LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Amendment

MIDDLE EAST FORUM

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2025Posted Jul 17, 2025Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Expenses$20Kself-filed spend

Client

6 issues

Homeland Security
DHS Spending Report- Shared an internal report that showed DHS/FEMA spending through three grant programs that supported extremist groups. Programs included the Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Countering Violent Extremism, and Disaster Relief grants. A total of $25 million went to radical U.S. nonprofits. Suggested vetting and appropriations reforms.
Lobbyistsmr BENJAMIN SCOTT BAIRD
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Science/Technology
Shared findings about partnership deals between a U.S. quantum computing firm, a foreign government, and a foreign company with ties to extremism. The U.S. company shared research with a foreign government lab that was run by Iranian and Chinese scientists, risking sensitive quantum technologies.
Lobbyistsmr BENJAMIN SCOTT BAIRD
TargetedHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Treasury, Dept of
Budget/Appropriations
Called for recissions related to USAID spending that we previously identified as funding problematic, terror-linked groups.
Lobbyistsmr BENJAMIN SCOTT BAIRD

LD-2 disclosure · 2nd Quarter - Amendment

2nd Quarter (Apr 1 - June 30) · 2025Posted Jul 17, 2025Filing document ↗LDA record ↗

Expenses$20Kself-filed spend

6 issues

Homeland Security
DHS Spending Report- Shared an internal report that showed DHS/FEMA spending through three grant programs that supported extremist groups. Programs included the Nonprofit Security Grant Program. Countering Violent Extremism, and Disaster Relief grants. A total of $25 million went to radical U.S. nonprofits. Suggested vetting and appropriations reforms.
Lobbyistsmr BENJAMIN SCOTT BAIRD
TargetedSENATE · HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) · Homeland Security, Dept of (DHS)
Science/Technology
Shared findings about partnership deals between a U.S. quantum computing firm, a foreign government, and a foreign company with ties to extremism. The U.S. company shared research with a foreign government lab that was run by Iranian and Chinese scientists, risking sensitive quantum technologies.
Lobbyistsmr BENJAMIN SCOTT BAIRD
TargetedHOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES · Treasury, Dept of
Budget/Appropriations
Called for recissions related to USAID spending that we previously identified as funding problematic, terror-linked groups.
Lobbyistsmr BENJAMIN SCOTT BAIRD