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Exhibit 864

The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru (David Samuels), New York Times Magazine

Exhibit 864 ยท News article

The Aspiring Novelist Who Became Obama's Foreign-Policy Guru (David Samuels), New York Times Magazine

We created an echo chamber,

Profile of Deputy National Security Adviser Ben Rhodes describing the White House effort to build support for the Iran nuclear agreement through think tanks, outside groups, social media tracking and friendly reporters. Quotes Rhodes on creating an 'echo chamber' and notes that he rejected the suggestion that the sale of the agreement was deceptive.

Source
The New York Times Magazine
Date
8 May 2016
Quoted from
Wayback copy, paragraph beginning 'As Malley and representatives of the State Department'
Grade
Reported
Document
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/the-aspiring-novelist-who-became-obamas-foreign-policy-guru.html
Archived
https://web.archive.org/web/2017/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/08/magazine/the-aspiring-novelist-who-became-obamas-foreign-policy-guru.html
Accessed
2026-11-09
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