State regulators had received no notification of the sale which was ordinarily a legal requirement and a tangle of overlapping boards and shareholders seemed designed to obscure the identity of the new owners and where their money originated.

NEWYORKER: The Forbidden Zone

As these organizations expand, multiply and, in the process, intensify their efforts to promote a shared and minous agenda, it is imperative to recognize the role being played by what amount to their interlocking (or at least overlapping) boards of directors, donations from the same foundations and growing access to some key members of Congress and top levels of US policymaking circles.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Center For Security Policy