The Russians are convinced that NED is a front for the CIA. I don't think that's true. But it's a distinction without a difference, since NED has taken over part of the CIA's mission. In 1986, the founder of NED, Carl Gershman, said the group was created because "[i]t would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA."
Probably not a kill box, just proper use of brackets in a quote showing where the writer is changed the original. In this case, from an upper to lowercase 'i' to avoid having a capital letter in the middle of his sentence.
Did anyone else notice the kill box
The Russians are convinced that NED is a front for the CIA. I don't think that's true. But it's a distinction without a difference, since NED has taken over part of the CIA's mission. In 1986, the founder of NED, Carl Gershman, said the group was created because "[i]t would be terrible for democratic groups around the world to be seen as subsidized by the CIA."
Sounded to me like it could be a front for the "Open society" type NGOs.
Probably not a kill box, just proper use of brackets in a quote showing where the writer is changed the original. In this case, from an upper to lowercase 'i' to avoid having a capital letter in the middle of his sentence.