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It started with Nazis: Concerns over foreign agents not just a Trump-era phenomenon

  • Written by Bradley W. Hart, Assistant Professor of Media, Communications and Journalism, California State University, Fresno
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A U.S. law used to fight Nazi propaganda that many experts saw as a historical relic has come back to life.

Businessmen Bijan Kian and Ekim Alptekin, once associates of former national security adviser Michael Flynn, were indicted on several counts of violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act,...

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