What do you think about Ken Dilanian (NBC) saying on The Beat that the left needs to...

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8. Ken Dilanian was a CIA-placed media asset

The CIA’s Mop-Up Man: L.A. Times Reporter Cleared Stories With Agency Before Publication
https://theintercept.com/2014/09/04/former-l-times-reporter-cleared-stories-cia-publication/
(also covered by Politico: https://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2014/09/ken-dilanian-sent-cia-drafts-of-stories-194906)

He continued to do so when he worked for AP, despite AP specifically disallowing such "reviews" of pending articles (so too, did the LA Times in their ethical guidelines):

Reached by The Intercept for comment, Dilanian said that the AP does not permit him to send stories to the CIA prior to publication, and he acknowledged that it was a bad idea. “I shouldn’t have done it, and I wouldn’t do it now,” he said. “[But] it had no meaningful impact on the outcome of the stories. I probably should’ve been reading them the stuff instead of giving it to them.”

Dilanian said he was not sure if Los Angeles Times rules allow reporters to send stories to sources prior to publication. The Time’s ethics guidelines, however, clearly forbid the practice: “We do not circulate printed or electronic copies of stories outside the newsroom before publication. In the event you would like to read back quotations or selected passages to a source to ensure accuracy, consult an editor before doing so….”

So, clearly, he is more concerned about what his colleagues in the CIA want published (or not) then getting the truth out