Broadcasting Board of Governors
 Broadcasting Board of Governors      | |
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| Predecessor | • United States Information Agency • Office of Affiliate Relations and Media Training |
| Formation | October 1, 1999 |
| Parent organization | US/Senate |
| Headquarters | Washington DC |
| Leaders | • Broadcasting Board of Governors/CEO • Broadcasting Board of Governors/Chair |
| Type |  propaganda |
| Subgroups | • Alhurra • Voice of America • The Middle East Broadcasting Networks Inc. • Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty • Radio Free Asia • Radio Marti • TV Marti • Radio Sawa |
| Staff | 3,592 |
| Subpage | •Broadcasting Board of Governors/Chair |
| Membership | • Jeffrey Shell • Matthew Armstrong •  Leon Aron•  Ryan Crocker• Michael Kempner •  Karen Kornbluh•  John Kerry•  Kenneth R. Weinstein |
| Overt propaganda arm of the US government. Notable for continued funding of Tor. | |
The Broadcasting Board of Governors (BBG) is a US government body which, amongst other activities, continues to fund Tor.
Contents
Official Narrative
It self described goal is to "deliver accurate news and information to significant and strategic audiences overseas... and to serve as a trustworthy source of news and as an example of a free, professional press in countries that lack independent media."[1] The BBG was a department within the United States Information Agency until becoming "an independent, autonomous entity on October 1, 1999 as a result of the Foreign Affairs Reform and Restructuring Act of 1998".
Structure
The website announces announces that it has a board which serves as a "firewall" against political interference in the journalistic product.[2] Yasha Levine reports that the BBG "reports directly to Secretary of State John Kerry".[3]
The first CEO of the BBG was former head of various big media groups, Andy Lack, appointed in January 2015, announced his resignation in March 2015.[4]
Funding
The BBG solicits annual funding from US Congress via a proposed budget summary, which can be found on the BBG website. The Board submits an annual budget submission in which they lay out specific initiatives. Initiatives in 2011 included improving the global satellite distribution capacity, creating Radio Free Asia video programming and improving distribution of Voice of America content.[5]
Announced in April 2011, the BBG will receive $10 million from Congress for the purpose of fighting Internet/Censorship. During the federal funding dispute for the fiscal year 2011, Barack Obama sided with the BBG agreeing to language that the organization would "expand unrestricted access to information on the Internet." This work includes anti-censorships campaigns in China and other "repressive regimes".[6]
Activities
Their 2014 operating budget of US$733 million included an "Internet freedom" budget of $25 million, with half of that money flowing through Radio Free Asia's Open Technology Fund (which Yasha Levine notes funded Tor in 2014 in excess of $1 million[7]). This $12.75 million represented a three-fold increase in OTF’s budget from 2013.[3][8] Their budget request for FY 2015 is US$721 million, and can be found here.
Employee on Wikispooks
| Employee | Job | Appointed | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Ashe | Member | 30 June 2010 | 1 August 2013 |
Known members
6 of the 8 of the members already have pages here:
| Member | Description |
|---|---|
| Leon Aron | Director of Russian studies at the American Enterprise Institute, BBG |
| Ryan Crocker | US diplomat who held a string of jobs as ambassador in the Middle East |
| Michael Kempner | |
| John Kerry | US Skull and Bones DSO, in Jeffrey Epstein's Black book ... |
| Karen Kornbluh | Spook. BBG Governor |
| Kenneth Weinstein | President and CEO of the deep state think tank Hudson Institute until 2020. Also member of the Broadcasting Board of Governors, which manages the CIA's open media channels. |
References
- ↑ http://www.bbg.gov/
- ↑ http://www.bbg.gov/about-the-agency/board/
- ↑ a b http://pando.com/2015/03/01/internet-privacy-funded-by-spooks-a-brief-history-of-the-bbg/
- ↑ http://deadline.com/2015/03/andrew-lack-broadcasting-board-of-governors-exit-1201386021/
- ↑ http://www.bbg.gov
- ↑ http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/opinion-zone/2011/04/congress-circumvents-state-department-gives-10-million-bbg
- ↑ http://www.boilingfrogspost.com/2015/03/05/processing-distortion-with-peter-b-collins-internet-privacy-funded-by-spooks/
- ↑ [1] at The Broadcasting Board of Governors website.
