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</font></p><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">So who is driving this bandwagon? John Laumer wrote John Birch Society Is Back: Municipal Planning & Environmentalism Targeted. Fred Koch, founder of Koch industries, was a founding member. He was also the father of the Koch Brothers who founded Americans for Prosperity. One of the JBS's favorite experts on the threat of Agenda 21 is Tom DeWeese.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"The latest tactics by the American Planning Association reveals the <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">dark intent of the Sustainablists </span>and the lengths they will go to hide their goals. Honest intent doesn’t have to hide in lies and double speak. Those are the tactics of tyranny".- Tom DeWeese</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Interview with Tom DeWeese at CPAC 2011 from The John Birch Society </span>on Vimeo.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">When he is not out on the public speaking circuit, Tom DeWeese is President of the American Policy Center, the loudest mouthpiece of the anti-Agenda 21 crowd. He claims that the anti-sustainability movement is not just crazy people: "The tin foil is falling off of our hats rapidly as the fight against Agenda 21 is quickly escalating into the main stream of the political debate."</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He has a well-connected board of directors and advisors that includes:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Bonner Cohen, </b>who, according to Sourcewatch, ran EPA watch, which was funded by Philip Morris and accused the EPA of "everything from destroying the US economy to trying to stop people from taking showers." He was the sole director of The Advancement of Sound Science Coalition with his partner <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">Steve Milloy </span>of Junk Science fame. TASSC was funded by Amoco, Chevron, Dow Chemical, Exxon, General Motors and many more.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Cohen is also senior fellow at the National Center for Public Policy Research, which received $ 445,000 from ExxonMobil.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">He is a senior policy analyst with the Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, which gets most of its money from the Carthage Foundation and Sarah Scaife Foundation. Oh, and ExxonMobil, to the tune of $ 577,000 between 2000 and 2007 according to ExxonSecrets.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">John Meredith is a director as well; he is a Washington lobbyist (and the son of civil rights icon James Meredith) and is on the Advisory Board of CFACT. He goes way back in the conspiracy, speaking in 1977, suggesting that there was:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">    what he termed the "radical green agenda" to "restructure American society."</span> In particularly, he discussed a report by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (Community Sustainability: Agendas for Choice-Making and Action) which calls for the elimination of single-family dwellings, curbing suburbs, reducing the population's meat consumption, imposing population control techniques and more. This document, Meredith said, was submitted to the June 1996 "Habitat II" United Nations Conference in Istanbul as official U.S. policy.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">His consulting company's skills include</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    The ability to motivate people into participating in the public policy process and providing them the tools to be effective when they do engage is a cornerstone of Meredith Advocacy Group services. Our grassroots techniques include creation of electronic distribution systems for issue education and action alerts, coalition building and coordination of like-minded groups and individuals, establishment and maintenance of key contacts, as well as Congressional and agency outreach programs.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Which is often called astroturfing.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The Board of Advisors includes <b>Alan Caruba, </b>who is a major contributor of articles to CFACT, which, by the way, was a gold sponsor of the Heartland Conference on Climate Change, infamous for its Unabomber ads (along with Americans for Prosperity)</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Deweese has other opinions to offer beside just Agenda 21; his thoughts on botany:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    The bottom line is, CO2 is not a poison to human beings, CO2 is not affecting the atmosphere, there is absolutely no evidence, I can say this with absolute confidence, there is no evidence of man-made global warming causing problems…..Trees give off carbon dioxide; all the plants around us give it off. The fact is some scientists have done some studies saying we’ve got a carbon dioxide shortage right now. That then causes plants to die, that causes environmental damage.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"When government makes decisions on behalf of others about how much consumption, what types of living arrangements, and what types of transportation are “sustainable,” this can directly conflict with individuals’ freedom."- Americans for Prosperity</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">As Far as the Koch's Americans For Prosperity goes, they hand out brochures about Agenda 21 </span>that are almost fair and balanced compared to some of the stuff I have read.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    Some conservatives worry that sustainable development is just a disguise for a larger scheme to adopt radical environmentalism, wealth redistribution, or some form of “world government” through local initiatives. But whether this is true is largely irrelevant: regardless of the underlying motives and regardless of the source, the policies themselves prove to be an affront to property rights and harmful to the American economy. To those who favor economic freedom and limited government, this alone is grounds for concern.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">AFP branches from Kansas to Oregon appear to have Tom Deweese constantly on the rubber chicken circuit, he is everywhere.</font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">"Under Sustainable Development, the recognition of the Unalienable Right to one’s life, liberty and property is lost. This war on freedom is a Global to Local one."- Freedom Advocates</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The other organization that seems to do the most pushing of the Agenda 21 conspiracy is <b>Freedom Advocates, run by Patrick M. Wood</b>, who in the late seventies was obsessed with the Trilateral Commission, the conspiracy du jour. Information about him is sketchy, and there is little on any of his board members; they all appear to be<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);"> big in Santa Cruz, California</span>. He offers a downloadable handbook that tells you everything you need to know to scupper an urban planner and keep government small enough to drown in a bathtub.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    1. Recognize and resist the trend to replace political boundaries with “regional governance.” Recognize that this form of government leads to a breakdown of accountability to the citizenry.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    2. Refuse local government receipt of federal or state money for new Sustainable Development programs because they breach the American system of federalism and raid the treasury. Withdraw from established Sustainable Development programs.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    3. Avoid local government partnerships with the federal government, NGOs, foundations and corporations that advance the anti-liberty Sustainable Development agenda. Do not surrender your town or county to the insider privilege of Sustainable Developers and their monied interests….</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    6. Kick ICLEI out of your town.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Their website is published on The Patriot's Web, a hosting company for right wing websites, which is owned by the August Corporation, which is owned by Patrick Wood, who also publishes the August Forecast and Review. He appears to be a one man media empire, but so far as I can tell, not the major force behind the Agenda 21 conspiracy.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">In the end, there was no direct link from the Koch's Americans for Prosperity to any of the people I could find on the boards of either organization. Sue Sturgis of the Institute for Southern Studies thinks there might be one, writing:</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    It isn't difficult to understand why the men behind Koch Industries -- a major emitter of carbon and other pollution -- would be interested in discrediting a sustainability initiative.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">    For example, the Koch’s have been major funders of efforts to discredit climate science in order to scuttle regulatory action on greenhouse gas pollution. A 2010 Greenpeace report documented how the Kochs contributed more than $48.5 million from 1997 to 2008 to a network of several dozen think tanks that work to sow doubt about manmade climate change.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It is pretty clear that there are <span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 102);">direct connections from the American Policy Center to The Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow, (CFACT</span> , which is funded by right wing foundations and big oil, not to mention Daimler Chrysler and Ford in the past.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">It is also clear that the anti-agenda 21, anti-sustainability movement is punching way above its weight in terms of public awareness and support. It's not a grass roots movement of concerned local activists, but, as Robin Rather puts it, "a brilliant campaign, preying on real fears that people have" about their homes and property.</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">
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<p style=" margin: 0.4em 0px 0.5em; line-height: 1.5em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>American Policy Center</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(APC) is a far-<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Right-wing" title="Right-wing" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">right wing</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Think_tanks" title="Think tanks" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">think tank</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>run by PR man<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_DeWeese&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom DeWeese (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Tom DeWeese</a>. The APC, which is based in Washington D.C., describes itself as a "privately funded, nonprofit,<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/501(c)(4)" title="501(c)(4)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">501 c (4)</a>, tax-exempt grassroots action and education foundation dedicated to the promotion of free enterprise and limited government regulations over commerce and individuals."<sup id="cite_ref-About_0-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Policy_Center#cite_note-About-0" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[1]</a></sup></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">APC states that it "focuses on the issues of environmental policy and its effect on private property rights; national federal computer data banks and their effect on individual privacy rights; the United Nations and its effect on American national sovereignty; and federal education policy and its effect on local schools and parental rights."<sup id="cite_ref-About_0-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Policy_Center#cite_note-About-0" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[1]</a></sup></font></p>

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<li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Policy_Center#Board_of_Directors" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000"><span class="tocnumber">1</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="toctext">Board of Directors</span></font></a></li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas A. DeWeese, President</font></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bonner_Cohen" title="Bonner Cohen" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Bonner Cohen</a>, Vice President</font></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Meredith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Meredith (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">John Meredith</font></a></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Melissa_Reed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melissa Reed (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Melissa Reed</a>, Secretary</font></li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Rep.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Rohrer (page does not exist)" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Sam Rohrer</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Pennsylvania Legislature</font></li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. Bonner Cohen - Senior Fellow, Lexington Institute</font></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Peter_Ford" title="Peter Ford" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Peter Ford</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>- Radio Talk Show Host</font></li>

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<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Thomas A. DeWeese, President</font></li>

<li style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Alan_Caruba" title="Alan Caruba" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" color="#000000">Alan Caruba</font></a></li>

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<li id="cite_note-About-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">↑<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup style=" line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Policy_Center#cite_ref-About_0-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.0</a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><sup style=" line-height: 1em;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Policy_Center#cite_ref-About_0-1" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">1.1</a></sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.americanpolicy.org/about/main.htm" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">About the Center: Statement of Purpose"</a>, American Policy Center, accessed March 2008.</span></font></li>

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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">EPAWATCH</font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">EPA Watch</span></b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">was a newsletter edited by</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bonner_Cohen" title="Bonner Cohen" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">Bonner Cohen</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">that accused the</span><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/U.S._Environmental_Protection_Agency" title="U.S. Environmental Protection Agency" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">of everything from destroying the U.S. economy to trying to stop people from taking showers. It was part of a campaign by the U.S.</span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Tobacco_industry" title="Tobacco industry" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">tobacco industry</span></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;"> </span></span><span style=" background-color: #FFF200;">to destroy the EPA's credibility, after an EPA study concluded in 1992 that secondhand cigarette smoke causes lung cancer.</span></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">A Philip Morris strategy document describes EPA Watch as an "asset" created by PM funding allocated "to establish groups . . . that have a broader impact for PM."<sup id="cite_ref-0" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EPA_Watch#cite_note-0" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[1]</a></sup></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><b>Another Philip Morris strategy memo, by PM vice president of Corporate Affairs</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ellen_Merlo" title="Ellen Merlo" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;"><b>Ellen Merlo</b></a><b>, discusses plans to promote "EPA Watch/Bonner Cohen as expert on EPA matters, i.e., regular syndicated radio features on EPA activities, . .</b> . news bureau function, speaking engagements, whatever can be done to increase his visibility and credibility on matters dealing with the EPA."<sup class="noprint Template-Fact" style=" line-height: 1em;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources" style=" white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SourceWatch:Citation_needed" title="SourceWatch:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">citation needed</a></i>]</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EPA_Watch#cite_note-1" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[2]</a></sup></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Dr. Bonner Cohen was editor of EPA WATCH from 1992 to 1999.<sup class="noprint Template-Fact" style=" line-height: 1em;"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources" style=" white-space: nowrap;">[<i><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/SourceWatch:Citation_needed" title="SourceWatch:Citation needed" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">citation needed</a></i>]</span></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference" style=" line-height: 1em; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EPA_Watch#cite_note-2" style="text-decoration: none; white-space: nowrap; background-image: none;">[3]</a></sup></font>

<font size="4" face="Times New Roman">EPA Watch was published by the<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/American_Policy_Center" title="American Policy Center" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">American Policy Center</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>(APC), headed by long-time PR pro<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Thomas_DeWeese" title="Thomas DeWeese" class="mw-redirect" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">Thomas DeWeese</a>.</font></p>

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<li id="cite_note-0" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EPA_Watch#cite_ref-0" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prwatch.org/documents/ew_asset.pdf" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAQAAAAnOwc2AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAE5JREFUeF5lykEKgDAMBdF/+17Es/QkiosiCBURXIzJooZohmweX6gwmkCeI+Oqc2C1FnvnF2ejlQYU0tLK2NjY6f/l8V12Ti7uhFFgDj19b58EwXuqkAAAAABJRU5ErkJggg==); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">"New Project: Parents for Priorities"</a>, Philip Morris, undated, page 5.</span></font></li>

<li id="cite_note-2" style=" margin-bottom: 0.1em;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=EPA_Watch#cite_ref-2" style="text-decoration: none; background-image: none;">↑</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://web.archive.org/web/20000823110441/www.lexingtoninstitute.org/biography/cohenbio.htm" style="text-decoration: none; padding-right: 13px; background-image: url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAAAoAAAAKCAYAAACNMs+9AAAAGXRFWHRTb2Z0d2FyZQBBZG9iZSBJbWFnZVJlYWR5ccllPAAAAFZJREFUeF59z4EJADEIQ1F36k7u5E7ZKXeUQPACJ3wK7UNokVxVk9kHnQH7bY9hbDyDhNXgjpRLqFlo4M2GgfyJHhjq8V4agfrgPQX3JtJQGbofmCHgA/nAKks+JAjFAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); background-position: 100% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat;">[2]</a>, Lexington Institute,</span></font></li>

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<p>The <b>American Policy Center</b> (APC) is a far-<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Right-wing" title="Right-wing">right wing</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tanks" title="Think tanks">think tank</a> run by PR man <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tom_DeWeese&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom DeWeese (page does not exist)">Tom DeWeese</a>. The APC, which is based in Washington D.C., describes itself as a "privately funded, nonprofit, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=501%28c%29%284%29" title="501(c)(4)">501 c (4)</a>,

tax-exempt grassroots action and education foundation dedicated to the

promotion of free enterprise and limited government regulations over

commerce and individuals."<sup id="cite_ref-About_0-0" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#cite_note-About-0" title="">[1]</a></sup>

APC states that it "focuses on the issues of environmental policy and

its effect on private property rights; national federal computer data

banks and their effect on individual privacy rights; the United Nations

and its effect on American national sovereignty; and federal education

policy and its effect on local schools and parental rights."<sup id="cite_ref-About_0-1" class="reference"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#cite_note-About-0" title="">[1]</a></sup></p>

<h2>Contents</h2>

<ul><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#Board_of_Directors"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Board of Directors</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#Board_of_Advisors"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Board of Advisors</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#American_Policy_Foundation_Board_of_Directors"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">American Policy Foundation Board of Directors</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#Contact_details"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Contact details</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#Articles_and_Resources"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Articles and Resources</span></a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#Sources"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Sources</span></a></li><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#Related_SourceWatch_Articles"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></a></li></ul>

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<h2><span class="mw-headline">Board of Directors</span></h2>

<ul><li>Thomas A. DeWeese, President</li><li>Dr. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Bonner_Cohen" title="Bonner Cohen">Bonner Cohen</a>, Vice President</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=John_Meredith&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="John Meredith (page does not exist)">John Meredith</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Melissa_Reed&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Melissa Reed (page does not exist)">Melissa Reed</a>, Secretary</li></ul>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Board of Advisors</span></h2>

<ul><li>Rep. <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Sam_Rohrer&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sam Rohrer (page does not exist)">Sam Rohrer</a> - Pennsylvania Legislature</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Steve_Symms" title="Steve Symms">Steve Symms</a> - U.S. Senate (Ret)</li><li>Dr. Bonner Cohen - Senior Fellow, Lexington Institute</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Peter_Ford" title="Peter Ford">Peter Ford</a> - Radio Talk Show Host</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Phillip_Abbott_Luce&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Phillip Abbott Luce (page does not exist)">Phillip Abbott Luce</a> - Author (in memoriam)</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Beverly_K._Eakman&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Beverly K. Eakman (page does not exist)">Beverly K. Eakman</a> - Author</li></ul>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">American Policy Foundation Board of Directors</span></h2>

<ul><li>Thomas A. DeWeese, President</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Alan_Caruba" title="Alan Caruba">Alan Caruba</a></li><li>Melissa Reed, Secretary</li></ul>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Contact details</span></h2>

<p>70 Main Street

Suite 23

Warrenton, VA 20186

Phone: 540-341-8911

Fax: 540-341-8917

Email: ampolicycenter AT hotmail.com

Web: <a href="http://www.americanpolicy.org" class="external free" title="http://www.americanpolicy.org" rel="nofollow">http://www.americanpolicy.org</a>

<h2><span class="mw-headline">Articles and Resources</span></h2>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Sources</span></h3>

<ol class="references"><li id="cite_note-About-0">↑ <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#cite_ref-About_0-0" title="">1.0</a></sup> <sup><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=American_Policy_Center#cite_ref-About_0-1" title="">1.1</a></sup> <a href="http://www.americanpolicy.org/about/main.htm" class="external text" title="http://www.americanpolicy.org/about/main.htm" rel="nofollow">About the Center: Statement of Purpose"</a>, American Policy Center, accessed March 2008.</li></ol>

<h3><span class="mw-headline">Related SourceWatch Articles</span></h3>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Think_tanks" title="Think tanks">think tanks</a></li></ul>

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