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'''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 supposed to be banned from interfering in [[domestic politics]].

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]].