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Jesus, I promised myself I would stop upvoting any NYT or BBC (usually propaganda) stories, but that's just ridiculous.

The OP should have made it clear that the NYT was quoting a book by Morell. The entire quote is as follows:

“ISIS was one of the terrorist groups that learned from Snowden, and it is clear his actions played a role in the rise of ISIS,” Mr. Morell writes in “The Great War of Our Time,” offering no elaboration.

I think the fact that the NYT editorialised with the comment "offering no elaboration" changes it entirely.

"Haha no elaboration, what a zinger! That'll show those swarmy conservatives", said the well off Marin county progressive as he sipped his morning smoothie and read another New York times article.

It is a quote from a book sourced in the article, not a quote from the article itself.

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