If you never type it as newsweek, then it really starts looking like you’ve always thought about it like that ; )

The CIA, however, was kept in the dark. When the CIA and the State Department found out about the meetings a few weeks later, they strenuously protested to the White House and demanded that the contacts be terminated immediately. At least officially, the White House complied.

Obviously the Pentagon did not have the desire to read about these contacts on the front page of the New York Times.