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On April 30, 1994, President Clinton signed the Foreign Assistance Authorization Act, which established the Broadcasting Board of Governors to oversee all non-military U.S. foreign broadcasting services, including Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). The bill transferred control of RFE/RL to private hands and the stations, headquartered in Prague, are now billed as �private, international communications services to Eastern and Southeastern Europe, Russia, the Caucasus, Central Asia, the Middle East, and Southwest Asia.� Both stations were set up in the post-World War II years as private corporations that received funding primarily from the CIA and private donations. RFE/RL are still funded by Congress but in effect operated by Soros� Open Society Institute (OSI), first, until 1997, through the Open Media Research Institute (OMRI) based in Prague and then, quasi-independently through an interlocking network involving OSI, the neocon Freedom House, the Eurasia Foundation, the National Endowment for Democracy, the Orwellian-named U.S. Institute of Peace, and the CIA-connected U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), and the Broadcasting Board of Governors.
These organizations and agencies use an array of NGOs working in tandem with RFE/RL to direct propaganda against the Russian government.
RFE/RL was placed into the hands of Soros courtesy of the lobbying for passage of the Foreign Assistance Authorization Act by a K Street group called the Central and Eastern European Coalition (CEEC). Not surprisingly, the CEEC, comprised of 19 anti-Russian Central and Eastern European national organizations, such as the Georgian Association, the Estonian American National Council and the American Hungarian Foundation, is funded by Soros and formed with the help of Obama adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski. Other key CEEC supporters are Obama�s other top foreign policy adviser, Anthony Lake, former National Security Adviser to Bill Clinton; Albright; and Brzezinski�s son Mark.
It is clear that Soros� network is now turning up the heat on Russia. On October 27, a Soros-funded Belarussian front called �Malady Front� or �Young Front,� registered in Prague as a Belarussian opposition youth party and with close links to Soros-funded �Orange Revolution� organizations in Ukraine, called on the United States and European Union to answer Russia�s recognition of South Ossetia�s and Abkhazia�s independence by immediately recognizing the independence of the Russian Federation�s autonomous republics of Chechnya, Dagestan, and Ingushetia.
On October 1, 1999, the Broadcasting Board of Governors became the independent agency responsible for all U.S. government and government sponsored, non-military international broadcasting.
The bi-partisan board consists of eight members nominated by the President of the United States and confirmed by the U.S. Senate. The ninth member ex officio is the Secretary of State.
Media Support. Internews, an organization funded by USAID through
the Soros Foundation, promotes independence and diversity of the
broadcasting media in Kazakstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan. Internews
has been a prominent voice in promoting democracy through the
establishment of independent television stations. It is helping to
establish independent television stations by providing equipment,
technical, and business training. Numerous independent stations have
benefited from workshops and instructional materials. The impact of
the work of Internews is greater access by the public to an
increasingly strengthened and diversified broadcast media.
The U.S. and Russia need to engage each other on global issues that require international collaboration. During Russia’s recent economic growth, it has increasingly invested in improving the well-being of its citizens and greatly increased its contribution to global welfare. The USAID program in Russia plays an important role in support of these efforts by cooperating with both governmental, non-governmental (NGO), and corporate partners to promote a healthy, inclusive, and well-governed society.
Since 1992, USAID has devoted more than $2.6 billion to Russia’s development. Today, USAID supports projects in the areas of health, civil society, rule of law, local governance, and conflict mitigation. USAID is also building alliances with Russian government agencies and the corporate sector to mobilize new resources and expand the reach and impact of successful development models.
President Yeltsin has vetoed the proposed federal law on the privatization of state television and radio broadcasting organizations, the law that would have blocked the conversion of Ostankino to ORT. This was reported by Russian Public TV [RPT] on June 9.
Q. Can we pay American partners directly to help supply television programming for Russia? (Internews)
A. Yes, if such an activity is deemed by the Management Group to be the best use of available funds. The Management Group might also investigate other funding opportunities for programming acquisition outside of USAID.
Owned by ANO TV-Novosti:
The network, which cost about $30 million in 2005 to set up and $60 million for its first year of operation,[2] started broadcasting on Dec. 10, 2005 with nearly 100 English-speaking journalists reporting for it worldwide.[2][3] RT broadcasts from its headquarters in Moscow and its studio in Washington, DC.
RT was launched as Russia Today by an autonomous non-profit organization in 2005. However, much of the funding to this organization, ANO TV-Novosti, is injected from the Russian Federal Budget (2.4 Billion Rubles in 2007)
In many ways, Soros� operation is strikingly similar to the FBI�s former Counter-Intelligence Program, also known as COINTELPRO. There is also ample evidence that Soros� program is linked to Israeli intelligence operations in the United States and that some presidential campaigns in 2008 were infiltrated by the joint operation, including those of Democratic candidate and former Senator Mike Gravel, and Republican candidate Ron Paul.
Soros� operations, according to our sources, involve his Open Society Institute, as well as Soros Fund Management LLC, in which his son, Jonathan Soros, plays a leading role.
Originally posted by volitionawareness
thanks for compiling all this info; I'm going to have to really peruse it carefully when I have time; I have often wondered if R. Paul were merely 'controlled opposition', designed to be marginalized enough to not affect real change, but popularized enough to give truthers, patriots, and libertarians a false hope; at first glance, some of your evidence seems to point to that probability..
keep up the good work
09:59 11/05/2007
WASHINGTON, May 11 (RIA Novosti) - The U.S. administration considers American propaganda abroad a crucial element of national security and has requested $1.523 billion funding for the purpose for 2008, the secretary of state said in a report Friday.
Condoleezza Rice said in her report to the Senate Committee on Appropriations that "public diplomacy", or the government's propaganda activities, was a vitally important element of U.S. national security strategy.
She said the U.S. sought to address people in the spirit of respect and partnership to put across the national policy and express the strength of U.S. ideas of freedom, equality, prosperity and justice. Rice said the White House requested $855 million for "public diplomacy" programs, and information and cultural exchanges with other countries, and $668 million for the Broadcasting Board of Governors to support radio, television and Internet broadcasting across the world, including in North Korea, Iran and Cuba, America's long-time adversaries.
Originally posted by boondock-saint
reply to post by backinblack
lol
black
I was expecting you on this thread.
take a number and wait your turn.
there are many insults headed my way.
Originally posted by 9Cib27
Here's what I don't understand about all of this: We have a dedicated group of like 10-20 N.W.O. whistleblowers here on ATS, always posting new threads, new pictures of handshakes, new Illumanati secrets, ect, ect
Why isn't there anyone on this darn website that calls their local congressman and speaks aloud? Probably because you wouldn't be taken too seriously.
This is the only way to make some sort of movement. If all of you say the same thing "no matter who you vote for you're voting NWO" then why haven't any of you made any signs and protested next to a busy intersection?
The internet has crippled us in the worst of ways. We're all little basement dwellers. I call for a protest or a speak out against the NWO. I call for all of you NWO and Illumanati believers to go buy some pre-paid cell phones, share phone numbers, mobolize, and begin a protest against the Rothschild Zionist.
Doesn't it seems like if you had the initial group of 20-30 people, words would spread through Twitter and Facebook and would eventually turn into 40-50?
Why are we stuck behind this computer?
Originally posted by backinblack
but I'n also not going to say nothing when you try to bring down a good man with ZERO proof.
Originally posted by volitionawareness
thanks for compiling all this info; I'm going to have to really peruse it carefully when I have time; I have often wondered if R. Paul were merely 'controlled opposition', designed to be marginalized enough to not affect real change, but popularized enough to give truthers, patriots, and libertarians a false hope; at first glance, some of your evidence seems to point to that probability..
keep up the good work
Originally posted by boondock-saint
Originally posted by backinblack
but I'n also not going to say nothing when you try to bring down a good man with ZERO proof.
r u referring to Paul or Soros ???
Cuz I know Soros was ur hero
in my other thread.