Benador Associates
Benador Associates was a Public Relations firm based in Washington DC and New York that promoted right wing writers and speakers. The firm was founded in the wake of 9-11 and was "intellectually conceived and financially funded exclusively by Eliana Benador"[1]. By 2007 it had closed and Eliana Benador had started Benador Public Relations.
Fake news
In May 2006, Canada's National Post ran a story by Benador associate and Iranian exile Amir Taheri. The piece claimed that Iran's government had passed a law requiring Jewish residents to wear a yellow insignia — reminiscent of the policies of Germany's Nazi regime. The story was quickly debunked and the National Post apologized. Eliana Benador admitted that Benador Associates firm had planted the piece.[2]
Experts
The firm advertised prominent experts like James Woolsey, A.M. Rosenthal, Richard Perle, Amir Taheri, Kanan Makiya and Saad Eddin Ibrahim. They advertised their sevices by saying "Each of our experts is nationally and internationally recognized on issues of the Middle East and national security[3]. Frank Gaffney has also appeared at Benador events.
Ali Al-Ahmed | Ali Ahmed Al-Baghli | Nir Boms | Arnaud de Borchgrave | Helle Merete Brix | Ismail Cem Leon Charney | Ariel Cohen | Gordon Cucullu | Saad Eddin Ibrahim | Rachel Ehrenfeld | John Eibner | Hillel Fradkin | David Gelernter | Dr. Stephen Gullo | Michel Gurfinkiel | Alexander M Haig, Jr. | | Victor Davis Hanson | Lars Hedegaard | Fereydoun Hoveyda | Mansoor Ijaz | Raphael Israeli | Charles Jacobs | George Jonas | Stanley H. Kaplan | Efraim Karsh | Charles Krauthammer | Herbert I London | Norman Lamont | Kanan Makiya | Paul Marshall | Andrew C McCarthy | Michael Meyer | Hassan Mneimneh | Laurie Mylroie | Ayman Nour | John O'Sullivan | Salameh Nematt | Richard Perle | Walid Phares | Richard Pipes | Dennis Prager David Pryce-Jones | Tom Rose | A.M. Rosenthal | Jano Rosebiani | Tashbih Sayyed | Natan Sharansky | Richard O Spertzel | Amir Taheri | Paul Vallely | James Woolsey | Meyrav Wurmser [4].
Resources
- Rightweb Eleana Benador
- Some information about Benador Associates is available (in French) here
- Laura Miller, "War is Sell," PR Watch, 4th Quarter 2002.
- Jim Lobe, "The Andean condor among the hawks," Asia Times, 15 August 2003.
- Brian Whitaker, "Conflict and catchphrases", The Guardian, February 24, 2003.
- Juan Cole, Psy-Ops and News, Informed Comment, 3 Dec. 2004.
- "Benador Reps Sharansky", O'Dwyers PR Daily, June 6, 2005.
- Jim Lobe, Iran Target of Apparent Disinformation Ploy, Inter Press Service, 22 May 2006.
Known members
17 of the 52 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Eliana Benador | |
| Arnaud de Borchgrave | Spooky journalist |
| Rachel Ehrenfeld | |
| Alexander Haig | Attended the 1978 Bilderberg as SACEUR |
| Lars Hedegaard | Danish historian, author and journalist |
| Saad Eddin Ibrahim | Egyptian neoconservative sociologist |
| Stanley Kaplan | Got rich by pushing kids to cram for Scholastic Aptitude Tests |
| Charles Krauthammer | Single Bilderberger Washington Conference on International Terrorism visitor |
| Norman Lamont | Long time Chairman of Le Cercle, financier, politician and deep politician, involved in arms and financial deals. |
| Richard Perle | "widely considered a core representative of the neoconservative political faction" |
| Richard Pipes | Hawkish cold warrior historian |
| Tashbih Sayyed | |
| Natan Sharansky | Former dissident of the Soviet Union, neocon, Bilderberg, Le Cercle |
| Amir Taheri | |
| Paul Vallely | |
| James Woolsey | Ex CIA director still (per 2020) very active in deep state networks. |
| Meyrav Wurmser | Columnist for the Jerusalem Post, cofounder of MEMRI, married to David Wurmser |
References
- ↑ Internet Archive, Benador Associates, Home Page, Accessed via Web Archive 02-June-2009
- ↑ http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060703/cohleresses
- ↑ Benador Associates, About Us, Web Archive, Accessed 02-June-2009
- ↑ Benador Associates, Experts, Web Archive, Accessed 02-June-2009
