Carl Bernstein's 1977 investigation into the CIA's relationships with American journalists. This is the source of the widely repeated figure of more than 400 journalists. The figure comes from Bernstein's reporting, not from a government finding. Copyrighted: linked, not hosted.
Alsop is one of more than 400 American journalists who in the past twenty-five years have secretly carried out assignments for the Central Intelligence Agency, according to documents on file at CIA headquarters.
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