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State Department to Call on American Think Tanks to Disclose Foreign Funding
[NATIONALREVIEW] Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday will push American think tanks to disclose their foreign donors, signifying a crack down on the significant growth of foreign funding to the organizations in recent years, according to a new report. While disclosure is not legally required, the Department will ask think tanks to "disclose prominently on their websites" funding they receive from foreign sources, according to a statement Pompeo is slated to make on Tuesday, first obtained by the Washington Free Beacon."To protect the integrity of civil society institutions, the Department requests henceforth that think tanks and other foreign policy organizations that wish to engage with the Department disclose prominently on their websites funding they receive from foreign governments, including state-owned or state-operated subsidiary entities," Pompeo will say in a statement. Reports in recent years have shown how foreign funding has influenced a number of think tanks including the Atlantic Council, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Brookings Institute. Foreign governments and state-controlled enterprises have used their financial pull at the organizations to win positive news coverage and to reduce critical narratives. Related: Think tanks: 2020-09-18 US charges two Iranian nationals with stealing American intel Think tanks: 2020-07-31 Susan Rice a VP Candidate in Order to Prevent Durham Indictments Prior to Election? Think tanks: 2020-06-18 EXPOSED: Google's Go-To ‘Conservative' Influencer List Who Claim ‘Big Tech Bias Is a Good Thing' Posted by: Fred 2020-10-16 |
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