The Koch brothers don’t just have their own political party, they have their own spy network
We already knew that the Koch brothers have planned a massive investment in the 2016 presidential race that will rival the Republican Party’s expenditures. And we already know that they’ve engaged in a hugely successful campaign to reshape politics at the state and local level. But Politico is reporting today that their political activity goes even deeper: these guys have their own intelligence network.
The competitive intelligence team has a staff of 25, including one former CIA analyst, and operates from one of the non-descript Koch network offices clustered near the Courthouse metro stop in suburban Arlington, Va. It has provided network officials with documents detailing confidential voter-mobilization plans by major Democrat-aligned groups. It also sends regular “intelligence briefing” emails tracking the canvassing, phone-banking and voter-registration efforts of labor unions, environmental groups and their allies, according to documents reviewed by POLITICO and interviews with a half-dozen sources with knowledge of the group.
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In addition to delving into the left, the competitive intelligence team also monitors potential Koch network threats, according to sources familiar with it. It tracks people deemed suspicious outside the offices of Koch network groups, circulating be-on-the-lookout photos to internal network email lists, while keeping an eye on the network’s own ranks for possible leakers or disloyal employees.
http://americablog.com/2015/11/the-koch-brothers-dont-just-have-their-own-political-party-they-have-their-own-spy-network.html
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