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Old Ideas in New Bottles

A new front group preaches restraint while embracing interventionism

Philip Giraldi • March 10, 2020

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Numerous so-called “front groups” operate in the United States. A front group is very simply an organization that pretends to have a certain program while at the same time using that identity as cover to promote a hidden agenda that is something quite different, often opposed to what is being said publicly. The Global Climate... Read More

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About Philip Giraldi

Phil Giraldi is a former CIA Case Officer and Army Intelligence Officer who spent twenty years overseas in Europe and the Middle East working terrorism cases. He holds a BA with honors from the University of Chicago and an MA and PhD in Modern History from the University of London. In addition to TAC, where he has been a contributing editor for nine years, he writes regularly for Antiwar.com. He is currently Executive Director of the Council for the National Interest and resides with his wife of 32 years in Virginia horse country close to his daughters and grandchildren.

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America's Jews Are Driving America's Wars

Shouldn't they recuse themselves when dealing with the Middle East?

Philip Giraldi

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Americans Should be Ashamed

A Modern Guernica Enabled by Washington

Philip Giraldi

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How the Israel Lobby Works

Pressuring Candidates Even Before They Are Nominated

Philip Giraldi