Hersh: U.S. Funds Being Secretly Funneled to Al Qaeda-Linked Groups (Post by Nico)
25 Feb 2007
New Yorker columnist Sy Hersh says the "single most explosive" element of his latest article involves an effort by the Bush administration to stem the growth of Shiite influence in the Middle East (specifically the Iranian government and Hezbollah in Lebanon) by funding violent Sunni groups. Hersh says the U.S. has been "pumping money, a great deal of money, without congressional authority, without any congressional oversight" for covert operations in the Middle East where it wants to "stop the Shiite spread or the Shiite influence."
http://thinkprogress.org/2007/02/25/hersh-qaeda
