{"id":10669,"date":"2017-02-19T20:00:53","date_gmt":"2017-02-20T04:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/?p=10669"},"modified":"2019-02-18T20:58:12","modified_gmt":"2019-02-19T04:58:12","slug":"bezos-cia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/uncategorized\/pwi-co-lab-staff\/bezos-cia\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeff Bezos Is Doing Huge Business with the CIA, While Keeping His Washington Post Readers in the Dark"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Opening Insights<\/h2>\n\r\n\t<style>\r\n.rTable {    \r\ndisplay: table;    \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableRow {    \r\ndisplay: table-row; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-header-group;  \r\nwidth: 50%;\r\nbackground-color: #ddd;  \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableCell, .rTableHead {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell;    \r\npadding: 3px 10px;  \r\nfont-size: 12px; \r\n\twidth: 50%;\r\nborder: 1px solid #FFFFFF; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableFoot {    \r\ndisplay: table-footer-group; \r\nwidth: 100%; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\nbackground-color: #ddd; \r\n} \r\n\r\n.rTableBody.Bold {    \r\ndisplay: table-cell; \r\nfont-weight: bold; \r\ntext-align: center;  \r\n}\r\n\t\t\r\n.rTableBody.Italic {    \r\ndisplay: table-row-group; \r\nfont-style: italic;\r\n}\r\n\r\n<\/style>\r\n\n<div class=\"teaser\">\n<div class=\"field field-name-field-teaser field-type-text-long field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<h3 class=\"field-item even\">Amazon has a bad history of currying favor with the U.S. government\u2019s \u201cnational security\u201d establishment.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"byline media-culture\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Pocket Wisdom Insights (PWI) invites you to explore the following <strong>Co-Lab Blog<\/strong>.<br \/>\nThis blog features parts of\u00a0influential and insightful article written outside of the <strong>PWI\u00a0Co-Lab<\/strong><br \/>\nwritten outside of the <strong>PWI\u00a0Co-Lab<\/strong> by Norman Solomon, on December 18, 2013, \u00a0published by AlterNet<br \/>\nWe have republished this content in respect of the author\u2019s vision, message and research.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-date\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"story-date\">\n<hr \/>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<h2>Informational Insights<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div class=\"story-date\">News media should illuminate conflicts of interest, not embody them. But the owner of the\u00a0<em>Washington Post<\/em>\u00a0is now doing big business with the Central Intelligence Agency, while readers of the newspaper\u2019s CIA coverage are left in the dark.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"story-date\">\n<blockquote><p>The\u00a0<em>Post<\/em>\u2019s new owner, Jeff Bezos, is the founder and CEO of Amazon -- which recently landed a\u00a0$600 million contract with the CIA. But the\u00a0<em>Post<\/em>\u2019s articles about the CIA are not disclosing that the newspaper\u2019s sole owner is the main owner of CIA business partner Amazon.<\/p>\n<p>Even for a multi-billionaire like Bezos, a $600 million contract is a big deal. That\u2019s more than twice as much as Bezos paid to buy the\u00a0<em>Post\u00a0<\/em>four months ago.<\/p>\n<p>And there\u2019s likely to be plenty more where that CIA largesse came from. Amazon\u2019s offer wasn\u2019t the low bid, but it won the CIA contract anyway by offering advanced high-tech \u201ccloud\u201d infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Bezos personally and publicly touts Amazon Web Services, and it\u2019s evident that Amazon will be seeking more CIA contracts. Last month, Amazon issued a statement saying, \u201cWe look forward to a successful relationship with the CIA.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As Amazon\u2019s majority owner and the\u00a0<em>Post<\/em>\u2019s only owner, Bezos stands to gain a lot more if his newspaper does less ruffling and more soothing of CIA feathers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/\/www.alternet.org\/media\/owner-washington-post-doing-business-cia-while-keeping-his-readers-dark#.WKXthOe4-4Q.facebook\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click to Read More...<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"authors_signup\">\n<h2>Possibilities for Consideration<\/h2>\n<h3>Take a moment and examine\u2026<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>As you reviewed the material above, what stood out to you?<\/li>\n<li>What is the potential impact, economically and\/or socially?<\/li>\n<li>What action is needed to stop or support this idea?<\/li>\n<li>You may want to consider whether you:\n<ul>\n<li>want to be <em>aware<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>should become <em>supportive<\/em> of,<\/li>\n<li>would want to be <em>active<\/em> in this topic?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Add Your Insight<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>I have been impressed with the urgency of doing. Knowing is not enough; we must apply.<br \/>\nBeing willing is not enough; we must do.<br \/>\n<\/em>LEONARDO DA VINCI<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><!--\n\n\n<div class=\"rTable\">\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableRow\">\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableCell\">\n\n&nbsp;Source:\/\/www.alternet.org\/media\/owner-washington-post-doing-business-cia-while-keeping-his-readers-dark#.WKXthOe4-4Q.facebookk\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-10441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pocketwisdominsights.com\/pwicolab\/wp-content\/uploads\/lookinglass_wide.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>Express your thoughts,\ncomments, questions and experience\nabout this post in the SocraticQ&#x2122;.<\/strong>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 13px;\"><em><strong>\"Let\u2019s make the dream big enough for everybody\u201d <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">~ Richard Jorgensen<\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"rTableCell\">&nbsp;\u00a0<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 100%; height: 450px; margin: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\" src=\"\/\/socraticq.awarecomm.com\/s\/1-1-a\/smll_sd_soq\/bezos-cia\/pwicolab-blg\/\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<hr \/>\n\n\n\n--><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Opening Insights Amazon has a bad history of currying favor with the U.S. government\u2019s \u201cnational security\u201d establishment. 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