Public Information Research

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Public Information Research, Inc. (PIR) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, tax-exempt public charity incorporated in 1989 and run by Daniel Brandt. Directors are listed as Daniel Brandt (president), Martha Moran (vice president), Steve Badrich (secretary), Dennis Brutus, Randy Guffey, Kathleen L. Kelly, and Bob Richards. Advisors are listed as Robert Fink, Fred Goff, Jim Hougan, John Loftus, Carl Oglesby, and Peter Dale Scott.

Between 1990 and 1992, three members of Brandt's Public Information Research (PIR) advisory board, including Chip Berlet, resigned after complaining that another board member, L. Fletcher Prouty, was openly working with and defending Liberty Lobby and the Holocaust denial group the Institute for Historical Review, which republished Prouty's book The Secret Team.[1]

In 2005, Brandt reported the San Antonio, Texas-based organization had annual revenue of under $20,000.[2]

On 2005-01-03, PIR released into the public domain code for a Google scraper called Scroogle. This program is part of Brandt's efforts via Google Watch, a site that monitors and criticizes the company. Brandt also used PIR letterhead to contact Brian Chase's employer during Brandt's investigation into the John Seigenthaler Sr. Wikipedia biography controversy.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Dan Brandt, "An Incorrect Political Memoir," Lobster, No. 24 (December 1992); Chip Berlet, "Right Woos Left: Populist Party, LaRouchite, and Other Neo-fascist Overtures To Progressives, And Why They Must Be Rejected", Cambridge, Massachusetts: Political Research Associates, 1991.[1]
  2. ^ Scroogle Scraper (TXT) (January 3, 2005). Retrieved on 2006-04-06.
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