Newsweek
Newsweek was a major American news magazine that covered the Dark Alliance story, calling it a powerful series.
Newsweek was a major American news magazine that covered the Dark Alliance story. The magazine was also connected to the Contra war's origins: according to one account, Central Intelligence Agency director William J. Casey himself leaked news of the Contra project to Newsweek to ensure it could not be abandoned.1
Casey's Leak
According to reports, Casey wanted to ensure that the Contra project did not get shelved. Once it became public knowledge that the Reagan administration was helping the Contras, Casey reasoned, stopping it would look like a sellout, another Bay of Pigs. The deliberate leak to Newsweek illustrated how the CIA used the media to build political support for its covert operations and to box in congressional opponents.2
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- ConceptCrack Cocaine
- PersonDavid Ferrie
- PersonEnrique Bermudez
- OrganizationEsalen Institute
- PersonHal Finney
- PersonHussein Kamel
- PersonJ.J. Klaver
- PersonMartin Nowak
- PersonMohammed Hammoud
- PersonNaina Bajekal
- PersonR.C. Horsch
- PersonRaymond Banoun
- PersonRobert Parry
- OrganizationRobert R. Mullen Company
- PersonRobert Stutman
- OrganizationRose Law Firm
- ConceptSatoshi Nakamoto
- PersonWilliam J. Casey