Some familiar names in this mess.
Qatar-Funded Group Engages In ‘Propagandistic Activities’ While Divvying Out Millions To US Schools, Experts Say
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/15/qatar-funded-group-us-schools/
Summary points:
>A Qatar-funded organization has disbursed more than $30 million to U.S. public schools to fund Arabic language programs, reports show.
>Schools that accept grants from the Qatar Foundation International (QFI) are required to give over a degree of access to the foreign-funded organization, including at-will access to students, documents show.
>QFI has engaged in activities that some experts said may cross the line into overt propaganda on behalf of Qatar.
Another interesting bit of info from further down in the article:
QFI Executive Director Maggie Mitchell Salem tweeted in 2018 that Mozah and Qatar Foundation’s current CEO are her “bosses.”
Mitchell Salem also has close ties to slain Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi, which intelligence reports found was assassinated in a Saudi consulate in Turkey.
Canada-based Phantom Secure was a criminal enterprise that provided secure communications to high-level drug traffickers and other criminal organization leaders.
The group purchased smartphones, removed all of the typical functionality—calling, texting, Internet, and GPS—and installed an encrypted e-mail system, so the phones could only communicate with each other.
If a customer was arrested, Phantom Secure destroyed the data on that phone, which is obstruction of justice under U.S. law. In an attempt to thwart law enforcement efforts, the company required new customers to have a reference from an existing user.
https://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/phantom-secure-takedown-031618
Moar at link
::QFI has engaged in activities that some experts said may cross the line into overt propaganda on behalf of Qatar.::
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I know I am shocked. /s