Jules and the CNN pix

[Doug Millison]

It will be interesting to see what Webb comes up with in Cupertino -- that
"small suburban bureau" is in the heart of Silicon Valley, another nexus of
Pynchonian social/technical/historical/mythical connections.

Cordially,
Doug

At 12:40 PM 6/12/97, Peter Giordano wrote:
>In a strange sort of Pynchonian series of connections right after I read
>Doug's comments on Gary Webb I went into the NandO Times to find
>that Gary is in the news today:
>
>(The following is pulled from an AP wire story:)
> An investigative reporter who linked the CIA to crack cocaine
>sales in the United States says he was told he would lose his
>job unless he stopped working on the series.
>
>Gary Webb of the San Jose Mercury News said Wednesday
>that newspaper management pulled him off the "Dark
>Aliance" series, published last summer. He also said the
>newspaper is transferring him from the state capital to the
>small suburban bureau of Cupertino, 150 miles away.
>
>"This is just harassment," Webb said. " This isn't the first time
>that a reporter went after the CIA and lost his job over it." [.....]
>
>Peter Giordano
>Williams College
>Williamstown, MA

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