[JumpCrisscross]

> even though all the claims in the article can be independently verified (through wikipedia itself, or if you go through LinkedIn's login wall)

Then link to those sources. Bad sourcing isn't sufficient for refutation. But it's more than enough for the reasonable to ignore it, and for experts to approach it with heightened qualification.

(That said, thank you for flagging the shady sourcing.)

[AinderS]

If only an incestuous relationship with Western intelligence agencies also made a source "shady"..

[MuchoMaas]

Allen Dulles used to just call up the Washington Post to get reporters fired. This is a legitimate source, to me.