Ah, the plot thickens....

http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=34529

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The RSF's work is not a matter of chance nor is it being done for free. It turns out that RSF is on the payroll of the US State Department and has been working tirelessly with the various alumni of the former rightwing militant Senator Jesse Helms (R-NC). The RSF also has directly benefited from ties to Helms-Burton funded Cuban exile leaders, who have also regularly collected subventions from US taxpayers, courtesy of the anti-Castro Dade County congressional delegation.
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Very interesting article. There sure are a lot ob bottom feeders in our government. And to think, I once had an unrealistically idealistic notion that we would have publically financed elections by 2008.