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The four-part "Dark Alliance" series ran in the Mercury News beginning August 18, 1996. Webb's opening paragraph reported that "a Bay Area drug ring sold tons of cocaine to the Crips and Bloods street gangs of Los Angeles and funneled millions in drug profits to a Latin American guerrilla army run by the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency." The series was initially ignored by the national media, but talk radio and the Internet drove it to national attention. The Web site, created by the Mercury Center team, offered full-color animated maps, uncut source documents, audio clips from undercover DEA tapes, and Blandón's federal court testimony. Hits on the Web page climbed past one million.[^5]
At Ross's sentencing, Judge [[Marilyn Huff]] told prosecutor [[LJ Oneale]] she wanted answers from the CIA before passing sentence and ordered the Justice Department to begin deportation proceedings against Blandón. The L.A. City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for a federal investigation. Both California senators and several congressmen demanded official inquiries. CIA director John Deutch ordered an internal investigation, and Attorney General Janet Reno followed suit.[^5]
At Ross's sentencing, Judge [[Marilyn Huff]] told prosecutor [[LJ Oneale]] she wanted answers from the CIA before passing sentence and ordered the Justice Department to begin deportation proceedings against Blandón. The L.A. City Council unanimously approved a resolution calling for a federal investigation. Both California senators and several congressmen demanded official inquiries. CIA director [[John Deutch]] ordered an internal investigation, and Attorney General Janet Reno followed suit.[^5]
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