Think Tank Network Coordinates Iraq War Support Following Powell Memo Template

| Importance: 7/10 | Status: confirmed

American Enterprise Institute leads coordinated think tank support for Iraq invasion, with over 20 AEI staff serving in Bush administration posts. Demonstrates systematic implementation of Powell Memo institutional capture strategy, using crisis to accelerate think tank influence over policy through embedded personnel and coordinated messaging.

Key Actors

American Enterprise Institute Heritage Foundation Dick Cheney Paul Wolfowitz Richard Perle

Tags

think-tank-coordination powell-memo-implementation institutional-capture personnel-embedding iraq-war foreign-policy

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