The Invisible Hand behind the Koch Brothers 'dark money'
The Invisible Hand behind the Koch Brothers 'dark money'
How Sean Noble moved the Kochs' cash into politics and made millions.
Kim Barker and Theodoric Meyer, PROPUBLICA February 14, 2014
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/The_Invisible_Hand_behind_the_Koch_Brothers_dark_money.html
For a brief, giddy moment, Sean Noblea little-known former aide to an Arizona congressmanbecame one of the most important people in American politics.
Plucked from obscurity by libertarian billionaire brothers Charles and David Koch, Noble was tasked with distributing a torrent of political money raised by the Koch network, a complex web of nonprofits nicknamed the Kochtopus, into conservative causes in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
Noble handed out almost $137 million in 2012 alone -- all of it so-called dark money from unnamed donors -- from his perch atop the Center to Protect Patient Rights, a group run out of an Arizona post office box. ........................
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