US ‘perception management’: CIA’s hidden hand in ‘democracy’ groups

stuartbramhall:

 

 

Democracy: America’s number one export. The CIA-funded foundations Freedom House and NED were major instigators in the color revolutions in Eastern Europe (including the most recent coup in Ukraine) and the Arab Spring revolutions. Look out Canada.

Originally posted on Tony Seed's Weblog:

Freedom House, New York City

Special Report: Documents from the Reagan presidential library reveal that two major institutions promoting “democracy” and “freedom” — Freedom House and National Endowment for Democracy — worked hand-in-glove, behind-the-scenes, with a CIA propaganda expert in the 1980s, reports ROBERT PARRY*. Both these agencies operate inside Canada and are funded by the Harper government.

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