A year ago the Examiner published "Disinformation, Inc.", a series by investigative reporter Gabe Kaminsky describing how the State Department was backing a UK-based agency that creates digital blacklists for disfavored media outlets.
The culprit was the Global Engagement Center, a little-known State Department entity created in Barack Obama's last year in office and a surprise focus of Twitter Files reporting.
In an effort to find out what other ventures GEC was funding - an absurd 36 of 39 2018 contractors were redacted even in an Inspector General's report - the House Small Business Committee wrote the State Department last June asking for basic information about where the public's money was being spent.
In response to the outrage of this disclosure, the State Department sent its letter threatening in camera sessions until it gets a better "Understanding" of how the Committee will use its "Sensitive" information.
It's a small but revealing detail about current petulance levels at State.
There's no legitimate reason for it to be kept from the public, especially since it's increasingly clear its programs target American media companies and American media consumers, seemingly in violation of the State Department's mission.
Perhaps it's time for the State Department to receive a similar wake-up call.
https://www.racket.news/p/state-department-threatens-congress?
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