Martha Honey was a [[New York Times]] stringer in [[Costa Rica]] who pursued the Contra drug story and was placed under [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] surveillance for her reporting. Honey and her husband [[Tony Avirgan]], an ABC cameraman, were among the journalists who investigated the connections between the [[Contras]] and drug trafficking on Costa Rica's Southern Front.[^1] ### Under Surveillance The FBI's decision to place Honey under surveillance revealed the government's willingness to monitor journalists who investigated the Contra-drug connection. Honey's reporting from Costa Rica documented the overlapping worlds of covert operations, drug trafficking, and Contra political activity on the Southern Front. The surveillance of a journalist by federal law enforcement illustrated the lengths to which the government went to suppress information about its relationship with drug traffickers.[^2] ### Footnotes [^1]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 18. [^2]: Gary Webb, *Dark Alliance*, Ch. 18.