:09,956 gainst your client tomorrow. 336 00:20:10,029 --> 00:20:12,716 No, you've got that backwards. 337 00:20:12,831 --> 00:20:15,995 Blandon and my client are friends and associates. 338 00:20:16,072 --> 00:20:19,556 If he's going to testify, he'll be testifying for Ricky. 339 00:20:19,914 --> 00:20:21,565 That would be awkward. 340 00:20:21,715 --> 00:20:23,241 Why's that? 341 00:20:23,436 --> 00:20:25,246 Because he's a government informant. 342 00:20:25,317 --> 00:20:26,318 That's bullshit. 343 00:20:26,358 --> 00:20:29,442 I have a Grand Jury transcript released on discovery by mistake... 344 00:20:29,559 --> 00:20:31,050 ...by our Russell Dodson. 345 00:20:31,160 --> 00:20:34,803 In it is evidence of Blandon testifying against other drug dealers. 346 00:20:43,407 --> 00:20:46,093 Goddammit! 347 00:20:46,248 --> 00:20:48,251 Jesus, does that make sense. 348 00:20:48,329 --> 00:20:51,619 You would not believe the horseshit that Dodson puts me through... 349 00:20:51,731 --> 00:20:53,734 ...every time I ask him who his secret weapon is. 350 00:20:53,852 --> 00:20:54,740 Well it's not just Ricky, 351 00:20:54,853 --> 00:20:57,824 it's probably half a dozen guys he's going to testify against- 352 00:20:57,894 --> 00:21:00,217 Fuck me! They block me! 353 00:21:00,296 --> 00:21:02,061 Every time I ask for something. 354 00:21:02,177 --> 00:21:03,383 Claiming - get this - 355 00:21:03,457 --> 00:21:05,267 National Security. 356 00:21:05,418 --> 00:21:08,469 National security and crack cocaine in the same sentence? 357 00:21:08,660 --> 00:21:10,470 Does that not sound strange to you? 358 00:21:17,625 --> 00:21:20,027 Ok, what exactly do you want? 359 00:21:31,832 --> 00:21:32,914 Who's this? 360 00:21:33,393 --> 00:21:34,884 He's a reporter. 361 00:21:37,555 --> 00:21:39,524 So what do you know about Danilo Blandon? 362 00:21:45,279 --> 00:21:47,123 I don't know him. 363 00:21:50,442 --> 00:21:53,653 Come on Ricky. Danilo's going to testify against you tomorrow. 364 00:21:53,764 --> 00:21:56,006 He's the witness they've been hiding. 365 00:21:57,246 --> 00:21:59,090 Man, there ain't no way they flipped Danilo! 366 00:21:59,247 --> 00:22:02,297 Sit down, and listen to what he has to say. 367 00:22:05,890 --> 00:22:07,541 They didn't flip anyone. 368 00:22:08,412 --> 00:22:10,063 Ricky, 369 00:22:10,133 --> 00:22:12,944 Blandon was working for the government the entire time. 370 00:22:14,095 --> 00:22:16,064 - You for real? - Yeah. 371 00:22:16,136 --> 00:22:18,060 He for real? 372 00:22:18,417 --> 00:22:20,580 Blandon a snitch? 373 00:22:20,858 --> 00:22:22,782 Look here, man, he was a thousand time heavier than 374 00:22:22,859 --> 00:22:23,782 I'll ever be. 375 00:22:23,860 --> 00:22:26,592 He's LA, New York, Atlanta, He's everywhere. 376 00:22:26,661 --> 00:22:28,903 I couldn't sell it fast enough to keep up with supply. 377 00:22:28,983 --> 00:22:30,747 - Slow down. - Wait. You mean demand. 378 00:22:30,824 --> 00:22:32,474 No. I mean supply. 379 00:22:32,544 --> 00:22:34,867 I was buying a hundred kilos a week. 380 00:22:34,946 --> 00:22:36,915 Selling three million dollars a day. 381 00:22:36,987 --> 00:22:39,116 And still couldn't get rid of that inventory fast enough, man. 382 00:22:39,228 --> 00:22:40,228 It was raining coke. 383 00:22:40,268 --> 00:22:40,918 - Allegedly, Ricky. - Allegedly. 384 00:22:40,989 --> 00:22:42,321 Allegedly. 385 00:22:42,430 --> 00:22:43,397 Look here, man. I gave him... 386 00:22:43,470 --> 00:22:47,477 ...six million a week. Allegedly. 387 00:22:50,314 --> 00:22:52,283 - That's impossible. - Is it? 388 00:22:53,115 --> 00:22:55,323 - I'm exaggerating, Fenster? - Yeah, I hope so. 389 00:22:55,396 --> 00:22:57,526 How do you sell that much cocaine on the street? 390 00:22:57,638 --> 00:22:59,323 Look here, man, we used to cook it. 391 00:22:59,399 --> 00:23:00,639 With baking soda. 392 00:23:00,759 --> 00:23:03,970 We called it Ready Rock. Powder was for rich folks. 393 00:23:04,081 --> 00:23:05,732 Holy shit. 394 00:23:06,402 --> 00:23:10,967 Look here, man, I was just the elf. Blandon was Santa Claus. 395 00:23:23,291 --> 00:23:25,659 This is where Ricky ran his operation. 396 00:23:29,615 --> 00:23:31,425 No, don't get out of the car! 397 00:24:15,839 --> 00:24:17,763 Are you out of your fucking mind? 398 00:24:19,321 --> 00:24:20,322 How did this happen? 399 00:24:20,401 --> 00:24:22,849 Exactly. Which is why we're going to get the hell out of here. 400 00:24:22,923 --> 00:24:25,530 What about this doesn't piss you off? 401 00:24:26,084 --> 00:24:27,291 It's complicated for me. 402 00:24:27,365 --> 00:24:29,687 Whatever the hell happened, all this shit has run downhill, 403 00:24:29,766 --> 00:24:30,848 right here. 404 00:24:31,487 --> 00:24:33,297 I need to speak with Blandon. 405 00:24:33,448 --> 00:24:34,530 He's a protected witness. How are you going to do that? 406 00:24:34,649 --> 00:24:37,734 Yes, I know. I can't. 407 00:24:38,691 --> 00:24:40,660 But you can. 408 00:24:43,494 --> 00:24:44,825 Mr. Blandon. 409 00:24:45,415 --> 00:24:47,703 During the years when you were acting as a paid 410 00:24:47,816 --> 00:24:49,342 informant of the U.S. government. 411 00:24:49,417 --> 00:24:54,870 The years you say you wholesaled cocaine to my client in Los Angeles... 412 00:24:54,980 --> 00:24:56,220 ...was the government aware that you were 413 00:24:56,380 --> 00:24:59,033 smuggling tons of cocaine into the United States. 414 00:24:59,142 --> 00:25:02,113 Objection. Relevance. Inflammatory. 415 00:25:02,183 --> 00:25:04,186 The government called this witness, your honor. 416 00:25:04,345 --> 00:25:06,872 He is a paid confidential informant. 417 00:25:06,946 --> 00:25:10,031 The jury has a right to know the scope of his expertise. 418 00:25:10,548 --> 00:25:12,472 Overruled. 419 00:25:14,710 --> 00:25:16,873 - Approach, your honor? - Later. 420 00:25:19,513 --> 00:25:20,958 Mr. Blandon? 421 00:25:22,034 --> 00:25:23,035 Yes. 422 00:25:23,114 --> 00:25:24,924 - Yes what? - The government knew. 423 00:25:25,036 --> 00:25:28,246 - Knew everything? - Objection. Speculation. 424 00:25:28,397 --> 00:25:30,366 Sustained. 425 00:25:30,558 --> 00:25:31,845 Mr. Blandon... 426 00:25:31,919 --> 00:25:35,403 ...how much money did you take in from cocaine sales 427 00:25:35,481 --> 00:25:38,167 while you were working for the U.S. government? 428 00:25:41,924 --> 00:25:45,898 One and a half billion dollars. 429 00:25:45,967 --> 00:25:47,207 That's correct. 430 00:25:47,367 --> 00:25:48,972 What did you do with that money? 431 00:25:49,048 --> 00:25:54,421 We made so much money we had to keep an apartment just to keep the cash. 432 00:25:55,171 --> 00:25:57,779 It was floor to ceiling dollars. 433 00:25:58,053 --> 00:26:00,455 We had to rotate the money from the top to the bottom... 434 00:26:00,574 --> 00:26:04,581 ...to prevent mold from coming on the money from 435 00:26:04,696 --> 00:26:05,584 the humidity. 436 00:26:05,657 --> 00:26:06,465 What the fuck does this say? 437 00:26:06,577 --> 00:26:08,627 Did he have a partner or a government agency he 438 00:26:08,739 --> 00:26:10,389 was working with? 439 00:26:10,459 --> 00:26:15,229 Mr. Blandon, were you working with a partner at that time? 440 00:26:15,382 --> 00:26:16,430 Yes. 441 00:26:16,943 --> 00:26:20,154 Norwin Meneses. 442 00:26:20,225 --> 00:26:21,590 That's correct. 443 00:26:21,705 --> 00:26:23,988 Wait a second, what exactly is happening here, your honor? 444 00:26:24,027 --> 00:26:27,157 Clearly, this reporter is giving direction to counsel. 445 00:26:27,228 --> 00:26:29,277 - Approach. - Thank you. 446 00:26:32,271 --> 00:26:35,436 Your honor, this man in the first row is a reporter 447 00:26:35,513 --> 00:26:37,118 and he's giving questions to counsel. 448 00:26:37,234 --> 00:26:39,078 If he is, and I'm not saying that he is... 449 00:26:39,155 --> 00:26:41,079 Well, he is. 450 00:26:44,077 --> 00:26:47,447 Ok, he is. But there's nothing in the rules that says he can't. 451 00:26:47,519 --> 00:26:48,726 I don't like it. 452 00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,803 But I'm not going to stop it. For now. 453 00:26:50,921 --> 00:26:53,812 Then I am compelled to warn the court that this door leads to 454 00:26:53,922 --> 00:26:56,370 very sensitive national security matters. 455 00:26:56,444 --> 00:26:58,732 Then maybe you shouldn't have opened it. 456 00:27:06,729 --> 00:27:10,622 Mr. Blandon, is it true that you and Norwin Meneses... 457 00:27:10,691 --> 00:27:14,618 ...were in communication with the federal government together? 458 00:27:16,935 --> 00:27:19,257 Can you tell us who in the federal government you 459 00:27:19,416 --> 00:27:20,987 were in communication with? 460 00:27:21,097 --> 00:27:22,782 Who were you working with? 461 00:27:24,058 --> 00:27:25,663 The FBI? 462 00:27:31,782 --> 00:27:36,029 Mr. Dodson can't answer that question for you, Mr. Blandon. 463 00:27:36,225 --> 00:27:38,627 Remember, you're under oath. 464 00:27:39,466 --> 00:27:41,470 The DEA? 465 00:27:42,828 --> 00:27:44,672 No. 466 00:27:44,869 --> 00:27:47,078 It was the CIA. 467 00:27:47,151 --> 00:27:49,917 The Central Intelligence Agency. 468 00:27:51,473 --> 00:27:53,476 Yes. 469 00:27:54,034 --> 00:27:56,322 So, Mr. Blandon... 470 00:27:57,036 --> 00:27:59,324 ...what did the CIA have you do? 471 00:27:59,477 --> 00:28:01,082 Objection! Relevance, your honor! 472 00:28:01,158 --> 00:28:04,642 Overruled. Mr. Blandon, answer the question. 473 00:28:18,127 --> 00:28:21,451 We were asked to support... 474 00:28:21,809 --> 00:28:26,499 ...a free and democratic Nicaragua - the Contras... 475 00:28:26,571 --> 00:28:28,142 ...the rebels... 476 00:28:28,652 --> 00:28:32,101 ...by sending planes into Nicaragua and raising money here 477 00:28:32,174 --> 00:28:34,656 in the U.S. for the war. 478 00:28:38,017 --> 00:28:39,827 Mr. Blandon... 479 00:28:40,419 --> 00:28:45,427 ...did the CIA specifically know that you were selling cocaine... 480 00:28:45,501 --> 00:28:48,507 ...to buy guns and supplies to support its cause? 481 00:28:48,583 --> 00:28:52,795 Objection! This line of questioning has absolutely no relevance. 482 00:28:52,865 --> 00:28:55,347 Overruled. 483 00:28:56,307 --> 00:28:58,595 They knew who we were. 484 00:28:58,868 --> 00:29:01,237 Why else would they come to us? 485 00:29:16,558 --> 00:29:19,529 The day Ronald Reagan got elected, the Cubans and the Soviets started triggering... 486 00:29:19,639 --> 00:29:21,962 ...revolutions all over South and Central America. 487 00:29:22,041 --> 00:29:23,327 And when they got Nicaragua... 488 00:29:23,481 --> 00:29:24,927 ...that put them fifty miles from the Panama Canal. 489 00:29:25,002 --> 00:29:26,368 Reagan drew the line in the sand. 490 00:29:26,523 --> 00:29:29,084 And that's where America was going to win the Cold War. Except... 491 00:29:29,164 --> 00:29:31,966 ...Congress hated Reagan's guts, so they wanted nothing to do with him. 492 00:29:32,006 --> 00:29:34,692 They were never going to fund his little Contra war. 493 00:29:34,807 --> 00:29:37,540 So the White House needed money. Lots and lots of money. 494 00:29:37,609 --> 00:29:38,656 Guys, that's the eighties. 495 00:29:38,729 --> 00:29:39,652 It's ten year old news. What's the story? 496 00:29:39,730 --> 00:29:40,333 Jerry, just let him finish. 497 00:29:40,490 --> 00:29:45,659 Look, one of the DEA's most wanted - not only not in jail for eternity... 498 00:29:45,733 --> 00:29:47,304 ...but apparently on the government payroll. 499 00:29:47,374 --> 00:29:49,537 Admitting in open court that he brought in thousands 500 00:29:49,655 --> 00:29:52,137 of kilos of cocaine to the US every day. 501 00:29:52,217 --> 00:29:53,059 For them. 502 00:29:53,177 --> 00:29:53,826 For who? 503 00:29:53,897 --> 00:29:55,309 The US government. Or with them. 504 00:29:55,378 --> 00:29:57,666 Or at least while they were looking the other way. 505 00:29:57,860 --> 00:29:58,702 Jesus. 506 00:29:58,780 --> 00:30:00,704 That little stunt you pulled in that courtroom... 507 00:30:00,781 --> 00:30:03,832 I got complaints from Justice in Sacramento and Washington. 508 00:30:03,903 --> 00:30:04,984 Yeah, but I got Blandon. 509 00:30:05,063 --> 00:30:06,190 Jerry. 510 00:30:06,704 --> 00:30:09,277 This is the biggest story the Merc's ever had. 511 00:30:09,346 --> 00:30:12,715 That's what worries me. A lot of blind spots, you know? 512 00:30:12,827 --> 00:30:15,196 We don't know Washington. We don't do International. 513 00:30:15,309 --> 00:30:16,151 We do now. 514 00:30:16,229 --> 00:30:19,121 We do, do we? How many CIA sources to you have? 515 00:30:19,191 --> 00:30:21,194 - None yet. - Get one. 516 00:30:22,713 --> 00:30:24,478 What are they saying officially? 517 00:30:24,914 --> 00:30:26,326 They're not even calling me back. 518 00:30:27,715 --> 00:30:29,286 Holy shit. 519 00:30:30,477 --> 00:30:31,603 Gary... 520 00:30:31,717 --> 00:30:34,563 You get some sources on the record, see where we're at. 521 00:30:34,639 --> 00:30:36,290 Watch your ass. 522 00:30:40,882 --> 00:30:44,206 The success of Communism in Central America poses the threat... 523 00:30:44,324 --> 00:30:48,536 ...that a hundred million people from Panama to the open border at our south... 524 00:30:48,606 --> 00:30:51,691 ...could come under the control of pro-Soviet regimes. 525 00:30:51,888 --> 00:30:53,857 If we cut off the freedom fighters... 526 00:30:53,929 --> 00:30:58,095 ...we will be giving the Soviets a free hand in Central America. 527 00:32:07,368 --> 00:32:09,098 Mr.Meneses? 528 00:32:10,249 --> 00:32:12,936 Hi. Gary Webb. How are you? 529 00:32:14,332 --> 00:32:17,462 Ok. What took you so long? 530 00:32:18,814 --> 00:32:20,419 How's that? 531 00:32:20,575 --> 00:32:23,056 No other reporter has ever tried to find me. 532 00:32:23,977 --> 00:32:26,106 Are you a friend, Mr. Webb? 533 00:32:26,178 --> 00:32:29,103 Because your country is no longer a friend of mine. 534 00:32:29,540 --> 00:32:31,305 I'm not an enemy. 535 00:32:34,582 --> 00:32:35,823 You play golf? 536 00:32:37,784 --> 00:32:39,275 Hockey. 537 00:32:40,025 --> 00:32:42,313 Step into my parlor. 538 00:32:57,915 --> 00:32:59,280 The five iron. 539 00:32:59,796 --> 00:33:01,799 A perfectly designed club. 540 00:33:02,437 --> 00:33:06,125 In golf, if you have a five iron, you don't need anything else. 541 00:33:06,199 --> 00:33:09,967 If you use it, like a tool. You can carve any shot in the game. 542 00:33:10,041 --> 00:33:13,604 You can even slice a man open if you know how to use it properly. 543 00:33:19,046 --> 00:33:21,448 So, guns for drugs... 544 00:33:22,888 --> 00:33:26,292 You know, it's easy to think that this situation was only about drugs. 545 00:33:26,410 --> 00:33:28,812 But you need to look at it from our point of view. 546 00:33:28,891 --> 00:33:32,136 If the Contra movement would have no friends and no money... 547 00:33:32,213 --> 00:33:34,820 ...we would have been forced to live under a government that tells you what to say, 548 00:33:34,934 --> 00:33:37,302 what not to say, what to think, what not to think. 549 00:33:37,375 --> 00:33:39,584 If you were me, would you sit still and watch as your 550 00:33:39,657 --> 00:33:40,146 children are forced... 551 00:33:40,257 --> 00:33:46,029 ...to live a life of irrelevance and servitude? 552 00:33:46,260 --> 00:33:48,150 And you watched from the deck of your yacht? 553 00:33:48,221 --> 00:33:49,587 My yacht? 554 00:33:49,662 --> 00:33:53,828 Norwin, you were arrested for trafficking narcotics for the first time in 1975. 555 00:33:53,904 --> 00:33:56,192 That's ten years before the Contra war. 556 00:33:56,666 --> 00:33:59,511 Come on, you're not a freedom fighter. 557 00:34:00,148 --> 00:34:02,151 I thought you were my friend. 558 00:34:02,389 --> 00:34:04,074 Just looking for the truth. 559 00:34:04,150 --> 00:34:05,960 Well you're gonna get the truth. 560 00:34:06,031 --> 00:34:08,194 You got someone else down here I could talk to? 561 00:34:08,312 --> 00:34:10,964 I can introduce you to my banker, Mr. Baier. 562 00:34:11,033 --> 00:34:12,638 I'd like that. 563 00:34:19,878 --> 00:34:22,007 Come, I show you the airstrip now. 564 00:34:25,241 --> 00:34:26,687 So when did all of this start? 565 00:34:26,882 --> 00:34:30,330 They were always looking for ways to raise money to fight this war. 566 00:34:31,164 --> 00:34:33,327 There was this one time when Ollie... 567 00:34:34,045 --> 00:34:36,527 Ollie went to his friends in Washington, 568 00:34:36,687 --> 00:34:39,977 - and this is years ago- - Oliver North? 569 00:34:40,049 --> 00:34:41,460 Oliver North. 570 00:34:41,649 --> 00:34:44,416 No, Oliver Hardy. Yes, Oliver North. 571 00:34:44,491 --> 00:34:47,940 So he said why don't we use the cash seized from the cocaine arrests... 572 00:34:48,013 --> 00:34:50,381 ...to fund and support the Contra war? 573 00:34:50,494 --> 00:34:52,145 Of course, they declined you know. 574 00:34:52,215 --> 00:34:53,263 But as you can see, 575 00:34:53,336 --> 00:34:56,500 Ollie wasn't the only person with ideas like this. 576 00:35:02,981 --> 00:35:04,346 Did it have to be drugs? 577 00:35:04,742 --> 00:35:06,825 The ends justify the means. 578 00:35:07,263 --> 00:35:08,550 Yeah, write that down. 579 00:35:08,704 --> 00:35:10,355 You Americans don't want coconuts or bananas. 580 00:35:10,465 --> 00:35:13,197 You want cocaine, and I know where to find cocaine. 581 00:35:13,306 --> 00:35:17,837 And my pilots were already flying from Central America to the United States. 582 00:35:17,909 --> 00:35:19,513 And they were American. 583 00:35:19,670 --> 00:35:21,399 How long ago was this shut down? 584 00:35:21,911 --> 00:35:24,358 Eight to ten years ago. 585 00:35:25,713 --> 00:35:27,796 The land is now privately owned. 586 00:35:30,915 --> 00:35:35,367 If I was in the CIA and I was risking my life overseas doing something illegal... 587 00:35:35,798 --> 00:35:40,887 ...believe me, I would want someone like me to help do the job. 588 00:35:41,481 --> 00:35:43,564 Write this name down: Fred Weil. 589 00:35:43,722 --> 00:35:45,487 W-E-I-L 590 00:35:45,803 --> 00:35:47,727 That's the guy you have to talk to. 591 00:35:49,525 --> 00:35:50,766 What was stored here? 592 00:35:50,886 --> 00:35:53,858 Weapons. Cash. 593 00:35:53,928 --> 00:35:56,660 Lots and lots of cash. 594 00:35:58,730 --> 00:36:00,540 These pilots, do you know their names? 595 00:36:00,691 --> 00:36:02,535 I don't know. 596 00:36:04,453 --> 00:36:06,614 Now that you know the truth, you will be faced with the 597 00:36:06,654 --> 00:36:08,498 most important decision of your life. 598 00:36:08,575 --> 00:36:10,226 Oh yeah. What's that? 599 00:36:10,897 --> 00:36:13,026 Deciding whether to share it or not. 600 00:36:16,219 --> 00:36:18,508 You have a family? You married? 601 00:36:22,303 --> 00:36:24,113 Like I said. 602 00:36:28,066 --> 00:36:32,949 The pilots used little airstrips in Florida, Arizona, California. 603 00:36:33,068 --> 00:36:34,480 Come. 604 00:36:54,039 --> 00:36:55,530 I'll take care of it. 605 00:36:57,041 --> 00:36:59,522 Down on your knees. Keep your head down. 606 00:37:00,323 --> 00:37:01,484 Don't answer that. 607 00:37:04,245 --> 00:37:06,055 Passport. 608 00:37:21,254 --> 00:37:23,576 Yes, we have to go now. We're leaving. 609 00:37:23,735 --> 00:37:25,977 Nice and calm. 610 00:37:28,217 --> 00:37:30,107 Nice and calm. 611 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:11,362 You're where? 612 00:38:11,440 --> 00:38:13,443 I'm in DC. And look, don't worry. 613 00:38:13,561 --> 00:38:14,290 You want me here. 614 00:38:14,402 --> 00:38:15,563 Trust me on this, Anna. 615 00:38:15,642 --> 00:38:16,610 The guys are getting nervous. 616 00:38:16,723 --> 00:38:17,885 You're supposed to be back here. 617 00:38:17,964 --> 00:38:20,809 Look, I changed planes in Miami. I kept all my receipts. 618 00:38:20,925 --> 00:38:24,249 I'll pay for my own damn flight back home if I have to, all right? 619 00:38:24,327 --> 00:38:25,135 We can't do this on the phone, 620 00:38:25,207 --> 00:38:27,177 and I don't want to do this on the phone. 621 00:38:27,289 --> 00:38:29,577 Look, I've got to go. 622 00:38:42,777 --> 00:38:43,903 Fred Weil? 623 00:38:44,858 --> 00:38:46,987 Gary Webb, San Jose Mercury-News. 624 00:38:47,179 --> 00:38:49,467 I don't talk to the press. Call Public Affairs. 625 00:38:51,101 --> 00:38:52,945 I spoke to Norwin Meneses. 626 00:38:57,745 --> 00:39:00,909 That's classified. How did you get it? 627 00:39:01,347 --> 00:39:03,191 Got it from a drug dealer. 628 00:39:05,869 --> 00:39:07,076 Perfect. 629 00:39:08,750 --> 00:39:14,237 Listen, I was John Kerry's lead investigator on the senate subcommittee that investigated this. 630 00:39:14,313 --> 00:39:17,524 You have no idea what you're getting into. 631 00:39:19,876 --> 00:39:20,924 Why don't you tell me? 632 00:39:20,997 --> 00:39:22,602 Tell me what I'm getting into. 633 00:39:28,561 --> 00:39:31,646 I'm on the National Security Council now. 634 00:39:32,643 --> 00:39:36,491 And I have the trust of the President and his cabinet. 635 00:39:38,686 --> 00:39:42,135 It took me ten years to get back to that place. 636 00:39:42,208 --> 00:39:44,610 Your name goes nowhere near this. 637 00:39:45,010 --> 00:39:48,220 This conversation never happened. You have my word on that. 638 00:39:49,772 --> 00:39:51,373 You ever done anything like this before? 639 00:39:51,453 --> 00:39:52,615 No. 640 00:39:52,694 --> 00:39:53,900 Has your paper? 641 00:39:54,014 --> 00:39:55,346 Not that I'm aware of. 642 00:39:57,576 --> 00:39:59,864 Some fancy information that you have there. 643 00:40:01,498 --> 00:40:03,069 And dangerous. 644 00:40:03,179 --> 00:40:05,228 I'd be remiss if I didn't tell you that other reporters 645 00:40:05,340 --> 00:40:08,152 have been down this rabbit hole. 646 00:40:08,222 --> 00:40:11,067 Seasoned reporters. Who knew their way around Washington. 647 00:40:11,183 --> 00:40:12,184 And Central America. 648 00:40:12,224 --> 00:40:14,705 - So what are you telling me? - I had an American citizen... 649 00:40:14,865 --> 00:40:19,032 ...a rich Republican Party fund-raiser, a White House favorite, in my office.. 650 00:40:19,108 --> 00:40:20,952 ...upset about things he was hearing. 651 00:40:21,029 --> 00:40:24,034 He believed in freedom and defeating communism... 652 00:40:24,110 --> 00:40:27,036 ...but not in laundering narcotics money for guns. 653 00:40:27,112 --> 00:40:30,800 And he's sitting in my office in the U.S. Senate... 654 00:40:30,874 --> 00:40:35,723 ...and he gets a phone call telling him that if he talked to me... 655 00:40:35,876 --> 00:40:37,402 ...he'd die. 656 00:40:40,519 --> 00:40:43,604 This is your ticket out of small time, right? 657 00:40:44,041 --> 00:40:46,648 - You're going to make your bones on this. - This is a true story 658 00:40:46,722 --> 00:40:49,614 My friend, some stories are just too true to tell. 659 00:40:51,205 --> 00:40:52,855 That's bullshit. 660 00:40:52,925 --> 00:40:54,132 Yeah? 661 00:40:56,167 --> 00:40:57,897 And yes, it is. 662 00:40:58,208 --> 00:41:00,177 Congratulations. You figured that out. 663 00:41:03,731 --> 00:41:05,655 “Too true to tell.” 664 00:41:15,577 --> 00:41:18,901 Welcome to San Francisco International airport. 665 00:41:18,979 --> 00:41:21,461 Please do not leave your bags unattended. 666 00:43:00,913 --> 00:43:05,125 Sometimes I wish I could just climb inside that head of yours 667 00:43:05,636 --> 00:43:07,878 ...and see all the shit you carry around. 668 00:43:07,957 --> 00:43:09,448 Really? 669 00:43:09,518 --> 00:43:12,284 No. Not really. 670 00:43:16,041 --> 00:43:17,771 There's too many bad guys. 671 00:43:19,203 --> 00:43:20,774 And ghosts. 672 00:43:21,084 --> 00:43:23,816 And scary monsters running around. 673 00:43:24,085 --> 00:43:27,489 Well, what do you want me to do, Sue? Do something else for a living? 674 00:43:28,968 --> 00:43:30,130 No. 675 00:43:35,972 --> 00:43:37,622 This one just scares me. 676 00:43:43,536 --> 00:43:44,536 Be careful. 677 00:43:46,457 --> 00:43:47,619 Hey. 678 00:43:56,302 --> 00:43:57,303 Yeah. 679 00:44:03,506 --> 00:44:05,032 Jesus. 680 00:44:09,309 --> 00:44:10,311 Hello? 681 00:44:10,430 --> 00:44:12,160 It's Russell Dodson. 682 00:44:16,033 --> 00:44:17,524 Hello, Russell Dodson. 683 00:44:17,634 --> 00:44:20,798 Listen, we haven't handled this right at all. 684 00:44:20,955 --> 00:44:23,244 Before you print anything, there's a few guys from 685 00:44:23,317 --> 00:44:25,639 D.C. that would like to sit down with you. 686 00:44:26,198 --> 00:44:28,088 You should hear them out. 687 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:30,726 I'm listening. 688 00:44:51,692 --> 00:44:52,773 Gary. 689 00:44:53,092 --> 00:44:54,458 Thanks for coming. 690 00:44:54,533 --> 00:44:57,185 I'm Agent Miller, and this is Agent Jones. 691 00:44:57,495 --> 00:45:00,181 - Can we get you a cup of coffee? - No. 692 00:45:00,736 --> 00:45:02,705 How about one of those cappuccinos? 693 00:45:02,817 --> 00:45:07,030 Just got a new espresso machine probably cost the tax payers thirty grand. 694 00:45:08,260 --> 00:45:09,672 No, I'm fine. 695 00:45:11,542 --> 00:45:13,307 Get him a cappuccino. 696 00:45:17,385 --> 00:45:19,354 Now we don't agree with everything that happens in 697 00:45:19,466 --> 00:45:22,074 our agencies, so this is a little awkward for us. 698 00:45:22,188 --> 00:45:25,477 But you're getting into some sensitive areas. 699 00:45:25,549 --> 00:45:29,602 There are ongoing operations you're in danger of exposing. 700 00:45:29,952 --> 00:45:33,845 Operations that have taken months, years to set up. 701 00:45:33,994 --> 00:45:37,205 Thousands of man hours, millions to fund. 702 00:45:41,038 --> 00:45:42,528 And how do you know that? 703 00:45:42,959 --> 00:45:47,364 We know you were in Nicaragua. We know you saw Meneses. 704 00:45:51,683 --> 00:45:53,254 Am I being followed? 705 00:45:53,764 --> 00:45:54,765 What's your angle, Webb? 706 00:45:54,845 --> 00:45:57,372 Some governmental informants are scumbags? 707 00:45:57,446 --> 00:46:00,418 Look, I was under the impression that you guys had something to say to me? 708 00:46:00,528 --> 00:46:02,372 But, to answer your question, no. 709 00:46:02,489 --> 00:46:04,618 My angle is that the American government knew drugs were 710 00:46:04,690 --> 00:46:06,853 put on the streets to fund an illegal war. 711 00:46:06,971 --> 00:46:10,056 What you want to say happened, never happened. 712 00:46:13,815 --> 00:46:15,625 Then why am I here? 713 00:46:15,856 --> 00:46:17,382 American kids... 714 00:46:17,457 --> 00:46:19,222 ...were going to die in that war. 715 00:46:19,538 --> 00:46:22,349 American kids did die. They're still dying. 716 00:46:22,540 --> 00:46:25,067 Just not the ones you care about, apparently. 717 00:46:25,421 --> 00:46:28,073 We'd never threaten your children, Mr. Webb. 718 00:46:28,143 --> 00:46:29,872 My children? 719 00:46:30,984 --> 00:46:32,794 What did you say? 720 00:46:43,551 --> 00:46:45,236 I'm writing the story. 721 00:48:40,532 --> 00:48:43,378 Okay. I'm about to press “send”. 722 00:48:43,654 --> 00:48:46,181 We're ready. All hands on deck. 723 00:48:46,295 --> 00:48:47,946 Don't over-edit it. 724 00:48:48,457 --> 00:48:49,697 Don't worry. 725 00:48:51,418 --> 00:48:52,419 Anna. 726 00:48:52,619 --> 00:48:54,987 Gary. I got it. 727 00:48:55,780 --> 00:48:57,784 Go enjoy your family. 728 00:49:17,272 --> 00:49:19,435 Let's go, let's go, let's go! 729 00:49:19,513 --> 00:49:22,120 All right last one in is a rotten egg! 730 00:49:26,317 --> 00:49:28,001 Is it cold or warm? 731 00:49:28,158 --> 00:49:29,000 - It's warm. - Ready? 732 00:49:29,158 --> 00:49:31,207 All right; precious cargo. 733 00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:34,372 Dizzy yet? 734 00:49:34,481 --> 00:49:35,608 - No. - Okay. 735 00:49:35,682 --> 00:49:37,765 Come on, Momma! 736 00:49:37,843 --> 00:49:39,926 - Come on, Mom, get in. - Why do they gang up on momma? 737 00:49:40,004 --> 00:49:43,727 - You have to dry my hair! - Where you going, Dad? 738 00:49:45,167 --> 00:49:47,216 - Dad... - Don't! 739 00:49:59,534 --> 00:50:01,503 Dad, it's up! It's online! 740 00:50:01,975 --> 00:50:03,102 Mom! 741 00:50:03,776 --> 00:50:07,180 Oh my god, Mom, check this out. It just went up. It's everywhere. 742 00:50:08,299 --> 00:50:09,027 Gary! 743 00:50:09,179 --> 00:50:10,306 For the better part of a decade, 744 00:50:10,380 --> 00:50:13,112 a San Francisco Bay-area drug ring sold tons of cocaine... 745 00:50:13,181 --> 00:50:16,392 ...to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions... 746 00:50:16,503 --> 00:50:19,030 ...in drug profits to Latin American guerrilla army run 747 00:50:19,185 --> 00:50:20,550 by the US Central Intelligence Agency... 748 00:50:20,665 --> 00:50:22,589 ...a Mercury news investigation has found. 749 00:50:22,666 --> 00:50:25,308 This drug network opened the first pipeline between Columbia and... 750 00:50:38,595 --> 00:50:39,676 Hey. 751 00:50:41,356 --> 00:50:42,847 Hey. 752 00:50:43,717 --> 00:50:45,288 You did it. 753 00:50:46,599 --> 00:50:48,204 Yeah. 754 00:50:49,561 --> 00:50:51,564 Want to go fool around in the woods? 755 00:50:54,723 --> 00:50:55,486 Yeah. 756 00:50:55,564 --> 00:50:58,216 - Yes, I do. - Yes, I do. 757 00:50:59,526 --> 00:51:03,249 - Don't look, don't look. - Hey, come on! 758 00:51:03,368 --> 00:51:06,692 You should see our switchboard! It is lit up like a Christmas tree! 759 00:51:06,770 --> 00:51:08,773 We're getting calls from all over the world. Gary. 760 00:51:08,851 --> 00:51:10,297 What do you want to do? 761 00:51:10,372 --> 00:51:12,853 Well, it's just the beginning, isn't it? 762 00:51:12,973 --> 00:51:14,703 I think there's more to do. 763 00:51:14,814 --> 00:51:17,182 Got to keep riding out the story. Keep digging. 764 00:51:17,255 --> 00:51:18,064 Anything you need. 765 00:51:18,216 --> 00:51:20,379 Okay? But take a victory lap. 766 00:51:20,577 --> 00:51:22,660 Hey, that graphic you guys used? 767 00:51:22,738 --> 00:51:25,310 The crack pipe on the CIA emblem? 768 00:51:25,500 --> 00:51:26,342 Are you out of your mind? 769 00:51:26,420 --> 00:51:28,344 It's like the CIA is cooking crack in their basement. 770 00:51:28,421 --> 00:51:31,632 Gary. That was my idea, so blame me, but come on. 771 00:51:31,703 --> 00:51:33,274 We got their attention, didn't we? 772 00:51:33,384 --> 00:51:35,706 We're just calling to say thanks for doing this. 773 00:51:35,785 --> 00:51:40,270 - There is a lot of pride here this morning. - Congratulations, buddy. 774 00:51:40,387 --> 00:51:41,719 Hey. Gary. 775 00:51:41,788 --> 00:51:43,154 Yeah? 776 00:51:43,349 --> 00:51:44,715 You did it. 777 00:51:44,830 --> 00:51:46,435 This is the big one. 778 00:51:46,871 --> 00:51:48,761 Enjoy yourself! 779 00:52:13,405 --> 00:52:16,775 Let's focus on the Washington Post, New York Times and the LA Times. 780 00:52:16,887 --> 00:52:18,697 And get Richard Zuckerman on the phone. 781 00:52:30,734 --> 00:52:34,502 What interests me is who is gonna tell me how we missed this goddamned story. 782 00:52:34,576 --> 00:52:36,341 How'd the San Jose Mercury News, 783 00:52:36,417 --> 00:52:39,262 a paper one-fifth the size of the Los Angeles Times... 784 00:52:39,379 --> 00:52:41,269 ...and three hundred miles away-scooped us... 785 00:52:41,380 --> 00:52:42,506 ...on one of the most important stories in this city in, 786 00:52:42,580 --> 00:52:44,788 in what? Twenty years? 787 00:52:44,982 --> 00:52:47,190 How about you, Rich? Didn't you cover Ricky Ross? 788 00:52:47,263 --> 00:52:48,914 - Parts of it. - Yeah, apparently the wrong parts. 789 00:52:49,024 --> 00:52:50,504 We had Blandon in one of our stories. 790 00:52:50,584 --> 00:52:52,189 - As what? - A government source. 791 00:52:52,265 --> 00:52:53,427 He's also apparently almost single-handedly 792 00:52:53,546 --> 00:52:55,276 responsible for the crack epidemic. 793 00:52:55,387 --> 00:52:56,799 Which, by the way, started right here... 794 00:52:56,908 --> 00:53:00,756 ...in Watts, five fucking miles from where we're sitting. 795 00:53:01,790 --> 00:53:02,838 Look, I don't need to tell you this... 796 00:53:02,911 --> 00:53:06,998 ...but if this story stands, some of your people are going to jail. 797 00:53:07,073 --> 00:53:09,520 The idea that any one person could have played a decisive 798 00:53:09,595 --> 00:53:09,845 role in the crack epidemic... 799 00:53:09,915 --> 00:53:13,363 - ...is absurd. - What about Norwin Meneses? 800 00:53:13,437 --> 00:53:13,926 We have no documentation... 801 00:53:13,997 --> 00:53:16,649 ...that this guy ever did any business with us. 802 00:53:16,758 --> 00:53:19,000 This Gary Webb, he's got nothing. 803 00:53:19,080 --> 00:53:22,005 He's got drug dealers and money launderers as sources. 804 00:53:22,081 --> 00:53:24,130 Rich, you know this guy Webb. What do you think? 805 00:53:24,282 --> 00:53:25,933 It's thin. 806 00:53:26,563 --> 00:53:29,933 Except that he posted all his sources on the Merc website. 807 00:53:30,005 --> 00:53:31,849 - So? - So nobody's done that before. 808 00:53:31,926 --> 00:53:35,137 I need every line of that story taken apart and checked for inaccuracies. 809 00:53:35,288 --> 00:53:37,337 Get Dominic Brady back here from Washington. 810 00:53:37,449 --> 00:53:40,853 - I want at least fifteen people on this thing. - What if we're over reacting? 811 00:53:40,931 --> 00:53:42,741 I mean, it's the San Jose Mercury News. 812 00:53:42,812 --> 00:53:45,100 Is anyone even going to pay attention? 813 00:53:45,453 --> 00:53:48,618 A reporter for the San Jose Mercury News suggested... 814 00:53:48,695 --> 00:53:51,303 ...that the CIA might have played a role... 815 00:53:51,377 --> 00:53:53,665 ...in permitting Nicaraguan drug dealers to distribute... 816 00:53:53,738 --> 00:53:58,507 ...crack cocaine in south central Los Angeles during the 1980's. 817 00:53:58,620 --> 00:54:02,947 That had enormous resonance within the African-American community. 818 00:54:03,063 --> 00:54:06,865 We have been faked out, we have been tricked, 819 00:54:06,945 --> 00:54:08,755 and we have been undermined. 820 00:54:08,826 --> 00:54:11,797 If they had put that crack in Beverly Hills, 821 00:54:11,907 --> 00:54:14,037 it would be a presidential issue. 822 00:54:14,109 --> 00:54:17,319 We love our children. Just like you love yours. 823 00:54:17,390 --> 00:54:19,838 I think it is enough information here... 824 00:54:19,952 --> 00:54:23,640 ...to say to the CIA, you stand accused. 825 00:54:23,714 --> 00:54:27,277 President Clinton will be back out on the campaign trail next week - 826 00:54:29,837 --> 00:54:31,567 I've got... 827 00:54:31,638 --> 00:54:35,486 ...requests for you from CNN, CNBC... 828 00:54:35,600 --> 00:54:40,005 ...Jerry Springer, Geraldo Rivera and Montel Williams. 829 00:54:40,402 --> 00:54:43,010 The London Times and Le Monde are sending in to interview you... 830 00:54:43,124 --> 00:54:46,494 ...and Sixty Minutes and Dateline both want you, but 831 00:54:46,566 --> 00:54:48,011 only if you don't do the other one. 832 00:54:48,127 --> 00:54:50,654 And I just got the call last night... 833 00:54:51,128 --> 00:54:54,691 ...the National Press Association Journalist of the Year... 834 00:54:54,810 --> 00:54:56,813 ...is Mr. Gary Webb. 835 00:54:56,931 --> 00:54:58,343 Congratulations. Gary. 836 00:55:03,535 --> 00:55:06,142 On, baby! 837 00:55:09,498 --> 00:55:10,101 Thank you. 838 00:55:10,178 --> 00:55:11,863 Life's beautiful. 839 00:55:19,023 --> 00:55:22,188 It's checking out Richard. I spoke with the banker in Panama City. 840 00:55:22,345 --> 00:55:25,828 His name is Hans Yorg Baier. He met with Webb. He confirmed... 841 00:55:25,947 --> 00:55:28,269 ...he laundered drug money for the Contras. 842 00:55:28,348 --> 00:55:30,158 Norwin Meneses was his client. 843 00:55:30,309 --> 00:55:32,677 Are these sources reliable enough? For the Post? 844 00:55:32,750 --> 00:55:34,515 I mean, they're all drug dealers. 845 00:55:34,631 --> 00:55:36,396 The banker isn't a drug dealer. 846 00:55:36,512 --> 00:55:40,439 Also, there's this American ex-pat that had a ranch in the jungle for thirty years. 847 00:55:40,514 --> 00:55:44,282 And he let these two American pilots land and take off from his airstrip. 848 00:55:44,356 --> 00:55:47,362 And, he let them store dope on his property. 849 00:55:47,438 --> 00:55:49,479 You're talking to drug dealers and money launderers. 850 00:55:49,519 --> 00:55:51,409 I'm talking to Langley. 851 00:55:51,520 --> 00:55:52,647 Well, I'm filing. 852 00:55:52,721 --> 00:55:54,690 You guys do whatever you want with it. 853 00:55:59,364 --> 00:56:00,696 So what's our point of view? 854 00:56:00,805 --> 00:56:03,286 That Webb doesn't have any legitimate sources... 855 00:56:03,526 --> 00:56:06,850 That the CIA would never use these low-lifes and in fact denies it, 856 00:56:06,968 --> 00:56:08,249 in fact denies it unequivocally. 857 00:56:08,369 --> 00:56:11,374 That basically, he's a fraud and so is his story. 858 00:56:14,332 --> 00:56:16,700 'll take that upstairs and see if it'll fly. 859 00:56:19,695 --> 00:56:22,017 Yeah, you're going to turn into a chip. 860 00:56:22,136 --> 00:56:23,502 Hey, wait you guys, it's on. 861 00:56:23,577 --> 00:56:25,182 Come here, it's on. 862 00:56:25,338 --> 00:56:28,229 In tonight's Eye on America, accusations... 863 00:56:28,379 --> 00:56:31,032 ...underscore the word accusations” that are nothing... 864 00:56:31,101 --> 00:56:33,582 ...short of explosive. hat the CIA... 865 00:56:33,702 --> 00:56:39,109 ...knowingly and intentionally did what amounts to pump crack cocaine into Los Angeles... 866 00:56:39,185 --> 00:56:40,108 That's not what he said. 867 00:56:40,186 --> 00:56:41,712 ...to help fund rebels in Nicaragua. 868 00:56:41,827 --> 00:56:42,953 You never said “intentionally.” 869 00:56:43,027 --> 00:56:46,192 Whether or not these claims prove true, they anger they... 870 00:56:52,312 --> 00:56:53,838 A lot of people are saying... 871 00:56:53,913 --> 00:56:56,121 ...of course, including people in Congress... 872 00:56:56,194 --> 00:57:01,920 that the CIA intentionally addicted African Americans to crack cocaine. 873 00:57:02,037 --> 00:57:05,486 Right. Well, what you and others are doing is putting words in my mouth. 874 00:57:05,559 --> 00:57:06,766 We never made that claim. 875 00:57:06,880 --> 00:57:10,489 What have you got to prove that Americans working in the US government... 876 00:57:10,562 --> 00:57:13,009 ...collaborated in selling crack cocaine into the 877 00:57:13,083 --> 00:57:15,816 African American community of Los Angeles? 878 00:57:15,885 --> 00:57:19,049 Well, first of all, we never said that Americans working 879 00:57:19,126 --> 00:57:20,487 in the government were doing this. 880 00:57:20,527 --> 00:57:23,134 These were Nicaraguans working for the CIA-run army. 881 00:57:23,208 --> 00:57:26,259 Okay. It's not CIA-U.S. officials. 882 00:57:26,410 --> 00:57:27,492 Not that we know so far. 883 00:57:27,571 --> 00:57:29,495 Okay. It's not U.S. officials. Okay. Go ahead. 884 00:57:29,572 --> 00:57:34,136 What the CIA wanted to do was to fight a war that Congress didn't want. 885 00:57:34,214 --> 00:57:35,421 And the ripple effect of that 886 00:57:35,535 --> 00:57:37,345 - what happened in south Los Angeles and other American cities 887 00:57:37,416 --> 00:57:39,021 - well that was a mistake. 888 00:57:39,097 --> 00:57:41,180 This is a smoking cannon... 889 00:57:41,258 --> 00:57:44,582 ...that leads all the way to the White House. 890 00:57:44,980 --> 00:57:46,426 We have no evidence... 891 00:57:46,501 --> 00:57:48,266 ...of a conspiracy by the CIA... 892 00:57:48,422 --> 00:57:51,074 ...to engage in encouraging drug traffickers in Nicaragua... 893 00:57:51,183 --> 00:57:53,073 I am going to make somebody... 894 00:57:53,184 --> 00:57:58,034 ...pay for what they have done to my community and to my people. 895 00:57:58,107 --> 00:57:59,872 Don't give me the conspiracy bull - 896 00:57:59,948 --> 00:58:04,478 There has never been a conspiracy in this country. 897 00:58:27,122 --> 00:58:28,284 Senior Baier... 898 00:58:44,771 --> 00:58:45,773 Hello? 899 00:58:45,852 --> 00:58:47,617 It's Fred Weil. 900 00:58:49,934 --> 00:58:52,063 You haven't seen the east coast papers yet? 901 00:58:53,056 --> 00:58:54,263 No. 902 00:58:55,297 --> 00:58:57,062 It's 4 AM. 903 00:59:02,061 --> 00:59:04,144 I was you once. Gary, 904 00:59:04,942 --> 00:59:09,507 I started down this road. Though nowhere near as far as you are. 905 00:59:10,785 --> 00:59:11,274 When they saw... 906 00:59:11,426 --> 00:59:14,556 ...I wasn't gonna stop, they 'controversialized' me. 907 00:59:18,189 --> 00:59:20,192 Do you have any idea what I'm talking about? 908 00:59:23,272 --> 00:59:25,594 They make you the story. 909 00:59:27,074 --> 00:59:32,402 And you have a history of schizophrenia, you're a liar, you're a homo... 910 00:59:32,477 --> 00:59:34,401 ...you beat your dog... 911 00:59:34,638 --> 00:59:35,161 ...you're a pedophile - 912 00:59:35,278 --> 00:59:37,281 it doesn't matter if none of it's true. The point is... 913 00:59:37,399 --> 00:59:40,803 ...no one remembers what you found. They remember you... 914 00:59:41,762 --> 00:59:43,606 ...and you're nuts. 915 00:59:44,043 --> 00:59:45,933 You cease to exist. 916 00:59:50,646 --> 00:59:52,297 You there? 917 00:59:54,048 --> 00:59:55,858 Yeah, I'm here. 918 00:59:55,969 --> 00:59:58,211 Remember, you get the most flak... 919 00:59:58,651 --> 01:00:01,258 ...when you're right above the target. 920 01:00:02,893 --> 01:00:04,783 That's when they empty all their guns into you. 921 01:00:04,854 --> 01:00:08,417 When you're about to drop a bomb on the on the Kremlin... 922 01:00:10,457 --> 01:00:13,189 Or in this case, the Central Intelligence Agency. 923 01:00:16,740 --> 01:00:18,664 Hang in there. Gary. 924 01:00:46,796 --> 01:00:48,003 Morning. 925 01:00:53,880 --> 01:00:55,291 You guys don't look so good. 926 01:00:55,360 --> 01:00:56,361 Morning, Gary. 927 01:00:56,441 --> 01:00:57,807 Good morning. 928 01:00:58,042 --> 01:00:59,533 We just want to take your temperature, you know, get 929 01:00:59,603 --> 01:01:01,925 your perspective before we weigh in here. 930 01:01:02,524 --> 01:01:03,572 About what? 931 01:01:03,685 --> 01:01:06,690 Well, the CIA's response to you for one. 932 01:01:06,807 --> 01:01:08,970 Well, there isn't one really, is there? 933 01:01:09,248 --> 01:01:10,534 Still nothing? 934 01:01:10,649 --> 01:01:12,652 Not a single source? I mean 935 01:01:12,730 --> 01:01:13,379 ...at this point, 936 01:01:13,530 --> 01:01:16,775 I'll take anybody who takes home a check from the CIA. Anyone. 937 01:01:16,852 --> 01:01:18,457 They're a secretive organization, 938 01:01:18,533 --> 01:01:21,185 Jerry. I mean, that's what they do. They're secretive. They don't talk. 939 01:01:21,294 --> 01:01:23,415 Well, at least the Washington Post isn't saying we got 940 01:01:23,535 --> 01:01:24,458 all our facts wrong. 941 01:01:24,536 --> 01:01:25,697 Because they're not. 942 01:01:25,817 --> 01:01:28,503 But what the Post is saying is that we're just here to attest to the moral 943 01:01:28,578 --> 01:01:31,185 purity of the Central Intelligence Agency. 944 01:01:31,259 --> 01:01:33,662 Gary, Walter Zuckerman is a living legend. 945 01:01:33,741 --> 01:01:36,552 Yeah, who thinks his job is to defend the CIA. 946 01:01:36,662 --> 01:01:37,744 He used to work for them. 947 01:01:37,863 --> 01:01:40,868 He was a media intern for god's sakes. Am I crazy? 948 01:01:40,945 --> 01:01:43,552 I mean reading this stuff is like reading Pravda circa 1953, 949 01:01:43,626 --> 01:01:45,391 you guys. I mean, what am I missing here? 950 01:01:45,547 --> 01:01:49,315 Gary, cards on the table. We got a call from Corporate this morning. 951 01:01:49,389 --> 01:01:50,750 They are getting a little nervous. 952 01:01:50,790 --> 01:01:52,998 And so we're just going to take a beat, step back, 953 01:01:53,071 --> 01:01:55,120 look at the big picture on behalf of the paper. 954 01:01:55,192 --> 01:01:58,084 We don't want to print anything else until we get our ducks in a row, ok? 955 01:01:58,194 --> 01:01:59,879 And we're keeping you in the loop. 956 01:02:00,555 --> 01:02:02,718 No big deal 957 01:02:02,796 --> 01:02:05,118 - Gary, can I talk to you for a second? - Yeah. 958 01:02:21,606 --> 01:02:22,972 I just got a call. 959 01:02:23,087 --> 01:02:26,012 NBC's cancelling their segment on the story. They're not gonna run it. 960 01:02:26,088 --> 01:02:27,773 And you're not going to believe this, but we've heard 961 01:02:27,889 --> 01:02:29,540 the Washington Post is going to say you're an active 962 01:02:29,610 --> 01:02:31,420 part of Ricky Ross' defense... 963 01:02:31,571 --> 01:02:33,256 ...that your involvement verges on complicity and that 964 01:02:33,372 --> 01:02:36,298 you and Ricky Ross are telling this fairy tale together. 965 01:02:37,054 --> 01:02:38,864 - It's not funny. - Come on. 966 01:02:38,935 --> 01:02:41,257 - It's funny. - No, our careers could be on the line. 967 01:02:41,376 --> 01:02:43,426 Look, we drew blood. They're going to say anything. 968 01:02:43,578 --> 01:02:44,943 Would you? 969 01:02:45,659 --> 01:02:46,865 What? 970 01:02:48,220 --> 01:02:50,508 I'm sorry. I didn't mean that. 971 01:02:50,901 --> 01:02:52,267 You think I'd make some shit up? 972 01:02:52,382 --> 01:02:53,908 No. 973 01:02:54,583 --> 01:02:56,427 - You're my editor. - I know. 974 01:02:57,185 --> 01:03:00,269 It's my name on this story but it's your name on that damn door. 975 01:03:00,787 --> 01:03:02,392 Don't forget that. 976 01:03:02,708 --> 01:03:04,279 Right there. 977 01:03:11,272 --> 01:03:12,684 It's Rich Kline. 978 01:03:13,233 --> 01:03:14,724 It's Gary Webb. 979 01:03:15,595 --> 01:03:17,085 Really? 980 01:03:17,836 --> 01:03:19,885 Ok. 981 01:03:22,078 --> 01:03:23,444 Hello? 982 01:03:23,599 --> 01:03:25,284 What's happening here, Rich? 983 01:03:26,400 --> 01:03:28,608 The only people you have in your story... 984 01:03:28,681 --> 01:03:30,252 ...is the former Director of the CIA, 985 01:03:30,362 --> 01:03:32,685 the current Director of the CIA and - guess who - 986 01:03:32,764 --> 01:03:35,052 ...a bunch of CIA officials. 987 01:03:35,445 --> 01:03:37,210 Are you following up on anything I wrote or are you 988 01:03:37,286 --> 01:03:38,698 just talking to the CIA? 989 01:03:38,767 --> 01:03:40,293 I can't be talking to you. 990 01:03:41,208 --> 01:03:42,540 Why? 991 01:03:43,969 --> 01:03:45,654 I don't know. I'm sorry. 992 01:03:50,613 --> 01:03:52,662 Son of a bitch. 993 01:04:47,643 --> 01:04:49,134 What the fuck. 994 01:05:35,708 --> 01:05:36,835 Hey! 995 01:05:41,832 --> 01:05:43,323 What the hell you doing? 996 01:05:49,436 --> 01:05:50,927 I can see you! 997 01:06:16,010 --> 01:06:17,376 Son of a bitch 998 01:06:20,452 --> 01:06:21,739 Son of a bitch! 999 01:06:21,853 --> 01:06:23,777 I saw him and I chased him down the goddamned street. 1000 01:06:23,854 --> 01:06:25,857 Ok, so then you tried to shoot the guy. 1001 01:06:26,335 --> 01:06:28,065 I fired a warning shot. 1002 01:06:28,416 --> 01:06:29,862 I have a family to protect. 1003 01:06:29,977 --> 01:06:30,979 Did he try to break in? 1004 01:06:31,058 --> 01:06:34,860 No. He was at the back of my car. He wasn't trying to steal it. 1005 01:06:35,020 --> 01:06:37,388 I don't know what the hell he was doing but he was there. 1006 01:06:37,501 --> 01:06:40,188 See his fingerprints or some shit. 1007 01:06:40,263 --> 01:06:42,995 He was messing with it, I don't know what he was doing. 1008 01:06:52,549 --> 01:06:53,961 What are you doing? 1009 01:06:55,070 --> 01:06:57,962 Do you have any reason to believe your family's in danger, Mr. Webb? 1010 01:07:01,274 --> 01:07:02,514 No. 1011 01:07:03,795 --> 01:07:05,321 No. 1012 01:07:06,516 --> 01:07:07,643 Dad! 1013 01:07:07,717 --> 01:07:08,718 What is that? 1014 01:07:09,238 --> 01:07:10,445 That's Ian. 1015 01:07:11,719 --> 01:07:13,006 You can't - put that shit down. 1016 01:07:13,080 --> 01:07:14,526 Hey dad! Dad! 1017 01:07:14,681 --> 01:07:17,443 All these people just came down and are looking through all your shit! 1018 01:07:18,243 --> 01:07:19,813 Can I help you? 1019 01:07:20,044 --> 01:07:20,806 You can't be in here. 1020 01:07:20,884 --> 01:07:22,728 - It's a crime scene. - It's not a crime scene. 1021 01:07:23,686 --> 01:07:26,691 Excuse me, this is my house - what are you doing? 1022 01:07:26,767 --> 01:07:28,691 Who the fuck are you? 1023 01:07:28,768 --> 01:07:31,694 Hey, will you put this down? This is my shit! This is my house! 1024 01:07:31,770 --> 01:07:33,739 Get the fuck out! 1025 01:07:33,811 --> 01:07:35,302 Get the fuck out of here! 1026 01:07:43,016 --> 01:07:45,907 Ian, anybody comes down here, hit them with that. 1027 01:07:55,983 --> 01:07:57,428 I see you! 1028 01:08:09,550 --> 01:08:12,071 I know you had a hard night last night but I need to warn you... 1029 01:08:12,111 --> 01:08:14,274 before you come into work tomorrow that the next week 1030 01:08:14,392 --> 01:08:17,238 or so is going to be rough. 1031 01:08:18,755 --> 01:08:20,884 Now Dateline thinks you lied to them so they're coming after you. 1032 01:08:20,956 --> 01:08:23,483 And so is Nightline, 1033 01:08:23,557 --> 01:08:25,925 and every other major that hasn't had their shot yet. 1034 01:08:28,560 --> 01:08:30,211 Well, the story's tight. 1035 01:08:30,681 --> 01:08:32,332 It's not perfect. 1036 01:08:32,402 --> 01:08:35,247 Well, Jerry put the brakes on. I need to keep going. 1037 01:08:35,563 --> 01:08:37,567 I'm not done, Anna. 1038 01:08:37,725 --> 01:08:40,570 And I need you to protect me so I can finish what we started. 1039 01:08:40,926 --> 01:08:43,089 It's not the story now. 1040 01:08:43,328 --> 01:08:45,093 This is about you. 1041 01:08:45,329 --> 01:08:48,091 The New York Times gave us a courtesy call. They went into everything. 1042 01:08:48,130 --> 01:08:50,179 Every closet and corner of your life. 1043 01:08:50,251 --> 01:08:54,497 Every speeding ticket, every bar fight, every libel suit 1044 01:08:54,574 --> 01:08:55,939 That's gossip, that's not news. 1045 01:08:56,054 --> 01:08:56,942 And now Jerry's talking about you working out of the 1046 01:08:57,015 --> 01:08:58,586 Cupertino office for a while. 1047 01:08:58,736 --> 01:09:01,183 Jerry's out of his mind. That's not happening. 1048 01:09:01,257 --> 01:09:03,101 Hey bud, come on in. 1049 01:09:03,338 --> 01:09:05,148 That's not a good idea. 1050 01:09:06,260 --> 01:09:07,865 Ian, go to your room. 1051 01:09:17,866 --> 01:09:19,392 What is this? 1052 01:09:19,707 --> 01:09:21,870 They found out about that woman? 1053 01:09:26,150 --> 01:09:28,917 The woman in Cleveland, at the Plain Dealer. 1054 01:09:28,992 --> 01:09:30,517 Yeah? And? 1055 01:09:32,754 --> 01:09:34,917 Why didn't you tell us the whole story? 1056 01:09:39,117 --> 01:09:41,439 What the fuck. 1057 01:09:41,718 --> 01:09:46,204 Look, who I do or what the fuck I do in my life is not your concern, you understand that? 1058 01:09:46,281 --> 01:09:48,762 - This is between my wife and I, god - - Excuse me. 1059 01:09:51,604 --> 01:09:55,052 It's between my wife and I, goddammit it's not your fucking concern. 1060 01:09:56,246 --> 01:10:00,333 You can take any man's life, put in under a microscope. 1061 01:10:00,448 --> 01:10:03,499 You can dissect it, turn a simple man's life into a circus sideshow, 1062 01:10:03,610 --> 01:10:05,181 you know that. 1063 01:10:07,532 --> 01:10:09,137 What about the rest of me? 1064 01:10:09,453 --> 01:10:11,456 Can we focus on that? 1065 01:10:24,941 --> 01:10:26,592 Dad, what happened in Cleveland? 1066 01:10:36,948 --> 01:10:38,109 Come on. 1067 01:10:44,231 --> 01:10:47,157 There's no such thing as a little mistake, Ian. 1068 01:10:48,194 --> 01:10:50,641 One wrong turn and you're lost. 1069 01:10:51,355 --> 01:10:54,679 - Keep turning trying to get back- - You sound like a writer, writing. 1070 01:10:55,317 --> 01:10:58,243 I'm asking my father what happened in Cleveland. 1071 01:11:03,682 --> 01:11:05,172 I screwed up. 1072 01:11:10,405 --> 01:11:11,896 Who was it? 1073 01:11:15,088 --> 01:11:16,932 A reporter in the newsroom. 1074 01:11:19,330 --> 01:11:21,060 What was her name? 1075 01:11:23,372 --> 01:11:26,264 - Why does that matter? - It matters to me. 1076 01:11:31,096 --> 01:11:32,667 Barbara. 1077 01:11:36,499 --> 01:11:38,264 Did you love her? 1078 01:11:39,301 --> 01:11:40,871 No. 1079 01:11:41,342 --> 01:11:43,071 Do you love mom? 1080 01:11:43,703 --> 01:11:45,627 I love your mother. 1081 01:11:45,864 --> 01:11:50,349 You, your brother, your sister, your mother... 1082 01:11:51,507 --> 01:11:54,193 You're everything to me. You're all I got. 1083 01:11:55,509 --> 01:11:57,558 I couldn't stand losing that. 1084 01:11:59,271 --> 01:12:01,001 What happened to her? 1085 01:12:09,436 --> 01:12:11,360 She committed suicide. 1086 01:12:18,641 --> 01:12:20,132 That's really shitty. 1087 01:12:20,802 --> 01:12:22,886 Yeah it was. 1088 01:12:23,364 --> 01:12:25,493 Is that why we left Ohio? 1089 01:12:26,085 --> 01:12:27,690 Because you ran away? 1090 01:12:28,366 --> 01:12:30,848 Yeah, we needed a fresh start. 1091 01:12:32,889 --> 01:12:35,541 God, I'm really disappointed in you. 1092 01:12:40,173 --> 01:12:41,698 Mom's amazing. 1093 01:13:13,230 --> 01:13:15,711 We don't have a choice, Gary. This is the only option 1094 01:13:15,871 --> 01:13:17,556 on the table right now. 1095 01:13:17,672 --> 01:13:19,676 Good for you to get out of the line of fire for a beat. 1096 01:13:19,754 --> 01:13:23,727 You can cool off, pop out some easy human interest stuff. 1097 01:13:45,207 --> 01:13:47,017 Dad, what's in Cupertino? 1098 01:13:47,088 --> 01:13:49,012 It's the paper's bureau for losers. 1099 01:13:51,090 --> 01:13:52,616 Where I won't get in trouble. 1100 01:13:53,211 --> 01:13:54,577 Or so they think. 1101 01:13:55,572 --> 01:13:57,736 Maybe just don't go, Daddy. 1102 01:13:59,374 --> 01:14:03,666 I know. But honey, Daddy's got to go to work. 1103 01:14:03,737 --> 01:14:05,786 We've got the house to pay for and all these school clothes. 1104 01:14:05,938 --> 01:14:07,907 You guys are growing like weeds. 1105 01:14:09,780 --> 01:14:11,112 Look after them. 1106 01:14:12,581 --> 01:14:14,107 You guys be good. 1107 01:14:16,584 --> 01:14:19,395 Photos. Your old records. 1108 01:14:20,706 --> 01:14:23,153 - Some of Christine's drawings. - Ok. 1109 01:14:23,987 --> 01:14:25,672 That kind of thing. 1110 01:14:26,189 --> 01:14:27,600 I hate this. 1111 01:14:27,669 --> 01:14:29,160 I know. 1112 01:14:32,392 --> 01:14:33,997 I don't want to be alone. 1113 01:14:36,514 --> 01:14:38,643 I'm no good at it, you know that. 1114 01:14:41,036 --> 01:14:43,518 Maybe some time apart will be a good thing. 1115 01:14:47,280 --> 01:14:49,090 Well, it's got to be. 1116 01:14:56,365 --> 01:14:57,491 Ok. 1117 01:14:58,766 --> 01:14:59,608 I love you, daddy. 1118 01:14:59,686 --> 01:15:01,655 - Bye. - Love you too. 1119 01:15:03,088 --> 01:15:04,978 Love you, daddy! 1120 01:15:57,157 --> 01:15:59,638 I was told that the Police Department is having trouble 1121 01:15:59,718 --> 01:16:02,040 keeping the troopers' horses healthy... 1122 01:16:04,441 --> 01:16:07,810 Yeah, I hear it was bowel trouble? 1123 01:16:09,483 --> 01:16:10,974 Constipation. 1124 01:16:26,092 --> 01:16:28,539 I have you on record as working in Nicaragua with John Cullen 1125 01:16:28,653 --> 01:16:30,782 and Barry Reid between '81 and '85. 1126 01:16:30,854 --> 01:16:33,587 Yeah, I worked with Reid, but I don't know Cullen. 1127 01:16:33,656 --> 01:16:35,659 You got any contact info for Reid? 1128 01:16:35,737 --> 01:16:38,629 Last I heard he was in New Orleans. I think he died though. 1129 01:16:38,699 --> 01:16:41,146 I'd like to review your flight logs. Names of pilots- 1130 01:16:41,220 --> 01:16:42,746 I can't do that, Mr. Webb. 1131 01:16:42,821 --> 01:16:44,472 Is there anyone else I can speak to? 1132 01:16:44,542 --> 01:16:46,864 I don't know, maybe if you try back in a week you can talk to my boss. 1133 01:16:47,023 --> 01:16:48,514 Is Cullen residing in Lake City? 1134 01:16:48,624 --> 01:16:51,356 Down in Florida maybe? Look, I can't talk to you. 1135 01:17:33,488 --> 01:17:36,015 You didn't even open the box I gave you. 1136 01:17:37,009 --> 01:17:42,257 What? Oh honey, I can't open that. 1137 01:17:43,093 --> 01:17:44,458 You can't? 1138 01:17:44,533 --> 01:17:46,263 Look, I gotta focus. 1139 01:17:46,374 --> 01:17:49,346 You understand? I gotta focus so I can finish this thing. 1140 01:17:52,297 --> 01:17:53,868 And then what happens? 1141 01:17:55,219 --> 01:17:56,870 Then it's done. 1142 01:17:57,420 --> 01:17:59,025 And then what? 1143 01:18:01,903 --> 01:18:05,910 Then what? What? I didn't choose what's happening here, Sue. 1144 01:18:07,065 --> 01:18:09,718 I didn't choose this. I don't want to fucking be here in 1145 01:18:09,787 --> 01:18:12,632 this shitbox. Away from home. 1146 01:18:12,868 --> 01:18:15,874 Come on. What is this? 1147 01:18:16,230 --> 01:18:17,881 What do you mean? 1148 01:18:18,311 --> 01:18:21,442 Can't you see what this is doing to all of us? 1149 01:18:24,715 --> 01:18:26,480 That's not fair. 1150 01:18:27,596 --> 01:18:30,077 Look, you are who you always were, Gary. 1151 01:18:31,078 --> 01:18:33,127 No regret... 1152 01:18:33,279 --> 01:18:36,763 ...no blame, no judgment, it's just a fact. 1153 01:18:41,243 --> 01:18:43,566 I guess it's me who's changed. 1154 01:18:49,288 --> 01:18:51,052 What are you saying? 1155 01:18:57,892 --> 01:19:00,100 - What are you saying? - I don't know. 1156 01:19:06,577 --> 01:19:08,102 You do know. 1157 01:19:14,421 --> 01:19:16,106 Say it! 1158 01:19:20,104 --> 01:19:21,834 I don't know. 1159 01:20:12,371 --> 01:20:14,136 Don't turn on the light. 1160 01:20:19,415 --> 01:20:21,259 I'm John Cullen. 1161 01:20:23,777 --> 01:20:25,462 Do you know that name? 1162 01:20:34,423 --> 01:20:38,953 What you found here, Gary, is a monster. 1163 01:21:10,482 --> 01:21:13,169 I was recruited by the Agency... 1164 01:21:14,364 --> 01:21:16,333 ...out of college. 1165 01:21:17,846 --> 01:21:20,498 I knew Spanish and Law... 1166 01:21:21,168 --> 01:21:23,536 ...and I wanted to do good. 1167 01:21:23,969 --> 01:21:26,895 I wanted to fight some evil empire. 1168 01:21:29,652 --> 01:21:32,225 I went to Central America. 1169 01:21:33,174 --> 01:21:36,020 Made nice with radicals. 1170 01:21:37,696 --> 01:21:40,144 Slept with some of the pretty ones. 1171 01:21:42,499 --> 01:21:44,628 And turned in names. 1172 01:21:47,502 --> 01:21:53,194 Then I started noticing that they were disappearing. 1173 01:21:54,585 --> 01:21:56,395 Permanently. 1174 01:21:56,987 --> 01:21:59,355 The people that we hunted... 1175 01:22:00,148 --> 01:22:02,197 Murdered... 1176 01:22:03,390 --> 01:22:04,995 All they had... 1177 01:22:05,151 --> 01:22:10,843 ...was a deep desire to reform the government and have free elections. 1178 01:22:13,195 --> 01:22:15,324 That's it. 1179 01:22:16,757 --> 01:22:18,123 After I left the Agency, 1180 01:22:18,198 --> 01:22:20,884 I worked my way into a major drug cartel. 1181 01:22:20,999 --> 01:22:23,002 It was early Medellin. 1182 01:22:24,241 --> 01:22:26,974 I solved logistical issues. 1183 01:22:27,483 --> 01:22:30,853 Bringing supply into the United States. 1184 01:22:31,525 --> 01:22:34,006 Paved the way, you might say... 1185 01:22:34,887 --> 01:22:38,655 ...as the traffic grew. And grew. 1186 01:22:39,129 --> 01:22:44,775 Well someone in Washington knows what you do and is doing nothing to stop it. 1187 01:22:44,852 --> 01:22:47,379 It's all lies and corruption, Gary. 1188 01:22:47,453 --> 01:22:51,301 You become attracted to the power, then you become addicted to the power... 1189 01:22:51,375 --> 01:22:53,948 ...then you're devoured by the power. 1190 01:22:56,298 --> 01:23:00,908 Your thing and my thing, are they connected? 1191 01:23:08,625 --> 01:23:10,275 Are they the same? 1192 01:23:17,629 --> 01:23:21,192 Yes. They are the same. 1193 01:23:28,435 --> 01:23:30,325 Danilo Blandon. 1194 01:23:35,719 --> 01:23:38,405 This is him. Yesterday. 1195 01:23:38,800 --> 01:23:41,248 This is you here. Today. 1196 01:23:42,002 --> 01:23:45,247 Nobody wants to hear your sad story, Gary. 1197 01:23:47,525 --> 01:23:49,176 You can go on record. 1198 01:23:51,367 --> 01:23:53,416 And end up dead? 1199 01:23:54,609 --> 01:23:56,055 No. 1200 01:24:00,332 --> 01:24:01,903 Then why are you here? 1201 01:24:05,535 --> 01:24:06,900 I'm confessing. 1202 01:24:09,337 --> 01:24:11,102 Who else am I going to tell? 1203 01:24:28,747 --> 01:24:30,113 Anna? 1204 01:24:35,350 --> 01:24:36,591 Who is it? 1205 01:24:38,992 --> 01:24:40,358 It's Gary 1206 01:24:47,637 --> 01:24:49,003 It's six in the morning. 1207 01:24:49,078 --> 01:24:50,728 I found him. Or he found me. 1208 01:24:50,798 --> 01:24:52,449 - Who? - The asset. 1209 01:24:52,519 --> 01:24:55,001 It's the piece I've been missing. The only thing I didn't have. 1210 01:24:55,081 --> 01:24:58,211 It's what you kept asking for. So I can keep going. 1211 01:24:58,523 --> 01:25:03,452 He was a part of the operation, Anna. You understandthat? CIA. 1212 01:25:05,326 --> 01:25:07,694 Look if I can just get him to go on record, 1213 01:25:07,767 --> 01:25:08,576 he'll confirm everything. 1214 01:25:08,648 --> 01:25:10,458 He came to my goddamned motel room. 1215 01:25:10,569 --> 01:25:11,810 - I'm not finished with it. - You gotta talk to Jerry about this. 1216 01:25:11,930 --> 01:25:12,738 Calm down. 1217 01:25:12,810 --> 01:25:13,972 I'm not finished! 1218 01:25:14,091 --> 01:25:18,462 Look, I'm trying to keep you on the payroll, ok? I'm trying to save your career. 1219 01:25:18,573 --> 01:25:22,261 I know I'm not just gonna sit back and be quiet and do nothing 1220 01:25:22,335 --> 01:25:23,906 so I can collect your goddamn check. 1221 01:25:23,976 --> 01:25:25,581 - I understand. - You know that. You know me. 1222 01:25:25,657 --> 01:25:26,898 I'm gonna keep going. 1223 01:25:26,978 --> 01:25:28,309 I'm gonna finish this. 1224 01:25:28,378 --> 01:25:31,304 For you. Or I'm gonna do it for somebody else. 1225 01:25:32,300 --> 01:25:33,541 Look, there's a staff meeting tomorrow. 1226 01:25:33,621 --> 01:25:35,909 We'll talk about it there. OK? 1227 01:25:36,583 --> 01:25:37,948 OK. 1228 01:25:40,345 --> 01:25:42,269 OK. 1229 01:26:29,491 --> 01:26:30,936 Morning, Gary. 1230 01:26:33,573 --> 01:26:35,497 I wanted to run a couple ideas past you guys. 1231 01:26:35,574 --> 01:26:37,304 About this asset, the CIA asset. 1232 01:26:37,375 --> 01:26:38,946 Gary, have a seat. 1233 01:26:45,779 --> 01:26:47,305 - Hey Pete. - Hey. 1234 01:26:48,301 --> 01:26:49,826 When'd you get in from Washington? 1235 01:26:49,901 --> 01:26:52,827 No easy way to say this, Gary so I'm just going to say it. 1236 01:26:53,663 --> 01:26:56,987 We've had Pete backtrack a few of your leads. 1237 01:26:58,746 --> 01:27:00,192 Why didn't you tell me? 1238 01:27:00,347 --> 01:27:02,157 Well I'm telling you now. 1239 01:27:02,468 --> 01:27:03,310 Pete, why didn't you say anything? 1240 01:27:03,388 --> 01:27:06,951 We didn't like some of the some of the stuff that Pete brought back, ok? 1241 01:27:07,030 --> 01:27:09,353 Some of your sources have changed their stories. 1242 01:27:09,432 --> 01:27:10,513 Of course they did. 1243 01:27:10,592 --> 01:27:14,155 Well, they're saying they never said the things you have them saying. 1244 01:27:14,314 --> 01:27:16,363 Well that's how they operate, Jerry. 1245 01:27:16,475 --> 01:27:18,160 - “They"? - The Agency. 1246 01:27:18,276 --> 01:27:19,358 They deny everything. 1247 01:27:19,437 --> 01:27:22,169 Everyone who works with the CIA, the CIA denies everything. 1248 01:27:22,278 --> 01:27:25,409 Did you ever get an actual CIA operative on the record? 1249 01:27:25,840 --> 01:27:26,603 We never made that claim. 1250 01:27:26,681 --> 01:27:28,889 I think that's been very clear at this point. 1251 01:27:29,002 --> 01:27:31,165 Did you not tell them about the guy who came to my hotel room? 1252 01:27:31,283 --> 01:27:33,765 But he said he's not going on the record, Gary. 1253 01:27:34,525 --> 01:27:36,369 - No. I think I made- - Did you get anyone who works 1254 01:27:36,486 --> 01:27:38,854 for the CIA on the record? 1255 01:27:39,808 --> 01:27:40,809 Who is this guy? 1256 01:27:40,888 --> 01:27:41,697 Outside Counsel. 1257 01:27:41,809 --> 01:27:45,053 OK, let me catch you up to speed here, counselor. 1258 01:27:45,171 --> 01:27:48,540 The CIA uses people who work for the CIA. 1259 01:27:48,612 --> 01:27:50,935 They also use people who work with the CIA. 1260 01:27:51,014 --> 01:27:51,822 You get the difference. 1261 01:27:51,894 --> 01:27:54,546 We don't operate in a courtroom or in absolutes, Gary. 1262 01:27:54,616 --> 01:27:56,380 We operate in shades of grey. 1263 01:27:56,857 --> 01:27:58,860 I didn't realize truth was a shade of grey. 1264 01:27:58,938 --> 01:27:59,382 Anyone else? 1265 01:27:59,498 --> 01:28:01,581 It's not what you can prove, it's what people say they remember. 1266 01:28:01,699 --> 01:28:03,543 Your word against theirs. 1267 01:28:03,620 --> 01:28:06,193 Would have been wonderful to get a couple of innocent people on the record. 1268 01:28:06,302 --> 01:28:08,783 Yeah, well nobody a part of this story's innocent, Jerry. 1269 01:28:08,863 --> 01:28:10,753 You know, call Norwin Meneses. 1270 01:28:10,944 --> 01:28:12,868 He's in Managua. He's in a prison. 1271 01:28:12,945 --> 01:28:14,630 He was happy to speak to me when I came down... 1272 01:28:14,706 --> 01:28:16,630 He said he never spoke to you. 1273 01:28:18,148 --> 01:28:19,833 You kidding me? 1274 01:28:21,110 --> 01:28:22,953 I was in Managua for three days, you know this- 1275 01:28:23,031 --> 01:28:24,601 I know you were in Managua. 1276 01:28:24,711 --> 01:28:26,875 He said you never got inside the prison. 1277 01:28:27,153 --> 01:28:28,359 He said he never saw you. 1278 01:28:28,433 --> 01:28:30,198 Well there were five hundred other people who did. 1279 01:28:30,314 --> 01:28:32,204 Yeah, but can you prove it? 1280 01:28:33,876 --> 01:28:36,882 What, you mean, like did I bring home a t-shirt from the prison gift shop? 1281 01:28:36,958 --> 01:28:40,043 Do you have any proof you were actually inside that prison? 1282 01:28:40,200 --> 01:28:41,406 I bribed my way in. 1283 01:28:41,480 --> 01:28:41,890 For Christ's sake. 1284 01:28:41,961 --> 01:28:45,125 It's a third world country. What did you expect me to do? 1285 01:28:45,202 --> 01:28:46,204 What about all my notes? 1286 01:28:46,363 --> 01:28:49,334 Legally, they're just your notes. All it means is you wrote them. 1287 01:28:49,404 --> 01:28:50,895 You could have made them up later. 1288 01:28:50,965 --> 01:28:52,570 - Fuck you. - Easy Gary. 1289 01:28:52,686 --> 01:28:53,973 Fuck you both. 1290 01:28:54,047 --> 01:28:55,777 You questioning my ethics? 1291 01:28:56,088 --> 01:28:58,980 Thinking I'd re-engineer a goddam thing. 1292 01:28:59,370 --> 01:29:01,135 - How fucking dare you! - Calm down. 1293 01:29:01,211 --> 01:29:04,500 What about this Swiss banker? Baier? 1294 01:29:04,693 --> 01:29:06,377 Yeah, what about him? 1295 01:29:06,453 --> 01:29:07,899 - I can't find him. - We're going to have to 1296 01:29:07,974 --> 01:29:09,056 look a little harder then. 1297 01:29:09,135 --> 01:29:10,626 No one's heard from him, Gary. 1298 01:29:10,736 --> 01:29:13,581 This is crazy. This is nuts. 1299 01:29:13,937 --> 01:29:16,819 The CIA can't take a piss without getting their dicks caught in their fly 1300 01:29:16,859 --> 01:29:18,544 but they're absolutely fantastic at this. 1301 01:29:18,620 --> 01:29:21,147 I mean, look at you guys. You're looking at me like I'm crazy. 1302 01:29:21,221 --> 01:29:22,030 Like I'm lying. 1303 01:29:22,102 --> 01:29:23,787 - This is- - That's what you're doing! 1304 01:29:23,903 --> 01:29:24,904 Nobody's saying that. 1305 01:29:24,983 --> 01:29:27,112 - This is not personal. Do not- - How is this not personal? 1306 01:29:27,224 --> 01:29:32,438 Look, we got into this together, so we're going to get out of it together. 1307 01:29:37,230 --> 01:29:39,279 How are we going to get out of it? 1308 01:29:39,751 --> 01:29:42,643 We are going to print an open letter... 1309 01:29:42,753 --> 01:29:44,118 ...saying that some mistakes were made. 1310 01:29:44,233 --> 01:29:45,759 Don't do that. Don't do that. 1311 01:29:45,834 --> 01:29:47,883 Come on, there's a bigger picture here, open your eyes. 1312 01:29:47,955 --> 01:29:49,720 My eyes are wide open. Know what I see? 1313 01:29:49,796 --> 01:29:52,642 I see a bunch of people who are worried about their reputations. 1314 01:29:52,758 --> 01:29:54,363 Terrified that the Post or the Times aren't going to 1315 01:29:54,439 --> 01:29:56,886 pluck you from the foothills of San Jose... 1316 01:29:56,960 --> 01:29:58,690 ...and give you a job on the mountaintop. 1317 01:29:58,761 --> 01:30:02,006 You know Jerry, you print that letter, you can't undo it. 1318 01:30:02,083 --> 01:30:08,412 Not ever. You become a paper that tells the truth only when you fucking feel like it. 1319 01:30:10,407 --> 01:30:14,095 Some of the heavyweights of American journalism have examined Webb's work... 1320 01:30:14,169 --> 01:30:17,300 ...and found it reckless, often wrong. 1321 01:30:17,451 --> 01:30:20,582 Just this week, Webb was pulled off the CIA story... 1322 01:30:20,653 --> 01:30:23,134 ...after his own executive editor admitted the articles... 1323 01:30:23,254 --> 01:30:26,499 ...oversimplified the origins of the crack epidemic. 1324 01:30:26,616 --> 01:30:27,616 He also wrote, 1325 01:30:27,656 --> 01:30:32,301 “I feel that we did not have proof that top CIA officials knew.” 1326 01:30:32,579 --> 01:30:35,983 Many Americans do seem willing to believe that their own government... 1327 01:30:36,101 --> 01:30:38,264 ...could have been involved in drug smuggling. 1328 01:30:38,422 --> 01:30:40,903 Despite the criticism of Mr. Webb's work... 1329 01:30:40,983 --> 01:30:44,626 ...he is scheduled to receive the Bay Area Journalist of the Year Award. 1330 01:30:44,745 --> 01:30:48,468 Some within the organization are debating whether he is worthy of this- 1331 01:31:43,496 --> 01:31:46,263 Where the fuck's my bike? Come on. Come on! 1332 01:31:47,899 --> 01:31:48,582 Hey, excuse me, 1333 01:31:48,659 --> 01:31:51,426 have you seen a bike that was here? motorcycle? 1334 01:31:58,985 --> 01:32:02,433 Fuck! Fuck! Fuck! 1335 01:32:06,709 --> 01:32:08,199 God! 1336 01:32:12,992 --> 01:32:14,563 Come on. 1337 01:32:16,994 --> 01:32:18,884 What are you looking at? 1338 01:33:22,189 --> 01:33:23,918 - He's here! - I see his car! 1339 01:33:24,029 --> 01:33:25,361 Daddy! 1340 01:33:25,590 --> 01:33:25,715 Dad! 1341 01:33:25,790 --> 01:33:27,839 Hey munchkins! 1342 01:33:29,552 --> 01:33:31,123 How are you? How you doing? 1343 01:33:31,193 --> 01:33:35,359 Good to see you. How you doing, kiddo? 1344 01:33:35,476 --> 01:33:36,363 What happened to your hand? 1345 01:33:36,516 --> 01:33:39,123 That's just a little scratch. It's nothing. 1346 01:33:39,197 --> 01:33:40,563 You ever coming home? 1347 01:33:40,638 --> 01:33:41,970 Working on it kiddo, we're working on it. 1348 01:33:42,039 --> 01:33:43,485 Mom! Dad's here! 1349 01:33:43,560 --> 01:33:45,051 Hi, chicken. 1350 01:33:49,723 --> 01:33:51,567 - Hey mom. - Look at you. 1351 01:33:51,884 --> 01:33:53,375 Come on, Christine, let's go. 1352 01:33:56,126 --> 01:33:57,127 You look beautiful. 1353 01:33:58,608 --> 01:34:00,293 I look beautiful. 1354 01:34:01,289 --> 01:34:02,291 Come in. 1355 01:34:04,571 --> 01:34:05,733 What's this? 1356 01:34:05,812 --> 01:34:09,580 It's a long story. It's nothing. It's boring. 1357 01:34:10,814 --> 01:34:11,815 Hi. 1358 01:34:13,536 --> 01:34:14,981 How you been? 1359 01:34:16,057 --> 01:34:18,789 Really good, considering. 1360 01:34:20,019 --> 01:34:23,184 I've decided to continue writing on my own... 1361 01:34:24,501 --> 01:34:26,231 ...without the paper. 1362 01:34:28,624 --> 01:34:29,511 You're resigning? 1363 01:34:29,584 --> 01:34:31,075 Yeah. 1364 01:34:33,186 --> 01:34:34,916 - Well that's good. - Yeah. 1365 01:34:34,987 --> 01:34:39,837 I mean, you know. Walk away. Fresh start. 1366 01:34:40,750 --> 01:34:42,799 Make room for something new. 1367 01:34:43,231 --> 01:34:44,643 Yeah. 1368 01:34:46,913 --> 01:34:49,964 Thanks for coming with me. It means a lot. 1369 01:34:50,075 --> 01:34:51,999 Tonight's going to be a good night. 1370 01:34:52,276 --> 01:34:53,403 Journalist of the Year 1371 01:34:53,557 --> 01:34:55,083 Yeah. You ready? You look ready. 1372 01:34:55,158 --> 01:34:57,287 - You guys behave. - Love you guys. 1373 01:34:57,399 --> 01:34:59,004 Where's Ian? 1374 01:35:03,762 --> 01:35:05,731 No way. 1375 01:35:05,963 --> 01:35:08,126 No way. 1376 01:35:09,685 --> 01:35:10,892 What? 1377 01:35:12,527 --> 01:35:14,178 What? 1378 01:35:16,849 --> 01:35:17,931 This is great! 1379 01:35:18,050 --> 01:35:18,812 Yeah. 1380 01:35:18,930 --> 01:35:21,252 Oh man. Look at her. 1381 01:35:21,371 --> 01:35:23,375 You did it! You did it! You did it! 1382 01:35:23,453 --> 01:35:24,978 Thank you. 1383 01:35:26,094 --> 01:35:27,745 I'm so proud of you. 1384 01:35:28,055 --> 01:35:30,423 - Thank you. - I'm super proud of you. 1385 01:35:30,977 --> 01:35:34,346 All right! Yes! 1386 01:35:36,219 --> 01:35:37,267 I'll follow you. 1387 01:35:37,380 --> 01:35:39,270 Yeah, don't drive too fast. 1388 01:35:40,622 --> 01:35:42,625 - Well what? - We'll see. 1389 01:36:18,442 --> 01:36:19,648 Unbelievable! 1390 01:36:22,124 --> 01:36:23,614 Unbelievable. 1391 01:36:24,045 --> 01:36:25,410 Congratulations. 1392 01:36:27,967 --> 01:36:29,652 Congratulations, Gary! Good job! 1393 01:36:29,728 --> 01:36:31,857 Thank you, thank you. 1394 01:36:32,889 --> 01:36:34,733 Good to see you, good to see you. 1395 01:37:31,880 --> 01:37:37,731 My first story was about a dog that should have died, but wouldn't. 1396 01:37:41,205 --> 01:37:42,206 I was twenty-two. 1397 01:37:42,286 --> 01:37:45,052 It was a stupid little feature, but I was proud of it. 1398 01:37:45,167 --> 01:37:47,854 I put it in a frame and hung it on my wall. 1399 01:37:50,050 --> 01:37:53,818 And believed I joined a secret guild of reporters that day. 1400 01:37:54,812 --> 01:37:57,135 If there was ever a believer, it was me. 1401 01:37:59,335 --> 01:38:03,865 My last story was about a police horse in Cupertino, California... 1402 01:38:04,978 --> 01:38:07,107 ...who died of constipation. 1403 01:38:09,420 --> 01:38:11,993 Actually, it's not a joke. 1404 01:38:13,182 --> 01:38:16,313 But to begin with a dog and end with a pile of horseshit... 1405 01:38:17,865 --> 01:38:20,870 ...there's a kind of poetry in there, somewhere. 1406 01:38:26,709 --> 01:38:28,952 But this, this is horseshit. 1407 01:38:29,231 --> 01:38:31,473 Me being up here. 1408 01:38:31,912 --> 01:38:35,043 Look, I know I pissed off a lot of people over the years. 1409 01:38:35,874 --> 01:38:38,686 Many of whom are in this room right now. 1410 01:38:41,117 --> 01:38:44,042 But I think that's what good investigative reporting does. 1411 01:38:44,119 --> 01:38:45,723 It ruffles feathers. 1412 01:38:47,280 --> 01:38:48,931 But I was never fired. 1413 01:38:49,161 --> 01:38:51,529 And my editors never threw me under the bus. 1414 01:38:53,243 --> 01:38:56,215 And that's because I never wrote anything until now... 1415 01:38:57,846 --> 01:39:01,853 ...that really mattered to a lot of people. 1416 01:39:03,008 --> 01:39:04,818 Mattered in a scary way. 1417 01:39:09,052 --> 01:39:10,782 I'm not going to take it back. 1418 01:39:11,373 --> 01:39:15,096 Make nice to save my job. 1419 01:39:16,736 --> 01:39:18,466 Because I thought my job... 1420 01:39:25,020 --> 01:39:26,432 Sorry. 1421 01:39:33,465 --> 01:39:36,390 I thought my job was to tell the public the truth. 1422 01:39:36,906 --> 01:39:38,875 The facts, pretty or not. 1423 01:39:38,947 --> 01:39:41,316 And let the publishing of those facts... 1424 01:39:41,389 --> 01:39:43,279 ...make a difference... 1425 01:39:44,871 --> 01:39:46,157 ...in how people look at things. 1426 01:39:46,231 --> 01:39:48,394 At themselves, at what they stand for. 1427 01:39:49,833 --> 01:39:51,484 That's shame on me. 1428 01:39:56,917 --> 01:39:59,398 This is the only thing I ever wanted to do. 1429 01:40:05,922 --> 01:40:07,766 And for a while... 1430 01:40:10,404 --> 01:40:12,567 ...a long while, it was an honor. 1431 01:40:49,105 --> 01:40:54,911 Before we say goodnight, there's one more item of business. 1432 01:41:05,473 --> 01:41:06,805 Hey dad. 1433 01:41:10,196 --> 01:41:12,165 Hey bud. 1434 01:41:12,717 --> 01:41:14,402 You ok? 1435 01:41:15,158 --> 01:41:17,321 I'm not sure. 1436 01:41:20,121 --> 01:41:22,011 Well, I'm really proud of you. 1437 01:41:30,847 --> 01:41:32,451 Thanks bud. 1438 01:41:39,251 --> 01:41:40,777 Listen. 1439 01:41:42,573 --> 01:41:45,977 I've done a lot of things that I'm not proud of. 1440 01:41:49,216 --> 01:41:51,379 But I've never stopped loving you. 1441 01:41:52,858 --> 01:41:54,543 Not once. 1442 01:41:57,020 --> 01:41:58,625 I know. 1443 01:42:03,824 --> 01:42:05,873 - I need some air. - Yeah. 1444 01:42:07,906 --> 01:42:09,671 Hey dad, don't go too far. 1445 01:42:38,002 --> 01:42:42,328 This town hall meeting allows the South Central community to interact... 1446 01:42:42,404 --> 01:42:44,807 ...with the director of Central intelligence. 1447 01:42:44,886 --> 01:42:49,212 Please join me in welcoming CIA Director, John Deutch. 1448 01:43:02,255 --> 01:43:05,100 How are we supposed to trust... 1449 01:43:05,176 --> 01:43:09,548 ...the CIA officials to investigate themselves? 1450 01:43:09,659 --> 01:43:11,503 Is Gary Webb in the house is the first thing I want to ask? 1451 01:43:11,580 --> 01:43:12,945 Is Gary Webb in here? 1452 01:43:13,341 --> 01:43:15,583 Gary Webb is the reporter for the San Jose Mercury News 1453 01:43:15,662 --> 01:43:17,427 who broke the story wide open. 1454 01:43:17,503 --> 01:43:22,592 Allow Gary Webb to have full access to the Investigator General's full documentation... 1455 01:43:22,666 --> 01:43:26,639 ...and comparatively go through it as the investigation goes on. 1456 01:43:54,322 --> 01:43:57,214 There's no question in my mind there is a complicity 1457 01:43:57,284 --> 01:43:59,174 in the flow of drugs into this country. 1458 01:43:59,245 --> 01:44:02,888 Same pilots, same airstrips, same airplanes... 1459 01:44:03,007 --> 01:44:08,255 ...carrying guns and drugs at the same time. And people knew it. 1460 01:44:08,370 --> 01:44:11,854 South Central Los Angeles and every other city in America 1461 01:44:11,932 --> 01:44:14,379 ...are owed an explanation. 111071