Updated: 4: 26 p.m. ET
From the annals of reporters getting cozy with their sources: New York Times national security reporter Mark Mazzetti gave a CIA spokesperson an advance copy of Maureen Dowd’s Aug. 6, 2011 column, which made mention of a movie by “Hurt Locker” director Kathryn Bigelow about the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Islamabad compound.According to emails obtained by Judicial Watch, Mazzetti told CIA spokeswoman Marie Harf, before sending along Dowd’s draft, “this didn’t come from me….and please delete after you read. See, nothing to worry about.” Harf helped coordinate access and information for the movie’s screenwriter, Mark Boal, and Bigelow, according to the emails.
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