Cheney was the keynote speaker at the meeting where the idea for the group formed. Several members of the AEI (experts on radical Islam uh huh) will speak at a forum they’re holding next month. They placed a newspaper ad calling Mahmoud Ahmadinejad a terrorist. They’re hellbent on war with Iran. Oh, and they have loads of money. Watch out for this group of whackos.

Freedom’s Watch, a deep-pocketed conservative group led by two former senior White House officials, made an audacious debut in late August when it began a $15 million advertising campaign designed to maintain Congressional support for President Bush’s troop increase in Iraq.

Founded this summer by a dozen wealthy conservatives, the nonprofit group is set apart from most advocacy groups by the immense wealth of its core group of benefactors, its intention to far outspend its rivals and its ambition to pursue a wide-ranging agenda. Its next target: Iran policy.

Next month, Freedom’s Watch will sponsor a private forum of 20 experts on radical Islam that is expected to make the case that Iran poses a direct threat to the security of the United States, according to several benefactors of the group.

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