Uncovering Terror Funding in Foreign Aid: The Islamic Relief Agency Scandal

Cliff Smith and Sam Westrop discovered the Obama administration handed over hundreds of thousands of dollars to a designated terrorist organization linked to Bin Laden. They explain how documents acquired through an MEF lawsuit against the federal government revealed a major Christian charity and several Obama administration officials attempted to lobby on this terror group’s behalf.

Sam Westrop has headed Islamist Watch since March 2017. Before that, he ran Stand for Peace, a London-based counter-extremism organization.
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MEF research finds that the Department of State and U.S. Agency for International Development have provided hundreds of millions of dollars to organizations involved with designated terrorist organizations.
The U.S. Must Ensure That Taxpayers’ Money Never Goes to an Organization Whose Staff Expresses Support for Designated Terrorist Groups
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