No, this is absolutely not. By the same logic everybody who worked before in the government would make their new employer "affiliated", but this is not what doe

No, this is absolutely not. By the same logic everybody who worked before in the government would make their new employer "affiliated", but this is not what does this word mean. E.g. let's say, a security firm founded by former cops guards shopping malls: does it mean, this firm is affiliated with the police or it's just the best application of their skills? The real evidence would be a proof that the agenda of Bellingcat is set by CIA. Not funding or other resources, not information or any other support, but the agenda. Not "roughly coincides", not "they work on the same targets", but "set by".