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Family Security Matters (FSM) is, according to Rightweb 'a rightist advocacy outfit based in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the "national security resource for American families." Closely connected to other hardline outfits through overlapping board members, FSM has, since 2004, served as a high-profile and controversial advocate of hardline policies on the "war on terror." It has championed a tough line on Iran, China, and other perceived enemies; supported the Iraq War; and promoted preferential treatment of Israel.'<ref>Rightweb [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3368.html Family Security Matters] last updated: October 11, 2007</ref>  
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[[Image:Family_security_matters.png‎‎ ||400px|thumb|right|Family Security Matters logo, Screengrab from [http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/ Family Security Matters] ]]
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[[Family Security Matters]] (FSM) originated in 2003 as a project of the [[Center for Security Policy]], a US think tank that advocates hawkish foreign and domestic policies to "soccer moms" under the banner of homeland security.
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FSM is, according to Rightweb, 'a rightist advocacy outfit based in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the "national security resource for American families." Closely connected to other hardline outfits through overlapping board members, FSM has, since 2004, served as a high-profile and controversial advocate of hardline policies on the "war on terror." It has championed a tough line on Iran, China, and other perceived enemies; supported the Iraq War; and promoted preferential treatment of Israel.'<ref>Rightweb [http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/3368.html Family Security Matters] last updated: October 11, 2007</ref>  
  
 
==Links with Center for Security Policy==
 
==Links with Center for Security Policy==
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FSM has been described by Media Matters for America as a front group of the [[Center for Security Policy]].<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/research/200409290009 FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points], Media Matters For America, 29 September 2004.</ref>
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FSM has been described by Media Matters for America as a front group of the [[Center for Security Policy]] (CSP). In supporting this claim it reported that FSM's phone number was answered by the CSP.<ref>[http://mediamatters.org/research/200409290009 FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points], Media Matters For America, 29 September 2004.</ref>
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A 2004 version of the Family Security Matters website gave the organisation's post address as "The Family Security Group, c/o The Center for Security Policy".<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040812005918/http://familysecuritymatters.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7 About Us], Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.</ref>
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In the About Us page extant in 2004, a year after FSM's formation, editorial director [[Gay Bryant]] stated that: "A year ago we formed an alliance with the Center for Security Policy, www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org, a prestigious nonpartisan Washington think tank whose aim is to promote world peace through American strength. This association gives us access to vital security information from inside the heart of Washington, D.C."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040812005918/http://familysecuritymatters.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7 About Us], Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.</ref>
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Family Security Group President [[Carol Taber]] stated that: "To bring you the truth, we have partnered with The Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., a think tank devoted to national security issues. It is a highly respected, non-partisan, non-profit organization. Last year, I heard its president, [[Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]] (a former Assistant Secretary of Defense) give a speech that deeply inspired me to serve my country by using my experience as a publisher of women’s magazines to communicate to American women what we need to know."<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040812005918/http://familysecuritymatters.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7 About Us], Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.</ref>
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The same page featured a quote from Gaffney himself, who stated:
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::We will draw upon the knowledge of the staff and associates of the Center for Security Policy and a wealth of other resources to address topics that are directly relevant to the concerns all of us have.<ref>[http://web.archive.org/web/20040812005918/http://familysecuritymatters.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=7 About Us], Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.</ref>
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A schedule to the CSP's 2004 tax return listed the centre as owning 51 per cent of "Family Security Group, LLC".<ref>Center for Security Policy, [http://www.guidestar.org/FinDocuments/2004/521/601/2004-521601976-02054837-9.pdf Form 990], Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 2004.</ref>
  
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==Interpretation of FSM==
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''Media Matters for America'' suggests that Family Security Matters represents an attempt by the CSP to promote an alleged 'security moms' demographic.<ref>'FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points', [http://mediamatters.org/items/200409290009 ''Media Matters''], 29 September, 2004.</ref>
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While most zionist and [[neocon]] think tanks and organisations are heavily male dominated, it seems that '''Family Security Matters''' is an organisation created to cater to the female neocons. FSM also focuses on issues that appeal to women: the family (what to do in the face of terrorism), women, etc.  FSM simply appeals to a different segment of the "market" and aids in expanding its message.<ref>'FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points', [http://mediamatters.org/items/200409290009 ''Media Matters''], 29 September, 2004.</ref>
 
  
 
According to Rightweb:
 
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*[[Barbara Comstock]] | [[Monica Crowley]] | [[Susan Davis]] | [[James T. DeGraffenreid]] | [[Terrence A. Elkes]] | [[Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]] | [[Laura Ingraham]] | [[Bernard B. Kerik]] | [[Dale W. Lang]] | [[John LeBoutillier]] | [[Maria Estela Lopez de Rios]] | [[Shirley Lord]] | [[Heather MacDonald]] | [[Abby S. Moffat]] | [[Roger W. Robinson, Jr.]] | [[Judith Russell]] | [[Annette Sobel]] | [[W. Thomas Smith, Jr.]] | [[Frank S. Swain]] | [[Paul E. Vallely]] | [[Arthur Waldron]] | [[Cheryl Willman]] | [[Joan Woodard]] | [[R. James Woolsey]]
 
*[[Barbara Comstock]] | [[Monica Crowley]] | [[Susan Davis]] | [[James T. DeGraffenreid]] | [[Terrence A. Elkes]] | [[Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]] | [[Laura Ingraham]] | [[Bernard B. Kerik]] | [[Dale W. Lang]] | [[John LeBoutillier]] | [[Maria Estela Lopez de Rios]] | [[Shirley Lord]] | [[Heather MacDonald]] | [[Abby S. Moffat]] | [[Roger W. Robinson, Jr.]] | [[Judith Russell]] | [[Annette Sobel]] | [[W. Thomas Smith, Jr.]] | [[Frank S. Swain]] | [[Paul E. Vallely]] | [[Arthur Waldron]] | [[Cheryl Willman]] | [[Joan Woodard]] | [[R. James Woolsey]]
 
===Board of Directors===
 
===Board of Directors===
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*[[Carol A. Taber]] | [[Amanda C. Bowman]] | [[Linda Cohen]] | [[Dale W. Lang]] | [[Edward A. Taber, III]] <ref>'About: Board', [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118083410/http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/about_board.php web.archive.org/Family Security Matters website], accessed 3 April, 2009.</ref>
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*[[Carol A. Taber]] | [[Amanda C. Bowman]] | [[Linda Cohen]] | [[Dale W. Lang]] | [[Edward A. Taber, III]] <ref>'About: Board', [http://web.archive.org/web/20080118083410/http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/about_board.php web.archive.org/Family Security Matters website], Accessed from the Internet Archive dated 18 January 2008, accessed 3 April, 2009.</ref>
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===Contributing editor===
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[[Adrian Morgan]] is a contributing editor to Family Security Matters.<ref>[http://www.familysecuritymatters.org/authors/id.3/author_detail.asp Adrian Morgan, Contributing editor], FSM website, accessed 5 Oct 2009</ref>
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===Authors===
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*[[Christopher Adamo]]
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*[[D.L. Adams]]
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*[[Gadi Adelman]]
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*[[Alex Alexiev]]
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*[[Kenneth Allard]]
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*[[Sami Alrabaa]]
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*[[Walter Anderson]]
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*[[John Armor]]
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*[[Roger Aronoff]]
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*[[Jed Babbin]]
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*[[Slater Bakhtavar]]
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*[[Joan Barham]]
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*[[Jeff Bearor]]
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*[[David F. Bedey]]
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*[[Andrew Bostom]]
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*[[Steve Bowers]]
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*[[Jeff Breinholt]]
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*[[Peter Brookes]]
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*[[Jonathan Burack]]
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*[[James Burr]]
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*[[C. Austin Burrell]]
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*[[Jim Camp]]
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*[[James Carafano]]
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*[[Sandra Carney]]
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*[[Chris Carter]]
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|width=17%|
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*[[Alan Caruba]]
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*[[Phyllis Chesler]]
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*[[Edward Cline]]
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*[[Caption Contest]]
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*[[Carolyn Cooke]]
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*[[Glynn Custred]]
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*[[Michael Cutler]]
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*[[Jessica deGraffenreid]]
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*[[John Dendahl]]
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*[[J.R. Dieckmann]]
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*[[Lee Ellis]]
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*[[Riki Ellison]]
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*[[Steve Emerson]]
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*[[Jack Engelhard]]
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*[[Mark Falcoff]]
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*[[Douglas Farah]]
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*[[Laina Farhat-Holzman]]
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*[[William Federer]]
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*[[James Forest]]
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*[[Peter Gadiel]]
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*[[Frank Gaffney, Jr.]]
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*[[Gabriel Garnica]]
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*[[Dave Gaubatz]]
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*[[Martha Gies-Chumney]]
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*[[Joel Gilbert]]
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*[[Newt Gingrich]]
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*[[Vincent Gioia]]
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*[[Caroline Glick]]
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*[[Shawn Goodwin]]
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*[[Daniel Greenfield]]
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*[[Nicholas Guariglia]]
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*[[Daniel Hannan]]
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*[[William R. Hawkins]]
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*[[Margaret Hemenway]]
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*[[Stephanie Hessler]]
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*[[Joel Himelfarb]]
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*[[Paul Hollrah]]
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*[[Christopher Holton]]
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*[[Jim Horn]]
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*[[John Howard]]
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*[[Peter Huessy]]
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*[[Amil Imani]]
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*[[M. Zuhdi Jasser]]
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*[[David Jonsson]]
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*[[Cliff Kincaid]]
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*[[Ruth King]]
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*[[Ed Koch]]
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*[[Evan Kohlmann]]
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*[[Susan Konig]]
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*[[Jim Kouri]]
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*[[Raymond Kraft]]
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*[[Rita Kramer]]
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*[[Yale Kramer]]
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*[[Harvey Kushner]]
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*[[Michael Ledeen]]
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*[[Gregory D. Lee]]
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*[[Herbert London]]
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*[[J.D. Longstreet]]
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*[[Michelle Malkin]]
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*[[Lloyd Marcus]]
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*[[Ron Marlar]]
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*[[Bruce Martin]]
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*[[Andrew McCarthy]]
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*[[Dick McDonald]]
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*[[KT McFarland]]
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*[[Robin McFee]]
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*[[Eileen McGann]]
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*[[Dave McIntyre]]
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*[[Scott McKay]]
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*[[Tom McLaughlin]]
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*[[Jena McNeill]]
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*[[Pam Meister]]
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*[[Geoff Metcalf]]
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*[[John Miller]]
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*[[Rick Moran]]
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*[[Adrian Morgan]]
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*[[Dick Morris]]
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*[[Douglas Murray]]
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*[[Chet Nagle]]
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*[[Rachel Neuwirth]]
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*[[Tom Ordeman]]
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*[[Bob Pappas]]
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*[[Star Parker]]
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*[[Bob Parks]]
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*[[J.Peter Pham]]
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*[[Walid Phares]]
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*[[Melanie Phillips]]
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*[[Daniel Pipes]]
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*[[Patrick Poole]]
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*[[Mischa Popoff]]
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*[[Peter Probst]]
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*[[Adam Raezler]]
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*[[Jason Rantz]]
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*[[Leslie Sacks]]
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*[[Nancy Salvato]]
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*[[Frank Salvato]]
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*[[Deborah Schurman-Kauflin]]
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*[[Gilbert T. Sewall]]
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*[[Ben Shapiro]]
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*[[Luke C. Sheahan]]
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*[[Bill Siegel]]
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*[[Mark Silverberg]]
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*[[W. Thomas Smith]]
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*[[Erick Stakelbeck]]
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*[[Cinnamon Stillwell]]
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*[[Jonathan Strong]]
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*[[Stephen M. Studdert]]
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*[[Joan Swirsky]]
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*[[Carol Taber]]
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*[[Amir Taheri]]
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*[[Renee Taylor]]
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*[[Mark Taylor]]
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*[[Ben-Peter Terpstra]]
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*[[Web Testing]]
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*[[Paul Vallely]]
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*[[Arthur Waldron]]
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*[[Allan Wall]]
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*[[Oval Office Watch]]
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*[[Presidential Watch]]
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*[[Robert Weissberg]]
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*[[George Weissinger]]
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*[[Jennifer White]]
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*[[Paul Williams]]
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*[[Tim Wilson]]
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*[[Greg Zanetti]]
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*[[Salena Zito]]
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==Resources==
 
==Resources==
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Latest revision as of 14:21, 18 December 2015

Family Security Matters logo, Screengrab from Family Security Matters

Family Security Matters (FSM) originated in 2003 as a project of the Center for Security Policy, a US think tank that advocates hawkish foreign and domestic policies to "soccer moms" under the banner of homeland security.

FSM is, according to Rightweb, 'a rightist advocacy outfit based in Washington, DC, that bills itself as the "national security resource for American families." Closely connected to other hardline outfits through overlapping board members, FSM has, since 2004, served as a high-profile and controversial advocate of hardline policies on the "war on terror." It has championed a tough line on Iran, China, and other perceived enemies; supported the Iraq War; and promoted preferential treatment of Israel.'[1]

Links with Center for Security Policy

FSM has been described by Media Matters for America as a front group of the Center for Security Policy (CSP). In supporting this claim it reported that FSM's phone number was answered by the CSP.[2]

A 2004 version of the Family Security Matters website gave the organisation's post address as "The Family Security Group, c/o The Center for Security Policy".[3]

In the About Us page extant in 2004, a year after FSM's formation, editorial director Gay Bryant stated that: "A year ago we formed an alliance with the Center for Security Policy, www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org, a prestigious nonpartisan Washington think tank whose aim is to promote world peace through American strength. This association gives us access to vital security information from inside the heart of Washington, D.C."[4]

Family Security Group President Carol Taber stated that: "To bring you the truth, we have partnered with The Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C., a think tank devoted to national security issues. It is a highly respected, non-partisan, non-profit organization. Last year, I heard its president, Frank J. Gaffney, Jr. (a former Assistant Secretary of Defense) give a speech that deeply inspired me to serve my country by using my experience as a publisher of women’s magazines to communicate to American women what we need to know."[5]

The same page featured a quote from Gaffney himself, who stated:

We will draw upon the knowledge of the staff and associates of the Center for Security Policy and a wealth of other resources to address topics that are directly relevant to the concerns all of us have.[6]

A schedule to the CSP's 2004 tax return listed the centre as owning 51 per cent of "Family Security Group, LLC".[7]

Media Matters for America suggests that Family Security Matters represents an attempt by the CSP to promote an alleged 'security moms' demographic.[8]

According to Rightweb:

FSM's board of advisers includes James DeGraffenreid, chair of CSP's board; Paul Vallely, a conservative radio talk show host; Laura Ingraham, a right-wing commentator with a nationally syndicated radio show; Arthur Waldron, a well-known China hawk associated with the so-called Blue Team, an informal group of defense policy strategists who, prior to 9/11, led the effort to make China the top U.S. security concern.[9]; and James Woolsey, the former CIA head who has helped organize a lengthy list of hardline foreign policy advocacy outfits, including Americans for Victory over Terrorism, the Coalition for Democracy in Iran, and the Committee for the Liberation of Iraq. Brigitte Gabriel, president of American Congress for Truth, is one of FSM's contributing editors.[10]

People

Staff

Board of Advisors

Board of Directors

Contributing editor

Adrian Morgan is a contributing editor to Family Security Matters.[12]

Authors

Resources

Contact

Website: www.familysecuritymatters.org

Notes

  1. ↑ Rightweb Family Security Matters last updated: October 11, 2007
  2. ↑ FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points, Media Matters For America, 29 September 2004.
  3. ↑ About Us, Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.
  4. ↑ About Us, Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.
  5. ↑ About Us, Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.
  6. ↑ About Us, Family Security Matters, via the Internet Archive, archived 12 August 2009, accessed 18 October 2009.
  7. ↑ Center for Security Policy, Form 990, Department of the Treasury, Internal Revenue Service, 2004.
  8. ↑ 'FOX's "security mom" expert spouted Bush-Cheney talking points', Media Matters, 29 September, 2004.
  9. ↑ " The Yellow Peril Revisited," by Tom Barry and Jim Lobe, IRC, July 1, 2002
  10. ↑ Rightweb Family Security Matters last updated: October 11, 2007
  11. ↑ 'About: Board', web.archive.org/Family Security Matters website, Accessed from the Internet Archive dated 18 January 2008, accessed 3 April, 2009.
  12. ↑ Adrian Morgan, Contributing editor, FSM website, accessed 5 Oct 2009
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