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Is it true: CIA Crack Cocaine and Dark Alliance Claims?
Partially True75% confidence
Partly — it's more complicated than the claim suggests.
Official inquiries found serious Contra-drug issues but disputed the strongest claims about intentional CIA crack distribution.
The claim
Claims that CIA-linked Contra networks contributed to crack cocaine trafficking in the United States.
Key evidence
Gary Webb documented Contra-linked drug networks in Los Angeles
The maximalist "CIA created crack cocaine" claim is not supported by the Hitz Report
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