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Kill the Messenger

Can you keep a national secret?

Rating 6.6 / 10Release October 9, 2014Runtime 112 min

A reporter becomes the target of a vicious smear campaign that drives him to the point of suicide after he exposes the CIA's role in arming Contra rebels in Nicaragua and importing cocaine into California. Based on the true story of journalist Gary Webb.

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