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LA Sheriffs

NPR's Ina Jaffe reports the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department has found NO link between the introduction of crack cocaine and CIA support of contra rebels in the 1980's. The Department was investigating charges first raised in a series of articles by the San Jose Mercury News, saying that the CIA had supported contras who were involved in the crack trade. The sheriffs spent 2 months investigating the charges.

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