In 2019, the Atlantic Council entered into a partnership with the Hungary Foundation, a group funded by the authoritarian Orbán government in Hungary. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_…
In September 2014, Eric Lipton reported in The New York Times that since 2008, the US organization had received donations from more than twenty-five foreign governments. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_…
In 2017, Tom Bossert, previously a Nonresident Zurich Cyber Risk Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Cyber Security Initiative, was appointed Homeland Security Advisor to the Trump administration. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_…
In 2020, the Atlantic Council returned a grant from the Hungary Foundation and ended its relationship with the foundation. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_…
In 2021, founding donor was Adrienne Arsht. Over $1 million given by American Securities Foundation, Bahaa Hariri, Embassy of the UAE, Facebook, Goldman Sachs, The Rockefeller Foundation and UK Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlantic_…
The Atlantic Council last month organized a junket for senior congressional staffers and officials to visit the United Arab Emirates. Human rights groups have accused UAE-backed forces of committing torture and sexual assault against detainees in Yemen. freebeacon.com/national-secur…
The UAE spent over $150 million on lobbying since 2016. In other cases, UAE has used deceptive means to lobby policymakers. Trump ally Thomas Barrack was charged with operating as an unregistered agent of the UAE, and was recently acquitted in the case. freebeacon.com/national-secur…
Rep. Jack Bergman sponsored the Think Tank Transparency Act of 2022 to require think tanks to disclose funding from foreign governments. "Congress and the American people deserve to know what these think tanks are up to, and who they’re working for." freebeacon.com/national-secur…
The Atlantic Council’s itinerary does not mention the financial relationship with the United Arab Emirates. The think tank did not respond to a request for comment. The staffers who attended did not respond to requests for comment. freebeacon.com/national-secur…
The Irving’s were behind the pipelines that Harper approved. financialpost.com/commodities/en…
The Irving’s are already moving oil from BC through Panama to the East Coast. globalnews.ca/news/7176448/f…
During Ukraine war, 2 oil tankers owned by Russian company Sovcomflot, the Russian maritime and freight shipping company blacklisted by the US were rerouting from Canada. One was carrying bunker fuel for Irving Oil. Another was chartered by Suncor Energy. nationalpost.com/news/world/two…
Postmedia swiftly controlled the lions share of Canadian media and yet is is foreign owned. Harper weakened the laws to allow that. Now John Irving is to be the next CEO. How much sway has the UAE over Canadian Media if that happens? readpassage.com/jamie-irvings-…
These are the donors of the Atlantic Council. It includes Dentons who hired PM Steven Harper after he left office. atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-resea…
Who owned Stephen Harper? Why were his top donors hidden? nowtoronto.com/who-owns-steph…
Look at Stephen Harper’s tweet from 2018.
https://twitter.com/stephenharper/status/983459826003951616
Over 30 years ago, a company in Saint John NB owned by Robert Maxwell — the late British billionaire media mogul and father to #GhislaineMaxwell — was found to have defaulted on a $100 million loan after his death. cbc.ca/news/canada/ne…
Why is #JeffreyEpstein’s money at a Toronto TD Bank in a building built by the Bronfman’s? financialpost.com/news/fp-street…
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