Readers here have heard of Ray McGovern’s MICIMATT, the military-industrial-congressional-intelligence-media-academe-think-tank complex. It’s gargantuan and lubricated with enormous sums of money.
Consider think tanks. Go to thinktankfundingtracker.org and you’ll see useful information like this:
Top 10 Think Tanks That Receive Funding from Pentagon Contractors
- Atlantic Council $10,270,001
- Center for a New American Security $6,665,000
- Center for Strategic and International Studies $4,115,000
- Brookings Institution $3,475,000
- Hudson Institute $2,240,000
- Council on Foreign Relations $2,095,000
- Stimson Center $1,555,763
- Aspen Institute $1,125,000
- German Marshall Fund $871,010
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace $620,008
I wonder why these think tanks tend to favor the agendas and interests of America’s various weapons makers? Hard to offer “neutral” or “balanced” advice when so much of your funding is coming from the merchants of death.
Hellbound and Down 