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In reply to the discussion: Journalist Tom Ricks 'Beginning To Believe The Worst' About Greenwald And Snowden [View all]Whisp
(24,096 posts)if someone has more information on that I would appreciate a link.
Something tells me this has something to do about Greenwald's avoiding that question.
This from Feb. 26:
http://pando.com/2014/02/28/pierre-omidyar-co-funded-ukraine-revolution-groups-with-us-government-documents-show/
Wheeler is partly correct. Pando has confirmed that the American government in the form of the US Agency for International Development (USAID) played a major role in funding opposition groups prior to the revolution. Moreover, a large percentage of the rest of the funding to those same groups came from a US billionaire who has previously worked closely with US government agencies to further his own business interests. This was by no means a US-backed coup, but clear evidence shows that US investment was a force multiplier for many of the groups involved in overthrowing Yanukovych.
But thats not the shocking part.
Whats shocking is the name of the billionaire who co-invested with the US government (or as Wheeler put it: the dark deep force acting on behalf of Pax Americana).
Step out of the shadows
. Wheelers boss, Pierre Omidyar.
Yes, in the annals of independent media, this might be the strangest twist ever: According to financial disclosures and reports seen by Pando, the founder and publisher of Glenn Greenwalds government-bashing blog,The Intercept, co-invested with the US government to help fund regime change in Ukraine.