For years, a handful of national security experts, NGOs, and members of Congress have been trying to raise a red flag over what they suspected were active influence operations by the Muslim Brotherhood in the United States....
On June 13, 2012, five members of Congress called for an investigation into Muslim Brotherhood influence operations in the Obama administration. The five members-- Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Trent Franks (R-AZ), Louie Gohmert (R-TX), Tom Rooney (R-FL), and Lynn Westmoreland (R-GA)-- were widely criticized for doing so, even by their own Republican leadership, including John McCain (R-AZ), John Boehner (R-OH), and Mike Rogers (R-MI).
At the time, Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN) said, “It’s not right to question the loyalty of fellow Americans without any evidence.” Well, now we have the evidence.
The New York Times published a comprehensive article on September 7th entitled, “Foreign Powers Buy Influence at Think Tanks.” The article documents multi-million dollar donations to Washington-based think tanks that include the Brookings Institution, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Atlantic Council, by foreign governments as a way of buying influence in Washington....
The New York Times has provided a very important glimpse into a new era of foreign-government influence operations in the United States. Those who raised concerns about it in the past should now feel vindicated. But if members of Congress or the Department of Justice decide to dig deeper into this issue, their investigation cannot stop at influence-buying of US think tanks but must look into every aspect of America’s national security apparatus.
◼ TH MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD IN AMERICA: A 10 Part Course
◼ The Muslim Brotherhood in America: The Overview
◼ Part 1: The Threat Doctrine of Shariah & the Muslim Brotherhood
◼ Part 2: The Brotherhood’s ‘Civilization Jihad’ in America
◼ Part 3: Brotherhood Influence Operations Against ‘Policy Groups’: Conservatives & the GOP
◼ Part 4: Suhail Khan, A Case Study in Influence Operations
◼ Part 5: The Organizations Islamists Are Using to Subvert the Right
◼ Part 6: Electing Islamist Republicans
◼ Part 7: Advancing the Islamists' Agendas
◼ Part 8: Team Obama & the Islamists
◼ Part 9: Team Obama & the Islamist Agenda
◼ Part 10: What’s to be Done?
