Big Mouths For Weapons Spending Are Mum On Industry Backers (From Responsible Statecraft)

Lexington COO Loren Thompson was featured as the personification of transparency in a piece by Responsible Statecraft regarding how think tanks fail to disclose how they are at least partially funded by companies in the defense sector. In his articles, on the other hand, Thompson is always clear which companies are contributors to his think tank.

Responsible Statecraft characterized Thompson as someone who “unabashedly discloses his think tank’s funders within articles that mention them.” Likewise, “By placing this information within articles, Thompson is giving his readers the full story and letting them know he’s not hiding anything.”

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