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| − | '''Jeff Bezos''' is the founder and [[CEO]] of [[Amazon.com]], the United States' largest online retailer.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|work=New York Times|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/technology-a-surprise-from-amazon-its-first-profit.html|author=Saul Hansell|date=Jan 23 2002|accessdate=Apr 26 2009|title=TECHNOLOGY; A Surprise From Amazon: Its First Profit|language=English|publisher=New York Times Co.}}</ref> | + | '''Jeff Bezos''' is the founder and [[CEO]] of [[Amazon.com]], the United States' largest online retailer.<ref name="nyt1">{{cite web|work=New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/23/business/technology-a-surprise-from-amazon-its-first-profit.html|author=Saul Hansell|date=Jan 23 2002|accessdate=Apr 26 2009|title=TECHNOLOGY; A Surprise From Amazon: Its First Profit|language=English|publisher=New York Times Co.}}</ref> |
| | He also owns the [[liberal]] [[Washington Post]] and the space agency [[Blue Origin]]. | | He also owns the [[liberal]] [[Washington Post]] and the space agency [[Blue Origin]]. |
| | [[File:Schindler Jan 12.png|right|350px|thumb|Langley's 7th floor is a reference to CIA headquarters. Trump was viewed as a threat to the [[NATO]] alliance for demanding NATO allies shoulder their share of the cost burden.]] | | [[File:Schindler Jan 12.png|right|350px|thumb|Langley's 7th floor is a reference to CIA headquarters. Trump was viewed as a threat to the [[NATO]] alliance for demanding NATO allies shoulder their share of the cost burden.]] |
| | Depending on stock performance on any given day, Bezos regularly trades the "world's richest person" title with [[Bill Gates]] and [[Warren Buffett]]. | | Depending on stock performance on any given day, Bezos regularly trades the "world's richest person" title with [[Bill Gates]] and [[Warren Buffett]]. |
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| − | Bezos, who owns the ''[[Washington Post]]'', is a [[CIA]] contractor.<ref>http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-details-about-the-cias-deal-with-amazon/374632/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html?utm_term=.8fea51fb3097</ref><ref>http://www.mockingbirdpaper.com/content/leaked-dnc-emails-prove-washington-post-both-fundraiser-and-attack-dog-clinton-and-national</ref><ref>https://medium.com/@SarahRRunge/amazon-the-washington-post-and-the-cia-d68a4ee802e#.406uub5gw</ref> The ''Washington Post'' took the lead in promoting the [[fake news]] [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]]. The CIA is barred from influencing U.S. domestic politics by the [[National Security Act of 1947]]. | + | Bezos, who owns the ''[[Washington Post]]'', is a [[CIA]] contractor.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-details-about-the-cias-deal-with-amazon/374632/</ref><ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/washington-post-closes-sale-to-amazon-founder-jeff-bezos/2013/10/01/fca3b16a-2acf-11e3-97a3-ff2758228523_story.html?utm_term=.8fea51fb3097</ref><ref>http://www.mockingbirdpaper.com/content/leaked-dnc-emails-prove-washington-post-both-fundraiser-and-attack-dog-clinton-and-national</ref><ref>https://medium.com/@SarahRRunge/amazon-the-washington-post-and-the-cia-d68a4ee802e#.406uub5gw</ref> The ''Washington Post'' took the lead in promoting the [[fake news]] [[Trump-Russia conspiracy theory]]. The CIA is barred from influencing U.S. domestic politics by the [[National Security Act of 1947]]. |
| | In January 2017 former NSA official John Schindler tweeted, "When [[David Ignatius|@IgnatiusPost]] speaks, Langley's 7th floor lips are moving. '''They are taking [[traitor]] Trump out now'''."<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/20committee/status/819764059096678402?lang=en</ref> Ignatius is a reporter for the ''Washington Post'', and Langley's 7th floor is a reference to CIA director [[John Brennan]]'s office. | | In January 2017 former NSA official John Schindler tweeted, "When [[David Ignatius|@IgnatiusPost]] speaks, Langley's 7th floor lips are moving. '''They are taking [[traitor]] Trump out now'''."<ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/20committee/status/819764059096678402?lang=en</ref> Ignatius is a reporter for the ''Washington Post'', and Langley's 7th floor is a reference to CIA director [[John Brennan]]'s office. |
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| | * [http://www.portfolio.com/resources/executive-profiles/1984 Condé Nast Portfolio Executive Profile – Portfolio.com (August 2007)] | | * [http://www.portfolio.com/resources/executive-profiles/1984 Condé Nast Portfolio Executive Profile – Portfolio.com (August 2007)] |
| | * [http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/85/bezos_1.html Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos – Fastcompany.com (August 2004)] | | * [http://www.fastcompany.com/magazine/85/bezos_1.html Inside the Mind of Jeff Bezos – Fastcompany.com (August 2004)] |
| − | * [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1757263/ Jeff Bezos] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] | + | * [https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1757263/ Jeff Bezos] at the [[Internet Movie Database]] |
| | * [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/jeffrey_p_bezos/index.html Jeff Bezos collected news and commentary at The [[New York Times]]] | | * [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/b/jeffrey_p_bezos/index.html Jeff Bezos collected news and commentary at The [[New York Times]]] |
| | * [http://www.nndb.com/people/436/000022370 Jeff Bezos at the [[NNDB|Notable Names Database]]] | | * [http://www.nndb.com/people/436/000022370 Jeff Bezos at the [[NNDB|Notable Names Database]]] |