Is Axios Media Group the propaganda arm of the US State Dept?
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I'm seeing posts about Axios and Maxar technologies floating around the interwebs. Recently released satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies (a defense contractor which works with the US State Dept) supposedly show Russian troops at the Ukrainian border. This was published by Axios Media Group, which just so happens to be a short drive from Langley in Arlington County, VA. I tried searching for a financial link between Axios and the state dept but wasn't able to come up with anything. Perhaps a fellow anon could find a link between these two?
Well, typically if a defense contractor is working with a different dept, they're still being paid by DOD. DOD then goes to the other Dept internally to get reimbursement for loaning that contractor out. It would be covered under the requesting Dept's discretionary spending budget. If it's a clandestine op, then it's covered under that Dept's Special Access Program (SAP) budget.
So, I don't think you or anyone else will find anything overtly pointing to Axios or Maxar Technologies working for the U.S. State Dept.