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Corporate sponsors of the Third Way, and more.
A "Know Your Trolls" public service announcement.
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Third_Way_Foundation#Corporate_Funding
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Corporate Funding
As Third Way Foundation
Bank One
Citigroup
Dow Chemical
DuPont
General Electric
Health Insurance Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley
Occidental Petroleum
Raytheon
As Progressive Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Eastman Kodak Charitable Trust
Prudential Foundation
Georgia-Pacific Foundation
Chevron
Amoco Foundation
Funding information sources (Third Way Foundation): Media Transparency, Capital Research, and Find Articles.
Funding information sources (Progressive Foundation): Capital Research and Media Transparency).
As Third Way Foundation
Bank One
Citigroup
Dow Chemical
DuPont
General Electric
Health Insurance Corporation
Merrill Lynch
Microsoft
Morgan Stanley
Occidental Petroleum
Raytheon
As Progressive Foundation
AT&T Foundation
Eastman Kodak Charitable Trust
Prudential Foundation
Georgia-Pacific Foundation
Chevron
Amoco Foundation
Funding information sources (Third Way Foundation): Media Transparency, Capital Research, and Find Articles.
Funding information sources (Progressive Foundation): Capital Research and Media Transparency).
Talking up telecom immunity
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Third_Way_organization#Talking_up_telecom_immunity
In January 2008, Matt Renner reported that Third Way was working with Senate Democrats to help sell a controversial measure granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies. The measure "is the major sticking point over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) legislation that is currently stalled in the Senate." During a meeting with Senator Jay Rockefeller's legislative aide for military and national security issues, Third Way's Matt Bennett suggested "talking points to help make the case for telecom immunity." Bennett said, "We thought it would be a bad idea to allow these companies to be held legally liable for cooperating with the government ... you want to encourage the cooperation of not just the telecom industry, but all other industries in the future." [4]
Third Way would not disclose whether the group receives telecom funding, but some of its board members do have telecom ties. Reynold Levy, for example, formerly served as AT&T's senior officer in charge of government relations. [4]
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Third_Way_organization#Talking_up_telecom_immunity
In January 2008, Matt Renner reported that Third Way was working with Senate Democrats to help sell a controversial measure granting retroactive immunity to telecommunications companies. The measure "is the major sticking point over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) legislation that is currently stalled in the Senate." During a meeting with Senator Jay Rockefeller's legislative aide for military and national security issues, Third Way's Matt Bennett suggested "talking points to help make the case for telecom immunity." Bennett said, "We thought it would be a bad idea to allow these companies to be held legally liable for cooperating with the government ... you want to encourage the cooperation of not just the telecom industry, but all other industries in the future." [4]
Third Way would not disclose whether the group receives telecom funding, but some of its board members do have telecom ties. Reynold Levy, for example, formerly served as AT&T's senior officer in charge of government relations. [4]
Here's some very well-crafted Third Way propaganda weaselspeak supporting, and attempting to justify (by telling us how we actually like being spied on, so this makes it A-OK!), NSA spying on Americans. Terror - Be afraid, be always afraid.
Where's the Body?
Posted: 06/13/2013 11:33 am
Bill Schneider
Distinguished Senior Fellow and Resident Scholar at Third Way
snip---
As long as federal surveillance can be justified as protecting people from terrorism, Americans are willing to accept it... especially if the stories are about potential rather than actual violations of people's rights. The terrorism argument also explains why one scandal matters more than the others.
snip---
As for the justification for having the government collect such massive amounts of information, the best argument was offered by Jeremy Bash, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. As Bash put it on MSNBC, "If you're looking for a needle in a haystack, you need a haystack."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-schneider/wheres-the-body_b_3435705.html
Posted: 06/13/2013 11:33 am
Bill Schneider
Distinguished Senior Fellow and Resident Scholar at Third Way
snip---
As long as federal surveillance can be justified as protecting people from terrorism, Americans are willing to accept it... especially if the stories are about potential rather than actual violations of people's rights. The terrorism argument also explains why one scandal matters more than the others.
snip---
As for the justification for having the government collect such massive amounts of information, the best argument was offered by Jeremy Bash, chief of staff to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. As Bash put it on MSNBC, "If you're looking for a needle in a haystack, you need a haystack."
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/bill-schneider/wheres-the-body_b_3435705.html
And a short you tube clip of Bush trying to make us fearful in his SOTU in 2006:
