A question about the Propaganda Model (new data)

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2. NYT story spins the payoffs as a CIA response to Iranian influence buying in Afghanistan.

There's your answer. Also, these payoffs have been known about for years, including little details like the identity of the CIA chief of station in Kabul -- Rich Blee -- who was former Chief of the UBL Issues Unit ("Alec Station&quot . He was already burned as having been the bag man for Karzhai, as the CIA manager who let the Flt. 77 hijackers into the US, was identified as the manager on the scene most responsible for letting bin Laden escape Tora Bora, and as the guy who set up the renditions program.

One might almost think he was also the designated flack-catcher for most things that went sour for the Agency during those years, along with his boss, Cofer Black, who later became a Director at Blackwater, which was the proprietary mother of all flackcatchers whose owners were amply rewarded for same double-duty.

So, see, it's just the good old Grey Lady being herself, not reason to cast Chomsky into the trash.

P.S. - Almost forgot. Welcome to DU.