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The Libertas lobby group is reported to be funded by private donations from Irish nationals.[5] Anonymous lobby funding of this type is legal under Irish law - although donations above a certain amount will have to be disclosed by the group after the referendum. According to the group, Ganley and his wife have already donated the maximum amount of €6,300.[6]Libertas can accept anonymous donation not exceeding €126.97, no other large donations to Libertas have been revealed.[7]
Some analysts and politicians (including TD Lucinda Creighton)[8][9] questioned whether the Libertas leadership's close ties to US military interests[10][11] were a motivating factor in the movement's "No" campaign.[9] The fact that five of the seven members of Libertas[6] were reportedly employees of Rivada Networks, which provides communications technology to the US military,[12] led to some speculation as to the campaign drivers - including speculation that it was funded by US interests.[13] This speculation was further fueled by comments in the US political establishment (including those by John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations)[14] that the Lisbon Treaty was at odds with US and NATO interests.[9]
The US Deputy Secretary of State, John Negroponte, has denied that Declan Ganley or Libertas has received any type of support from the U.S. government.[15]. Libertas representatives have denied claims that Ganley's business interests (including US defence contracts worth a reported €200m) had any bearing on the group's goals.[16] It further stated that its backers were "100% Irish"[5]. Ganley has also rejected claims that the group was actively engaged in political fundraising,[17] but disclosed that he had loaned €200,000 of his own money towards Libertas' anti-Lisbon treaty campaign.[18]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Libertas_(lobby_group)
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Self Serving US Military Agenda of Messrs Ganley and McEvaddy - Creighton
Should the Pentagon Decide on the Future of Europe?
Fine Gael European Affairs Spokesperson, Lucinda Creighton has today questioned whether the motivation for Ulick McEvaddy and Declan Ganley's opposition to the Lisbon Treaty is their central involvement in the provision of US military equipment and intelligence. She asked whether their financing of the No to Lisbon campaign in Ireland is less to do with concern for our sovereignty or any other high-minded ideals and more about their personal economic interests in the United States military.
She stated: "The trenchant opposition of these two men to the Lisbon Treaty is perfectly logical. It has nothing to do with high aspirations and ideology. In reality, the two men are as pragmatic as one would expect of two such successful businessmen. Messrs Ganley and McEvaddy's own personal economic and military interests in the US must be directly informing their own positions in opposing the Lisbon Treaty."
Mr. McEvaddy stated in an interview with the Sunday Business Post on January 21st 2007 that: "I have huge connections with the U.S. military and, if it came to using them, I would."
Deputy Creighton said: "Messrs Ganley and McEvaddy have major business interests in the US (Omega Air - McEvaddy; Rivada - Ganley)**. US foreign policy has traditionally been opposed to EU integration. The US supports the EU as an economic bloc but nothing more. The idea of a politically strong EU, acting as a check or counterbalance on the US does not sit well with our transatlantic friends. This policy has long been evident in NATO, where the US has consistently opposed the expansion of NATO to the new EU member states. And now as stronger political union becomes likely, these two figures with close links to the US military are trying to derail the process.
"The businesses of both Ulick McEvaddy and Declan Ganley are heavily dependent on contracts from the State Department, the Pentagon and US Government Agencies. I believe that these men are a lot less concerned about Irish sovereignty and the wording of the Lisbon Treaty than they are about the potential hit to their own personal business interests.
"The disingenuous arguments of Messrs Ganley and McEvaddy in relation to the Lisbon Treaty debate deserve to be exposed. It is time Declan Ganley and his friends admitted that their resourcing of the No to Lisbon campaign may simply and solely be about personal economic self interest, not about protecting the interests of the people of Ireland."
http://www.finegael.ie/news/index.cfm/type/details/nkey/34157
Det ryktas att Libertas är en frontorganisation för amerikanska intressen som vill hålla Europa svagt och splittrat.
Stämmer detta är det helt i klass med Sovjetunionens hemliga sponsring av "freds"rörelsen och liknande.
Oavsett vad är det oerhört allvarligt om utländska miljardärer försöker köpa eller muta svenska politiker och eller partier.
