The CIA typically uses the Washington Post historically for at least the last 50 years when it wants to strategically leak info unofficially to the public that the CIA would not like to take credit for officially.
Interestingly Jeff Bezos bought the Washington Post about about a decade ago and at the same time entered into a huge contract with the CIA in IT Cloud infrastructure.
Israel has denied involvement with the IED pager explosions officially through Israel govt spokesmen because it injured and killed a lot of innocent bystanders to include women and children,...but the only way to gloat about it is through anonymous sources like the 60 minutes interview with the blurred images of a mossad figure because,...anonymous sources are what you do when you do something unsavory but at the same time want to take credit for it