'''Operation Mockingbird''' is a [[CIA]] operation that entailed placing CIA agents in various news media to influence and shape [[public opinion]] and perceptions.
'''Operation Mockingbird''' is a [[CIA]] operation that entailed placing CIA agents in various news media to influence and shape [[public opinion]] and perceptions.
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In 2013 a CIA contractor, [[Jeff Bezos]], whose [[Amazon.com]] won a $450 million per year no-bid contract to provide internet hosting services to CIA, took the proceeds of the sale and promptly bought ''[[The Washington Post]]''. a highly influential [[domestic policy]] publication.
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By law, the CIA us banned from interfering in [[domestic politics]]. The [[Obama/Biden]] administration, with help from the ''[[Washington Post]]'', violated this basic [[law]] with the [[Russiagate hoax]].