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Who was the executive editor of Mercury News during the "Dark Alliance" controversy?

  • Bill Keller

  • Jerome Ceppos

  • Dean Baquet

  • Ben Bradlee

Answer

The "Dark Alliance" controversy involved the publication of a series of articles in the Mercury News that exposed the Central Intelligence Agency's (CIA) collaboration with the Contras, a rebel group fighting against the Nicaraguan government in the 1980s. The articles revealed the CIA's role in drug trafficking and the arming of the Contras.
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