Washington Post, its new owner, and the CIA: joined at the hipJon Rappoport Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon, now owns the Washington Post. $600 million creates a major conflict of interest, when it comes to reporting stories on the CIA. Of course, the Washington Post and other major media outlets are already compromised, when it comes to national security issues and the intelligence community. Stories are vetted by CIA, NSA, and other agencies, before theyre published. But this one is a cherry on the cake. A big fat $600 million cherry. Reporters at the Post will be extra-cautious about their pieces on the CIA. Ditto for editors. Independent press? Thats a laugh. WaPo is long known as an outlet that prints what amounts to CIA spin. So their new owner and his ties to the CIA are just part of business as usual. Maybe we should go back and read Platos Republic and Marxs Das Kapital. They could turn out to be libertarian masterpieces. Jon Rappoport is the author of two explosive collections, The Matrix Revealed and Exit From the Matrix, Jon was a candidate for a US Congressional seat in the 29th District of California. Nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, he has worked as an investigative reporter for 30 years, writing articles on politics, medicine, and health for CBS Healthwatch, LA Weekly, Spin Magazine, Stern, and other newspapers and magazines in the US and Europe. Jon has delivered lectures and seminars on global politics, health, logic, and creative power to audiences around the world. You can sign up for his free emails at www.nomorefakenews.com 