Investigative journalist Robert Parry (1949-2018) Journalism lost one of its most valuable investigators when Robert Parry died from pancreatic cancer on January 27, at the age of  68. He was the first reporter to reveal Oliver North’s operation in the White House basement (AP, 6/10/1985), and the co-author of the first report on Contra drug-smuggling … Continue reading A Tribute to Robert Parry: Independent Journalism at Its Best