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Revision as of 09:30, 18 February 2014 edit111.184.208.153 (talk) Removed idiocy and libel. Yeah, compiling a list of Islamic terrorist organizations is really "Islamophobic" just like compiling a list of Jewish settlements in Judea is anti-Semitic, right?]]← Previous edit Latest revision as of 19:01, 1 August 2019 edit undoTajotep (talk | contribs)Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, New page reviewers36,329 edits Changed redirect target from Steven Emerson#Investigative Project on Terrorism to The Investigative Project on TerrorismTag: Redirect target changed 
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The '''Investigative Project on Terrorism''' (IPT) is a ]-based research organization founded in 1995 by ].<ref>{{cite news|title=Screening must include religion, ethnicity|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2010/OPINION/01/05/emerson.profiling.smart.screening/|accessdate=8 February 2014|newspaper=]|date=January 5, 2010}}</ref> According to its website, the IPT "is recognized as the world's most comprehensive data center on radical Islamic terrorist groups". <ref name=about>IPT, </ref>

Former '']'' reporter ] quit the ''Tribune'' and joined IPT in May 2007.<ref>'']'', 8 May 2007, </ref>

==Funding==
IPT is funded via the Investigative Project on Terrorism Foundation, a ] tax-exempt organization established in 2006, and largely operated via SAE Productions, a ]-based company founded by Emerson in 1994.<ref name=about/><ref>Nathan Guttman and Larry Cohler-Esses, '']'', 17 November 2010, </ref><ref name=Tennessean>Bob Smietana, '']'', 24 October 2010, </ref> The arrangement avoids the need for the kind of public disclosure associated with tax-exemption, which IPT has argued is necessary for security reasons: "The very nature of our work mandates that we protect the organization and its staff from threats posed by those that are the subject or our research by preserving the confidentiality of our methods."<ref>Ray Locker, Managing director, IPT, Letter to '']'', 24 November 2010, </ref>

IPT says it "accepts no funding from outside the United States, or from any governmental agency or political or religious institutions."<ref name=about/> IPT received $600,000 from the ] in 2002/3,<ref name=Tennessean/> as well as $400,000 from ] in 2007/8 and $250,000 from the ].<ref>], 26 August 2011, , p48</ref>

In January 2014, former politician ] joined the IPT, specializing in national security, international relations, global terrorism and cyber security.<ref>{{cite news|title=The Honorable Pete Hoekstra Joins The Investigative Project On Terrorism As The Shillman Senior Fellow|url=http://www.nbc26.tv/story/24448215/the-honorable-pete-hoekstra-joins-the-investigative-project-on-terrorism-as-the-shillman-senior-fellow|accessdate=8 February 2014|newspaper=]}}</ref>

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