Editing NED

The '''National Endowment for Democracy''', or the '''NED''', is a US deep state soft power apparatus which finances destabilization campaigns in countries targeted by the American Empire.<ref>[https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/National-Endowment-for-Destabilization-CIA-Funds-for-Latin-America-in-2018-20190403-0042.html National Endowment for Destabilization? CIA Funds for Latin America in 2018] by [[Martín Pastor]] on [[TeleSur]]</ref> 

In the late 1980s, the NED's president Carl Gersshman admitted that the NED does the same thing as the CIA, but using covert means rather than overt means.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1986/06/01/world/missionaries-for-democracy-us-aid-for-global-pluralism.html MISSIONARIES FOR DEMOCRACY: U.S. AID FOR GLOBAL PLURALISM]</ref>

It is currently run by Damon Wilson who was previously at the [[Atlantic Council]]<ref>Damon Wilson on Atlantic Council site [https://web.archive.org/web/20090811061552/http://www.acus.org/users/damon-wilson (Archived)]</ref> and has written for [[Bellingcat]].<ref>[https://journal-neo.org/2021/06/24/the-neds-new-ceo-atlantic-council-warmonger-damon-wilson/ The NED’s New CEO: Atlantic Council Warmonger Damon Wilson] by [https://journal-neo.org/author/brian-berletic/ Brian Berletic]  on [[New Eastern Outlook]]</ref>

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