[Steve_Seattle]

"Blatantly unconstitutional"

Why? Quote me a passage of the law that's unconstitutional. From the excerpts in the article, it sounds like the bill will be funding government efforts to combat - mostly overseas - what it regards as false propaganda emanating from foreign governments. I didn't see anything in the article about censoring US news agencies, or punishing people who criticize the government, or punishing people for advocating policies that might be viewed as favorable to some other government.

Having said that, I am not necessarily enthusiastic about our government meddling in the internal affairs of other countries via propaganda and the funding of opposition groups.

[nathanbedford]

I confess I share your bewilderment, where is the unconstitutional aspect of this law?

Where is the domestic application of this law? Is it not true that during the Cold War the United States engaged in propaganda around the world by agencies of the American government who were forbidden from disseminating their propaganda within the borders of the United States?

These questions are asked ingenuously and not rhetorically.