From: Justice Through Music justicejtmp@comcast.

net
Subject: Re: Dan Backer
Date: March 3, 2014 at 11:30 PM
To: Lee Stranahan stranahan@gmail.com

OK Lee,

I am going to do you a favor and you did not get this from me. You have to
consider me a source. Do not attribute any of it to me but you can use any of
it you want. BU just did a story on this a few weeks ago.
http://www.breitbartunmasked.com/latest-news/benjamin-barr-funded-
startup-of-the-institute-for-individualism/

First, attached are the 990s for Backers Right Solutions that raised all the
money to do the hit on me. Right Solutions was Backers funding tool for his
Bloggers Defense Fund which he used to scam people over his frivolous suits
against me. Right Solutions is a DBA campaign of the Institute for
Individualism which are the two attached 990s. And on the archived Right
Solutions website, you will see that the only thing it ever did was the hit on
me in 2012, and that is when they raised the 55K on the 990. What is
interesting is that www.BloggersDefenseTeam.com is now a password
protected site, which must have just happened because it was not that way
recently. And the Institute For Individualism and Right Solutions sites are
gone.

Again, Backer just set up a shell non profit, figured out a scam to raise money
(falsely accused Kimberlin of swatting) and scam conservatives with
breathless bullshit and frivolous lawsuit. He used you and a bunch of others
to raise money for him and then laughed all the way to the bank.

Hope you are able to use this data to fully expose him.

PAC Management:

Backer is listed as treasurer of the following PACs:

(Freshman Hold'Em Jfc) Freshman Hold'Em, Stutzman For Congress, Gardner For
Congress 2012 , Tom Reed For Congress, Denham For Congress, Benishek For
Congress, Inc., Rodney For Congress, Duffy For...
Beacon Pac
Bielat For Congress 2012
Committee To Draft Judge Andrew Napolitano For President; The
Conservative Action Fund
Constitutional Rights Pac
E Pluribus Unum Pac
Eaglespac
Eaglespac
Freshman Hold'Em Pac
Friends Of Colonel Rob Maness
Friends Of Sean Bielat
In Defense Of Free Speech Jfc
Innovation Pac
Larry Grooms For Congress
Liberty Usa Pac
National Security Pac
One Nation Pac
Peach Tea Pac
Progress Action Fund Pac (Paf Pac)
Revolution Pac
Special Operations Speaks Pac - Sos Pac
Stop Hillary Pac
Stop This Insanity Inc Employee Leadership Fund
Teaparty.Net Leadership Fund The
Themis Pac
Tomorrow Is Meaningful Pac-Tim Pac
Women Warriors Pac
Zp Action
Finellipac
Aahe Pac

Of the PACs listed, the most active is the Teaparty.Net Leadership Fund. In the second
quarter of 2013, the PAC received nearly $1 million in small-donor contributions with only
$53,000 itemized.

Fundraising:

This PAC does a large block of business with Allegiance Direct, LLC, spending $42,731
for direct mail solicitations on behalf of the PAC. Allegiance Direct's principals are Scott
Faircloth and Megan O'Brien in 2010.

Nearly $50,000 was paid in Q2 to the Donatelli firm Campaign Solutions for Marketing
and online fundraising services, and CD Inc. was paid $12,500 for online advertising
services.

Infocision, the GOP robocaller and mass mailing firm based in Ohio was paid nearly
$94,000. More on Infocision:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/infocision-charity-scam_n_1871328.html
<http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/infocision-charity-scam_n_1871328.html>

Strategic Fundraising was paid $296,000 for "fundraising consulting." (Strategic

Fundraising's website does not appear to have been updated since 2010, but they have a
link to their "sister company" SFI Non Profit, which links the principals and their bios.)

Public Relations/Political Consulting

DB Capitol Strategies is paid $9,000 per month plus expenses.

Javelin PR http://javelindc.com <http://javelindc.com> a conservative public relations firm

in Washington DC received $4500 for management consulting. Kellen Projects (principal
Kellen Guida) also received $4500 for "political intelligence".

In addition, Todd Ceffarati's firm Glengary Inc received $4,500 per month for
management consulting and PAC logistics consulting. Michael Lyons
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-lyons/36/531/388
<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/michael-lyons/36/531/388> Virginia Field Director at
Generation Opportunity, received just over $2,000 for "grassroots consulting."

The Black Sphere (Kevin Jackson) http://theblacksphere.net/ <http://theblacksphere.net/>

was paid nearly $10,000 for "minority outreach consulting". The Black Sphere is a
member of Liberty Alliance, a group of libertarian-linked sites which share advertisers and
tea party affiliations. http://libertyalliance.com/about-us/ <http://libertyalliance.com/about-
us/>

NLB Enterprises are online consultants based in St. Louis, MO. Principals are
Christopher Arps and Becky Davidson. NLB were paid $7500 in Q2.

Finally, Washington Political Group (Burrell & Co) received $22,000 for "Voter ID &
Finally, Washington Political Group (Burrell & Co) received $22,000 for "Voter ID &
Polling" and there was a balance due of http://burrellandco.com/

PACs and Related Orgs

Transfers to related organizations include $20,000 as a charitable contribution to the

Coolidge Reagan Foundation, a non-profit also managed by Backer and his firm. The
Coolidge Reagan Foundation exists to raise funds to challenge campaign finance laws in
court. Current cases have been filed on behalf of the Conservative Action Fund, Special
Operations Speaks PAC, and Shaun McCutcheon, who is a donor to Backer-managed
PACS. (link: http://crf-dbcs.nationbuilder.com/blog_cases <http://crf-
dbcs.nationbuilder.com/blog_cases> ) Attorney Paul D. Kamenar, Senior Fellow at the
Administrative Conference of the United States (ACUS), wrote the amicus brief on behalf
of the Coolidge Reagan Foundation. http://www.acus.gov/contacts/paul-d-kamenar
<http://www.acus.gov/contacts/paul-d-kamenar> Kamenar is also affiliated with the
Heritage Foundation http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/nonstaff/k/paul-d-kamenar
<http://www.heritage.org/about/staff/nonstaff/k/paul-d-kamenar> and the Washington
Legal Foundation. http://www.wlf.org/upload/05-18-
07Response%20to%20WLF%20Appearance.pdf <http://www.wlf.org/upload/05-18-
07Response%20to%20WLF%20Appearance.pdf> Kamenar's career appears to have
taken off during the tobacco litigation of the 90's.
http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lxh69b00 <http://legacy.library.ucsf.edu/tid/lxh69b00>

PAC Donations:
(Managed by Backer)
$5,000 - Friends of Colonel Rob Maness
$40,000 - In Defense of Free Speech JFC
(Managed by others)
$1,000 - Kansans for Huelskamp
$1,000 - Pittenger for Congress
$5,000 - Steve Daines for Montana

Other PACs managed by Backer with interesting associations or payments:

Beacon PAC was originally a PAC for Sean Bialat's candidacy in Massachusetts, but has
now converted to a non-affiliated PAC just in time to pay Bialat PAC management fees.
Revolution PAC

Revolution PAC is formerly a PAC for Ron Paul. Backer is now managing it. In the first
quarter of 2013, RevolutionPAC paid $2,000 to Political Media, Inc. and $2500 to the
Social Security Institute. Political Media, Inc's CEO is Larry Ward, who is also the
President of the Social Security Institute.

http://socialsecurityinstitute.com/about-us/board-of-directors
<http://socialsecurityinstitute.com/about-us/board-of-directors>

http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryward <http://www.linkedin.com/in/larryward>

Ward is a protege of Dick Morris. His LinkedIn profile indicates that Ward sits on the
Board of Directors of five major internet and direct marketing companies. He is also a
member of the Alliance for Retirement Prosperity (a Social Security privatization coalition)
founded by Jack Kemp and Dorcas Hardy.

Special Operations Speaks and Col. Rob Maness - SOSPAC

Backer is using this PAC as another testing ground for the FEC with similar focus to the
issues raised in McCutcheon vs. FEC.

The largest donors to SOSPAC include Harry Mariani (Mariani Wines, NY)
http://www.castellobanfi.com/profile/harry_mariani.php
<http://www.castellobanfi.com/profile/harry_mariani.php> and Peter ONeill, Florida artist.
http://oneillartgallery.com/about/about-peter-oneill/
<http://oneillartgallery.com/about/about-peter-oneill/>

SOSPAC is currently engaged in demanding a Select Committee

<http://specialoperationsspeaks.com/> to investigate the Benghazi attacks, but during the
2012 election cycle, they were hard at work trying to establish that President Obama was
the love child of Ann Dunham and writer Frank Marshall Davis
<http://www.mediaite.com/online/navy-seal-who-founded-anti-obama-pac-i-have-to-admit-
im-a-birther/> .
Founder Larry Bailey is a former Navy SEAL who is no stranger to this type of political
activity. Before his involvement with SOSPAC, Bailey was also involved with Vietnam
Veterans for Truth, which was a parallel organization to the Swiftboat Veterans for Truth.
Both organizations were created to oppose John Kerrys candidacy in 2004.

SOS PAC is actively promoting Col. Rob Maness for Senate in Louisiana against Mary
Landrieu and establishment Republican <http://robmaness.com/candidate-comparison> Bill
Cassidy.

SOSPAC/Maness expenditures in 2013:

DB Capitol Strategies takes $2,000 per month for legal services, plus a fee of
$10,000 for their AOR filing with the FEC
Political Media was paid $49,469.68 for marketing and advertisements
Rapid Response Television was paid $11,026.38 for ads
http://www.rapidresponsemedia.com/home.html Run By Demos
Chrissos http://www.rapidresponsemedia.com/bio.html Ads/Campaigns
http://www.rapidresponsemedia.com/television.html
Infocision received $8,165.00
There other payments to the founder and board members for travel as well as the
$3,000 to CPAC for a sponsorship in 2013

Stop Hillary PAC

Theyre running an ad now in anticipation of Hillary Clinton announcing her presidency.

http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html?/video/politics/2013/07/24/lead-pkg-mcpike-
stop-hillary-pac.cnn
<http://www.cnn.com/video/standard.html?/video/politics/2013/07/24/lead-pkg-mcpike-
stop-hillary-pac.cnn>

Because campaign finance disclosures run behind actual real-time expenditures, there
are no reports of receipts and payments for the PAC. The Statement of Organization is
here <http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/917/13031070917/13031070917.pdf> .

Their website is here <http://www.stophillarypac.org/> . Their management team is quite

Their website is here <http://www.stophillarypac.org/> . Their management team is quite
interesting <http://www.stophillarypac.org/about/team/> . Here is the bio on their National
Spokesperson

Garrett Marquis is a principal at Prism Group, a political and public affairs firm based in
Prague, CZ with a satellite office in Tel Aviv, Israel, and Washington, DC, where he
resides. Prism Groups practice in Central and Eastern Europe includes work with
political parties, heads of states, and international corporations. The firms practice in the
United States is focused on PAC management, political strategy and public affairs. Visit
www.prismstrategygroup.com <http://www.prismstrategygroup.com> for more information
on the firm.

Internationally Garrett has advised political parties and heads of states in

countries including Bulgaria, Czech Republic, and worked in Oman on behalf of
The White House. Domestically he has worked for two Presidential campaigns,
counseled three U.S. Secretaries, consulted to the GOP Convention, worked in the
Senate for John McCain, and advised statewide campaigns. At the Ronald Reagan
Presidential Foundation his team won the 2012 PR Weekly Nonprofit Campaign of the
Year and 2011 PRSA Nonprofit/ Corporate Communications Campaign of the Year
awards for the Reagan Centennial initiative.

A native of California, U.S.A., Garrett holds a Master of Public Administration and a

Bachelor of Arts in International Relations from the University of Southern California. He
also is a member of the leadership team for Maverick PAC, a nationwide young
professionals political action committee.

Their operational director, Jacob Leis:

Jacob Leis is a veteran non-profit manager and fundraiser who has been working with
conservative causes and candidates for over 12 years. Jacob was born and raised in
Colorado where he became involved with conservative politics while still in college at
Colorado State University. After working with Colorados premiere state level gun rights
organization, Rocky Mountain Gun Owners, Jacob joined the 2002 election campaign for
State Senator Marilyn Musgrave. After working on Congresswoman Musgraves staff,
Jacob returned to Colorado to manage conservative campaigns and work with grassroots
advocacy organizations such as Colorado Citizens for Right to Work, American
Tradition Partnership, and the National Association for Gun Rights.
Themis PAC: Trey Gowdy

Established 8/7/2013 <about:blank> Roll Call reports

<http://blogs.rollcall.com/moneyline/rep-gowdys-new-pac-is-greek-to-some-anti-gay-to-
others/> :

Rep. Trey Gowdy, R-S.C., registered his new leadership PAC, Themis PAC, this week.
Gowdy is one of the most conservative members of the House. He studied history at
Baylor University and remains fascinated with the ancient Greeks.
Wikipedia describes Themis, in Greek mythology, as the goddess of justice, divine law,
traditional rules of conduct and social order, who presided over the relation between man
and woman, the basis of the rightly ordered family. She was also able to see the future
and cut fact from fiction.
Dan Backer of Alexandria, Va., is the PACs treasurer.
Update 3:42 p.m., Aug. 16.
A spokeswoman for Gowdy in a statement said the name Themis was chosen because
she is the Greek goddess of justice. As a former prosecutor, Mr. Gowdy is a man of law
who sought justice for victims.
The statement added: Hopefully there arent any problems with a mouse who lived in his
previous Longworth office named Leonidas, his cat Apollo, or a hermit crab named
Hermes. He also happens to enjoy Greek mythology. To assume anything else is just
ridiculous.
She also noted that NASA has a mission
<http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/themis/mission/index.html> called Themis, and they
refer to the Greek goddess of justice as inspiration.

Committee to Draft Judge Andrew Napolitano For President

Like other Backer-created PACs, this one utilizes the same vendors and aligns along the
same themes.

The first six months of 2013

<http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/801/13964490801/13964490801.pdf> show payments to
vendors as follows:

$2500 to DB Capitol Strategies

$2160 to Political Media, Inc
$1500 to Social Security Institute
$287 to Piryx for card vendor fees

This Forbes article <http://www.forbes.com/sites/lawrencehunter/2012/12/04/defend-

liberty-draft-judge-napolitano-for-president-in-2016/> by Lawrence Hunter singing
Napolitanos praises was the opening salvo in the launch of their effort.

Nowhere on the article or the page is it disclosed that Lawrence Hunter is the Chairman
of the Board <http://socialsecurityinstitute.com/about-us/board-of-directors> of the Social
Security Institute, the organization paid by the PAC to develop content.

Constitutional Rights PAC

Newly launched, this PAC appears to be raising funds by appealing to the militia and
patriot movement members. (see website <https://constitutionalrightspac.com/donate> )
Note the admonition at the top that NO campaign limits apply to contributions. It is the
usual libertarian mix of gun fearmongering (featuring Ted Nugent) and Muslim bashing
<http://constitutionalrightspac.com/bill-of-rights/article-i> . There is no information on
funding sources at this time, because of the lag between giving and reporting in off-
election years.

EaglesPAC

EaglesPAC received $1000 from Victory Online and paid out $950 to Dan Backer in
2012.

No information is available as to who Victory Online is or what this PAC represents.

LibertyUSA PAC
Ron Paul grassroots supported PAC which raised money and fulfilled purchases
<http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/325/12952462325/12952462325.pdf> of Ron Paul
merchandise

On 3/3/14 9:54 PM, "Lee Stranahan" <stranahan@gmail.com> wrote:

Do you have that paperwork? I never saw it

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 3, 2014, at 8:50 PM, Brett Kimberlin

<justicejtmp@comcast.net> wrote:

It was on the 990 he used to raise money which he shut

down after the hit on me

Sent from my iPhone

On Mar 3, 2014, at 7:54 PM, Lee Stranahan

<stranahan@gmail.com> wrote:

Honestly, I don't know anything about that

money. $55k is a lot of money.

On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 6:53 PM, Justice

Through Music <justicejtmp@comcast.net>
wrote:
http://www.mccutcheonwatch.org/c
ategory/the-players/

I assume you saw this one, have

you looked into Todd Cefaratti, one
of Backers partners in crime.
http://www.breitbartunmasked.co
m/latest-news/dan-backer-stop-
insanity/

He also launched the StopHillary

Pac and of course, he is the
treasurer. Where ever the money
is, he goes.
http://www.stophillarypac.org/abo
ut/team/
 ut/team/

Lee, do you have any idea who got

him involved in the hit on me. I
know he raised at least 55K to do
the hit on me, but my guess is that
he got his order or his funding from
someone????

2011-45250402 instituteforindiv.
4-0812-9.pdf pdf