[Long 2014 Article but relevant/it outs/confirms some we thought were mockingbirds/even at Fox]
The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication
theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/
September 4 2014, 10:22 a.m.
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A prominent national security reporter for the Los Angeles Times routinely submitted drafts
and detailed summaries of his stories to CIA press handlers prior to publication, according
to documents obtained by The Intercept.
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Email exchanges between CIA public affairs officers and Ken Dilanian, now an Associated Press
intelligence reporter who previously covered the CIA for the Times, show that Dilanian enjoyed
a closely collaborative relationship with the agency, explicitly promising positive news coverage
and sometimes sending the press office entire story drafts for review prior to publication.
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In 2007, Juan Williams, then at NPR in addition to his role at Fox News, gave a “standing-room-only”
speech sponsored by the agency’s Office of Diversity Plans and Programs. During his speech Williams
praised CIA personnel as “the best and brightest,” and said Americans admired the agency and trusted it
“to guide the nation and the nation’s future.”
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