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Foreign Governments Are Greasing U.S. Think Tank ‘Experts’ With Millions 

Foreign Governments Are Greasing U.S. Think Tank ‘Experts’ With Millions 

One way that foreign governments (and their intelligence services) seek to influence the American government is through donations to Washington think tanks. The top 50 think tanks that shape policy direction and legislation in Washington received over $174 million in foreign money from 2014 to 2018, according to a new analysis conducted by the Foreign Influence Transparency...

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Why Google Stiffed the Senate Intelligence Committee

Does Google thinks it’s too good–too smart–for democracy? When the top three Internet companies were invited to Capitol Hill last month to explain the political impact of their operations, Twitter and Facebook sent their CEOs. Google sent a lawyer. Rather than hear the minion of Mountain View, the Congress chose to leave Google’s chair empty. ...