CIA/Crontras Connection to DrugTrafficking in the US (South Central Los Angeles)

Congresswoman Maxine Waters is considered by many to be the most powerful Black woman in American politics today. She has gained a reputation as a fearless and outspoken advocate for women, children, people of color, and poor people. In an interview with Peter Jennings of ABC World News Tonight, Rep. Waters was referred to as "a woman who will simply not go unheard."

On the forefront of the many issues that Rep. Waters debates daily, the CIA/Contras involvement in the trafficking of crack cocaine in South Central Los Angeles and other inner cities has been the top of her list. Waters has been speaking out against the CIA/Contras connection and she has made it her duty to demand a full investigation as to whether the CIA was involved or had knowledge of drug trafficking.

Waters became very adamant about this issue after the publication of a series of articles in the San Jose Mercury News from August 10-20, 1996 authored by reporter Gary Webb. Webb documented that the connection between U.S. foreign policy in the 1980s, international ##### traffickers, and crack co

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Waters was outraged and immediately requested a full investigation the allegations introduced in the Webb article. In a press conference back in September of 1996, Rep. Waters stated "I vow to leave no stone unturned in a effort to punish those responsible for creating the devastating drug addition, sales, gun-running, violence, and death associated with crack cocaine."

Waters again challenges the credibility of the government calling for Congress to begin a thorough investigation and examination of drug trafficking in the U.S. Waters also makes clear that she does not intend to back down from pursuing that investigation. She states that she is in it for the long haul.

The utilization of Inductive Reasoning was again used throughout the testimony because of the way in which the evidence was presented. Waters stated that the CIA did their own investigation and came up with their own conclusions that contradicted everything that was mentioned in the Webb article. She then stated she did her own investigation and her conclusion confirmed the allegations in the Webb series as well as the other research that was done in the past. The conclusion that she arrived at was basically the IG Report lacked credibility should be dismissed.

This paper will critically examine some of the speeches, press release, letter and other documents by Rep. Maxine Waters in her quest to "...punish those responsible for creating the devastating drug addition sales, gun-running, violence, and death associated with crack cocaine throughout this nation" (press release 9/5/96). Before I perform a critical analysis, I will examine the history of CIA complicity in drug trafficking which has led up to the allegation by Waters and others. I will also examine Waters' ideology. I will then go into great detail about how the Rhetoric of Form and Definition is used throughout Water's speeches. I will also provide an analytical overview of the type of stylistic devices used throughout the speeches.

caine's origins in South Central Los Angeles.

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