'''Operation Mockingbird''' is a [[CIA]] operation that entailed placing CIA agents in various news media to influence and shape [[public opinion]] and perceptions. By law, the CIA is banned from interfering in [[domestic politics]].
'''Operation Mockingbird''' is a [[CIA]] operation that entailed placing CIA agents in various news media to influence and shape [[public opinion]] and perceptions. By law, the CIA is banned from interfering in [[domestic politics]].
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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]]'' 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.
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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]]'' 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.
Beginning in 2015 the [[Obama/Biden]] [[intelligence community]] [[collude]]d with the ''[[Washington Post]]'', owned by a paid CIA contractor, to peddle the [[Russiagate hoax]].
Beginning in 2015 the [[Obama/Biden]] [[intelligence community]] [[collude]]d with the ''[[Washington Post]]'', owned by a paid CIA contractor, to peddle the [[Russiagate hoax]].