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Judi Lynn

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Sun Sep 7, 2014, 02:21 AM Sep 2014

Intercept: LA Times Journalist Cleared Articles With CIA Before Publishing

Published on Friday, September 05, 2014

by Common Dreams

Intercept: LA Times Journalist Cleared Articles With CIA Before Publishing

National security reporter emailed drafts to agency for more government-friendly revisions

by Nadia Prupis, staff writer

A former Los Angeles Times national security journalist routinely sent drafts of his articles to CIA press handlers for input and revision, the Intercept revealed on Friday.

Email exchanges between Ken Dilanian and public relations officers at the agency were discovered after the Intercept sent a FOIA request to the CIA over its relationship with reporters. In many of the emails, Dilanian promised to provide the agency with positive coverage, often going so far as to change entire drafts of articles based on the CIA's replies.

The Intercept writes:


After a series of back-and-forth emails about a pending story on CIA operations in Yemen, he sent a full draft of an unpublished report along with the subject line, “does this look better?” In another, he directly asks the flack: “You wouldn’t put out disinformation on this, would you?”...

In June 2012, shortly after 26 members of congress wrote a letter to President Obama saying they were “deeply concerned” about the drone program, Dilanian approached the agency about a story that he pitched as “a good opportunity” for the government.

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http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/09/05/intercept-la-times-journalist-cleared-articles-cia-publishing
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Intercept: LA Times Journalist Cleared Articles With CIA Before Publishing (Original Post) Judi Lynn Sep 2014 OP
Freedom of the press, baby! grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #1
here's the direct link grasswire Sep 2014 #2
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