Webb is best known for his "Dark Alliance" series, which appeared in The Mercury News in 1996. The series examined the origins of the crack cocaine trade in Los Angeles and claimed that members of the anti-communist Contra rebels in Nicaragua had played a major role in creating the trade, using cocaine profits to finance their fight against the government in Nicaragua. It also stated that the Contras may have acted with the knowledge and protection of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). The series provoked outrage, particularly in the Los Angeles African-American community, and led to four major investigations of its charges.
When asked by local reporters about the possibility of two gunshots being a suicide, Lyons replied: "It's unusual in a suicide case to have two shots, but it has been done in the past, and it is in fact a distinct possibility."
Williams, a 31-year-old code breaker for Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service (also known as MI6), was found padlocked inside a bright red North Face bag in his London apartment on Aug. 23, 2010. The keys, interestingly enough, were found inside the bag, underneath his body. He had been dead for nearly a week before neighbors and co-workers noticed he had gone missing.
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