EXCLUSIVE: Republican & Democratic staffers for two key congressional committees received a classified briefing from StateDept in connection to the agency bankrolling a purported 'disinformation' tracking group that is blacklisting conservative outlets.
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"We must ensure that efforts to counter foreign state and terrorist propaganda do not, intentionally or otherwise, spill into use on domestic speech," he added."We look forward to receiving more documents from the State Department about its activities to inform our oversight of this matter." There were roughly seven State Department officials at the classified briefing, according to one congressional source. The briefing came roughly two weeks after the National Endowment for Democracy briefed committees on its funding to GDI, which has totaled over $545,000 between 2020 and 2021.
The center said that it allegedly did not ask for a"demo" of GDI's software before awarding it taxpayer dollars, according to the source. It also noted that it does not have work planned with GDI moving forward, but fell short of a commitment to no longer supporting it, said the source.
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