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Scootaloo

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29. Here's the BBC, for the substance-challenged
Wed Dec 9, 2015, 06:06 PM
Dec 2015
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-35037943

But what exactly is the Center for Security Policy, and just how highly respected is it?

It's a conservative think-tank

The CSP was founded in 1988 by Frank Gaffney Jr, a former staffer in the Ronald Reagan administration who has been accused of Islamophobia. On its website, the centre calls itself a "Special Forces in the War of Ideas" which offers "maximum bang for the buck" to its donors.

The CSP does not publish information about who those donors are, but according to a 2013 report by Salon they include some of the US's biggest aviation and defence companies - Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Raytheon and General Electric.



Promoted on the organisation's website are reports and books with titles such as Star Spangled Sharia, Civilisation Jihad, and Muslim Colonisation of America. Responding to the controversy over Mr Trump's remarks, the CSP said it was "necessary to respond to the threat posed by jihadist terror in a way that ... calls it what it is".

It's not very highly respected

The CSP has been criticised across the political spectrum - by high-profile Republicans as well as Democrats - and by organisations which monitor extremist groups. Terri Johnson, executive director of the Center for New Community and J Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, called it "an extremist think-tank" led by an "anti-Muslim conspiracist".
The group was heavily criticised in 2012 after it repeatedly accused Huma Abedin, an aide to Hillary Clinton, of being a secret member of the Muslim Brotherhood. Leading Republicans including John McCain and John Boehner denounced the accusations.


And from Wikipedia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_Security_Policy
The Center for Security Policy (CSP) is a national security think tank based in Washington, DC that has been widely accused of engaging in conspiracy theorizing by a range of individuals, media outlets and organizations. Its activities are focused on what it claims is a secret, global campaign to destroy western civilization.

The Center's views have caused it and Gaffney, the Center's founder and president, to be criticized for propagating conspiracy theories by Reason,[5] American Conservative Magazine,[6] the Washington Post,[7] Salon,[8] CNN National Security Analyst Peter Bergen,[9] Grover Norquist,[10] Philip Giraldi,[11] Jonathan Kay,[12] Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding,[13] Center for American Progress,[14] Media Matters for America,[15] The Nation,[16] the Southern Poverty Law Center,[17] The Intercept,[18] the Anti-Defamation League,[19] and the Institute for Southern Studies,[20] among others.


Who is Paul Gaffney, Jr.? Again from Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Gaffney
Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. (born April 5, 1953) is an American who is founder and president of the Center for Security Policy and a proponent of conspiracy theories.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] He has written for The Washington Times, Townhall, and Newsmax and is the 2003 recipient of the "Louis Brandeis Award" from the Zionist Organization of America.[9][10]

A native of Pennsylvania, in the 1980s Gaffney briefly served as Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for the United States Department of Defense, but was forced out of government following the appointment of Frank Carlucci as Secretary of Defense by Ronald Reagan.[11] Afterwards, he founded the Center for Security Policy, a controversial group that has been described as an "extremist think tank" by The Hill.[12]

According to the SPLC, Gaffney's beliefs stem from the discredited 1991 testimony of a lone Muslim Brotherhood member that he has come to believe is a "smoking gun, a mission statement pointing to a massive Islamist conspiracy under our noses."[23]

David Keene of the American Conservative Union has contended that Gaffney "has become personally and tiresomely obsessed with his weird belief that anyone who doesn't agree with him on everything all the time or treat him with the respect and deference he believes is his due, must be either ignorant of the dangers we face or, in extreme case, dupes of the nation's enemies."[24]

...

Gaffney has indicated the logo of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency is a coded signal showing the "official U.S. submission to Islam."
Gaffney has been called a conspiracy theorist by Reason Magazine, Georgetown University's Bridge Initiative, Steve Benen, Slate Magazine, and The Intercept, among others. [25][26][27][28][29]

He believes that the logo of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency unveiled in 2014 is a coded indicator of "official U.S. submission to Islam" because it “appears ominously to reflect a morphing of the Islamic crescent and star.” [30]

In 2003, Gaffney called on the United States military to "take out" Al Jazeera news network for inciting violence against the Western world by showcasing Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein's "calls-to-arms."[31]

In 2012, he questioned whether Barack Obama was a "natural born citizen of the United States," effectively espousing the birther conspiracy. [32]


I see Oberliner doesn't think this group and individual have any ties to Israel. it seems the Zionist Organization of America disagrees
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandeis_Award_(Jewish)
he Louis D. Brandeis Award of the Zionist Organization of America is made to individuals "who, in the tradition of Justice Brandeis, demonstrate outstanding dedication and service to Israel, the Jewish people, and the community."


How is it possible that Mondoweiss is still being posted here? oberliner Dec 2015 #1
I don't believe the poster is supporting Mondoweiss or Trump, the poster is just saying LiberalArkie Dec 2015 #2
This poster seems to post a lot of articles from Mondoweiss oberliner Dec 2015 #7
Oh I think that poster does support Mondoweiss, he posts most of the garbage they produce there, King_David Dec 2015 #18
Wait a minute weren't you just going on about how Mondoweiss supported Trump? azurnoir Dec 2015 #20
Yep agree ,Mondoweiss supported Trump and Coulter... King_David Dec 2015 #21
so he supports them except when he doesn't azurnoir Dec 2015 #23
Mondoweiss has supported Ann Coulter and Donald Trump King_David Dec 2015 #25
Does Mondoweiss support the Tennessee legislature like you do? R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #32
....... King_David Dec 2015 #36
..-. .- .. .-.. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #37
sigh about Tikkun's article here's the editor Rabbi Lerner's reply azurnoir Dec 2015 #40
Think that invalidates what MJ Rosenberg King_David Dec 2015 #42
Frank Gaffney in Israel, Part 6: Tel Aviv from Judea & Samaria - actually there are 7 parts azurnoir Dec 2015 #3
He is a right-wing American bigot oberliner Dec 2015 #6
You stated Gaffney and his think tank has nothing to do with Israel I showed you that indeed they do azurnoir Dec 2015 #19
Well done oberliner Dec 2015 #27
Then delete your erronious claim. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #34
I still think the claim is reasonable oberliner Dec 2015 #35
Gaffney has nothing to do with Israel..how do you figure that? Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #4
He is right-wing American bigot oberliner Dec 2015 #5
No kidding, and he does have support from and is connected to Israel's causes. Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #8
Right-wing causes oberliner Dec 2015 #9
Israel is a predominately right wing government ideology regarding the occupation and a peace deal. Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #10
OK oberliner Dec 2015 #13
Israel has the backing and sympathy of the American government and public. Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #15
That is true oberliner Dec 2015 #16
They point out hypocrisy regarding Israeli policy. I/P has many bigots respresented Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #17
Fair enough oberliner Dec 2015 #28
Not a good idea for anyone to rely solely on opinion pieces but it happens, sometimes I think Jefferson23 Dec 2015 #39
True oberliner Dec 2015 #44
If you don't like Mondoweiss, have some Echidne starroute Dec 2015 #11
Cool, thanks oberliner Dec 2015 #14
We know why. n/t aranthus Dec 2015 #12
Here's why: Mondoweiss speaks the truth that hasbara 101 hates. R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #22
I would respectfully disagree oberliner Dec 2015 #30
Bizarre Israel fetish 6chars Dec 2015 #24
Correct .... King_David Dec 2015 #26
Here's the BBC, for the substance-challenged Scootaloo Dec 2015 #29
The Zionist Organization of America gave the Brandeis Award to Ted Cruz last year oberliner Dec 2015 #31
Seems like a lot of crazy right-wing islamophobic nuts get that award Scootaloo Dec 2015 #38
Yes, exactly oberliner Dec 2015 #45
The implication of this is that Trump's anti-Muslim rhetoric is a result of "pro-Israel" influence oberliner Dec 2015 #33
Well, ober... R. Daneel Olivaw Dec 2015 #41
Understood oberliner Dec 2015 #43
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