Gary Stephen Webb (August 31, 1955 — December 10, 2004) was a Pulitzer prize-winning American investigative journalist. Webb was best known for his 1996 „Dark Alliance“ series of articles written for the San Jose Mercury News and later published as a book. In the three-part series, Webb investigated Nicaraguans linked to the CIA-backed Contras who had smuggled cocaine into the U.S. Their smuggled cocaine was distributed as crack cocaine in Los Angeles, with the profits funneled back to the Contras.