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==Examples== * In May 2007, [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]], and later ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', reported that [[United States president]] [[George W. Bush]] had authorized the [[Central Intelligence Agency]] (CIA) to undertake "black operations" in [[Iran]] in order to promote [[regime change]] as well as to sabotage [[Iran's nuclear program]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2007/05/bush_authorizes/|title=Bush Authorizes New Covert Action Against Iran|last=Ross|first=Brian|author2=Esposito, Richard|date=May 22, 2007|work=ABC News|access-date=June 7, 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552784/Bush-sanctions-black-ops-against-Iran.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220112/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1552784/Bush-sanctions-black-ops-against-Iran.html |archive-date=January 12, 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|title=Bush sanctions 'black ops' against Iran|last=Shipman|first=Tim|date=May 27, 2007|work=The Daily Telegraph|access-date=June 7, 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref> ABC News was subsequently criticized for reporting the secret operation, with [[Mitt Romney presidential campaign, 2008|2008 presidential candidate Mitt Romney]] saying he was "shocked to see the ABC News report regarding covert action in Iran", but ABC said the CIA and the [[George W. Bush administration]] knew of their plans to publish the information and raised no objections.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/abc-news-comes-under-fire-for-iran-report/ |title=ABC News Comes Under Fire For Iran Report |last=Montopoli |first=Brian |date=May 23, 2007 |work=CBS News |access-date=January 26, 2014 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110218002320/http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-500486_162-2842625-500486.html |archive-date=February 18, 2011 }}</ref> * In June the same year, the CIA declassified secret records—part of a collection of highly guarded documents called the "[[Family Jewels (Central Intelligence Agency)|Family Jewels]]"—detailing illegal domestic surveillance, [[assassination]] plots, kidnapping, and other "black" operations undertaken by the CIA from the 1950s to the early 1970s. CIA Director General [[Michael Hayden (general)|Michael Hayden]] explained why he released the documents, saying that they provided a "glimpse of a very different time and a very different agency".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jun/22/usa.simontisdall|title=CIA to release cold war 'black files'|last=Tisdall |first=Simon|date=June 22, 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=June 7, 2012}}</ref>
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