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Happy to unblock for the sake of transparency, and offer some background. Neera has not asked me a single question about my own reporting on this story. She’s instead been asking me to comment on other reports that aren’t mine. She does that to no other reporter /1 https://twitter.com/neeratanden/status/1263666958295236608
So why does she single me out when neither story I wrote about Reade is in question? (I reported she tried to get Time’s Up to help her, and found the Larry King call.) It’s not a coincidence that a story I broke last year cost her think tank millions from the UAE.
Despite its authoritarianism, its invasion of Yemen, and its human rights record, CAP took millions over the years from the UAE. After Jamal Khashoggi was killed, they became their ally Saudi Arabia’s lead defender in DC. Neera became suspicious that CAP staffers were leaking...
about UAE influence on CAP’s response to the murder. She launched a leak investigation and fired 2 staffers (who were not actually lesking), which we reported. https://theintercept.com/2019/01/16/center-for-american-progress-cap-uae-leak/
The next week, she announced CAP would stop taking UAE money.
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/25/united-arab-emirates-funding-center-for-american-progress
https://amp.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/25/united-arab-emirates-funding-center-for-american-progress
