WaPo, Owned by CIA's Webmaster, Blasts Venezuela's 'State-Financed' News

WaPo, Owned by CIA's Webmaster, Blasts Venezuela's 'State-Financed' News
By Jim Naureckas
Mar 12 2015

Venezuelans are worried because US President Barack Obama declared a “national emergency” that called Venezuela “an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States.”

But there’s no need for them to get upset, the Washington Post’s Nick Miroff and Karen DeYoung (3/11/15) reassure. The Obama administration explained that it just wanted to impose sanctions on some of Venezuela’s top officials because “it wanted to send a strong message in defense of human rights and democracy”:

The “emergency” declaration and labeling of Venezuela as a “security threat” are legal formalities used in many other instances when sanctions are applied, administration officials said. The language does not represent a more severe assessment of the Maduro government, they said.

Ah–the administration is just pretending there’s an “unusual and extraordinary threat” because it wants to invoke powers that it’s only legally allowed to use in an actual emergency. No biggie. Thanks for clearing that up, Washington Post!

More:
http://fair.org/blog/2015/03/12/wapo-owned-by-cias-webmaster-blasts-venezuelas-state-financed-news/