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Line 65: − − ===Amazon/Washington Post deal=== − In March 2013, the CIA awarded a $600 million contract to Amazon Web Services for a computing cloud system which would allow all 17 agencies of the US intelligence community to coordinate and share information.<ref>https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/07/the-details-about-the-cias-deal-with-amazon/374632/</ref> The General Accounting Office found the deal violated the open bidding process, but a federal court stood by the CIA's decision. − − In October of the same year [[Jeff Bezos]], founder of [[Amazon.com]] and the 6th richest billionaire on the planet worth $66 billion, purchased the ''[[Washington Post]]'' with proceeds of the deal.<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> Elements within the CIA then began using the ''Washington Post'' to promote [[Hillary Rodham Clinton]] as their preferred candidate for president in 2016.<ref>http://www.mockingbirdpaper.com/content/leaked-dnc-emails-prove-washington-post-both-fundraiser-and-attack-dog-clinton-and-national</ref> After the election but before taking office, the CIA in [[collusion]] with the [[White House]], the DNC and Clinton campaign, fraudulently claimed [[Vladimir Putin]] and Russian intelligence agencies had rigged [[Donald Trump]]'s election to the presidency. The CIA and its government and media surrogates put out the false claim that Russian intelligence agencies had delivered embarrassing emails from the Democrats and the Clinton campaign to [[Wikileaks]]. In fact, the sources of the compromised information came from disgruntled whistleblowers within the Clinton campaign and Democratic National Committee.<ref>http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2016-12-15/revealed-who-gave-democratic-emails-wikileaks</ref> DNC insiders delivered information to Wikileaks.<ref>https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2016/12/cias-absence-conviction/</ref>
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===Drone war in Pakistan===
===Drone war in Pakistan===
Analysis by the [[RAND Corporation]] suggests that "drone strikes are associated with decreases in both the frequency and the lethality of militant attacks overall and in [[IED]] and suicide attacks specifically."<ref>Johnston, Patrick B., and Anoop Sarbahi, [http://patrickjohnston.info/materials/drones.pdf The Impact of U.S. Drone Strikes on Terrorism in Pakistan], RAND Corporation, 25 February 2012.</ref> Civilian deaths from drone strikes fell to 1-2% of the total in 2012.
Analysis by the [[RAND Corporation]] suggests that "drone strikes are associated with decreases in both the frequency and the lethality of militant attacks overall and in [[IED]] and suicide attacks specifically."<ref>Johnston, Patrick B., and Anoop Sarbahi, [http://patrickjohnston.info/materials/drones.pdf The Impact of U.S. Drone Strikes on Terrorism in Pakistan], RAND Corporation, 25 February 2012.</ref> Civilian deaths from drone strikes fell to 1-2% of the total in 2012.
===Ukrainian Nazis===
===Ukrainian Nazis===