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]]'' for $250 million in what the [[IRS]] claims is a so-called "arms-length transaction". The ''Washinton Post'', or ''WaPo'' for short, is a highly influential [[domestic policy]] publication on both the [[United States Congress]] and [[American]] [[public opinion]]. | 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]]'' for $250 million in what the [[IRS]] claims is a so-called "arms-length transaction". The ''Washinton Post'', or ''WaPo'' for short, is a highly influential [[domestic policy]] publication on both the [[United States Congress]] and [[American]] [[public opinion]]. |