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title: Freedom of Information Act
aliases:
- Freedom of Information Act
- FOIA
created: 2026-05-17
updated: 2026-05-17
category: "Intelligence Scandal"
tags:
- law
- u.s.-government
- contra-war
summary: The Freedom of Information Act was used by Gary Webb to obtain government documents that revealed the CIA and DEA's knowledge of Contra-connected drug trafficking.
date: 1966-07-04
location: United States
- Law
- USGovernment
- ContraWar
summary: "The Freedom of Information Act was used by Gary Webb to obtain government documents that revealed the CIA and DEA's knowledge of Contra-connected drug trafficking."
start: 1966-07-04
location: "United States"
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The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) was used by [[Gary Webb]] to obtain government documents that revealed the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] and [[DEA]]'s knowledge of Contra-connected drug trafficking. Webb's FOIA requests produced thousands of pages of previously classified documents that formed the evidentiary backbone of the [[Dark Alliance]] series.[^1]