Kill the Messenger

& Coral: Selling drugs for the government. Have you written that story?

& Gary Webb: Come on. It’s why you brought me in here. To go after stories like this.
    Jerry: But we’re not the LA Times.
    Gary Webb: We’re not small-time, either.

& Meneses: The five iron. A perfectly designed club. In golf, if you have a five iron, you don’t need anything else. If you use it, like a tool. You can carve any shot in the game. You can even slice a man open if you know how to use it properly.

& Gary Webb: Did it have to be drugs?
    Meneses: The ends justify the means. Yeah, write that down. You Americans don’t want coconuts or bananas. You want cocaine, and I know where to find cocaine.

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& Meneses: Now that you know the truth, you will be faced with the most important decision of your life.
    Gary Webb: Oh yeah. What’s that?
    Meneses: Deciding whether to share it or not. You have a family? You married?.. Like I said.

& Fred Weil: This is your ticket out of small time, right? You’re going to make your bones on this.
    Gary Webb: This is a true story!
    Fred Weil: My friend, some stories are just too true to tell.

& Fred Weil: Remember, you get the most flak... when you’re right above the target. That’s when they empty all their guns into you. When you’re about to drop a bomb on the on the Kremlin... Or, in this case, the Central Intelligence Agency.

& 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.

& John Cullen: Nobody wants to hear your sad story, Gary.

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