Cheney zu Besuch beim Council for National Policy

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Aus aktuellem Anlass - genauer gesagt Cheneys Besuch in Utah - gibt es hiermit einen Thread zum Council for National Policy (CNP). Neben Meldungen oder Meinungen zum derzeitigen Geschehen sind natürlich auch andere Informationen zur Thematik willkommen. Es folgen ein paar kurze Infos zum Einstieg:

Beim Council for Foreign Policy handelt es sich um eine Art Dachorganisation für Netzwerke konservativer Aktivisten, die auf strikte Geheimhaltung besteht und deshalb auch von US-Massenmedien schon als "super-secret" bezeichnet wurde. Gegründet wurde das CNP 1981 von Tim LaHaye.
Kaum bekannt, aber schlagkräftig: einige hundert der mächtigsten US-Konservativen sollen angeblich mit dem CNP in Verbindung stehen. Kritiker werfen dem CNP u.a. vor, eine theokratische Agenda zu verfolgen bzw. die Trennung von Kirche und Staat abschaffen zu wollen. Eigenen Aussagen zufolge geht es dem CNP um die Förderung des marktwirtschaftlichen Systems und der nationalen Verteidigung sowie um die Unterstützung "traditioneller westlicher Werte".

Since its founding, the tax-exempt organization has been meeting three times a year. Members have come and gone, but all share something in common: They are powerful figures, drawn from both the Religious Right and the anti-government, anti-tax wing of the ultra-conservative movement.

It may sound like a far-left conspiracy theory, but the CNP is all too real and, its critics would argue, all too influential.

What amazes most CNP opponents is the group’s ability to avoid widespread public scrutiny. Despite nearly a quarter century of existence and involvement by wealthy and influential political figures, the CNP remains unknown to most Americans. Operating out of a non-descript office building in the Washing­ton, D.C., suburb of Fairfax, Va., the organization has managed to keep an extremely low profile an amazing feat when one considers the people the CNP courts.

Behind Closed Doors - Who Is The Council For National Policy And What Are They Up To? And Why Don’t They Want You To Know?

“The media should not know when or where we meet or who takes part in our programs, before of after a meeting,” a list of rules obtained by The New York Times advises the attendees.

The membership list is “strictly confidential.” Guests may attend “only with the unanimous approval of the executive committee.” In e-mail messages to one another, members are instructed not to refer to the organization by name, to protect against leaks.

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Noch ein paar Links:
Council for National Policy (Right Web)
Council for National Policy (Wikipedia)
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Aktuelles:
Cheney heads to Utah for a private speech on Friday
From One Bunker To Another: Dick Cheney To Address ‘Super-Secret, Conservative Policy Group’

Dick Cheney wird also dem CNP einen Besuch abstatten. Um was wird es wohl gehen?

 

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In jedem Fall ziemlich gruselig, die Bande.

 

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Hier noch ein paar aktuelle Meldungen:

Vice President Dick Cheney spoke Friday about the war in Iraq during a brief visit to the Council for National Policy, according to people who heard his speech.

The event was closed to news media, but Utah Lt. Gov. Gary Herbert said the vice president's speech was given to a "very friendly audience" of maybe 300 to 400 people. [...]

Presidential candidate Mitt Romney also spoke to members of the Council for National Policy, which is described as a secretive conservative networking group.

Former Utah lawmaker LaVar Christensen, who also attended Friday's event, declined to comment on the vice president's remarks. He said Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts, gave a speech that touched on family and conservative values.

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