I was recruited by the Agency out of college. I knew Spanish and Law, and I wanted to do...
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John Cullen:
[appearing in his hotel room in the middle of the night]
I was recruited by the Agency out of college. I knew Spanish and Law, and I wanted to do good. I wanted to fight some evil empire. I went to Central America. Made nice with radicals. Slept with some of the pretty ones. And turned in names. Then I started noticing that they were disappearing. Permanently. The people that we hunted Murdered All they had was a deep desire to reform the government and have free elections. That's it. After I left the Agency, I worked my way into a major drug cartel. It was early Medellin. I solved logistical issues, bringing supply into the United States. Paved the way, you might say, as the traffic grew - and grew.
Gary Webb:
Well someone in Washington knows what you do, and is doing nothing to stop it.
John Cullen:
It's all lies and corruption, Gary. You become attracted to the power, then you become addicted to the power, then you're devoured by the power.
Gary Webb:
Your thing and my thing, are they connected? Are they the same?
John Cullen:
Yes. They are the same.
Transcript
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I was recruited by the Agency
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out of college
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I knew Spanish and Law
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and I wanted to do good
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I wanted to fight some evil empire
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I went to Central America
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Made nice with radicals
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Slept with some of the pretty ones
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And turned in names
Clip duration: 36 seconds
Views: 114
Timestamp in movie: 01h 21m 11s
Uploaded: 14 March, 2022
Genres: biography, crime, drama
Summary: Journalist Gary Webb, California 1996, started investigating CIA's role in the 1980s in getting crack cocaine to the black part of LA to get money and weapons to the Contras/freedom fighters in Nicaragua.
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Actors
00:31 Nobody wants to hear your sad story Gary
00:19 OK let me catch you up to speed here counselor
00:24 He said he never spoke to you
00:32 Mr Blandon
00:32 Can you tell us who in the federal government you
00:05 God I'm really disappointed in you
00:05 That's classified How did you get it
00:05 Some stories are just too true to tell
00:11 Deciding whether to share it or not
02:02 Public enemy number one in the United States is drug abuse
00:15 Every time I ask for something
00:04 I'm really proud of you
00:20 Carrying guns and drugs at the same time
00:08 American kids did die They're still dying
00:17 I thought my job was to tell the public the truth
00:07 Look here man I was just the elf Blandon was Santa Claus
00:34 My first story was about a dog that should have died but...
00:36 That's classified How did you get it
00:32 My angle is that the American government knew drugs were
00:35 I was you once Gary