Chip Berlet

John Foster "Chip" Berlet is active on the internet and on the leftist talk-show and interview circuit, as a researcher who specializes in tracking and analyzing right-wing movements. However, like his colleague Dennis King, Berlet has made much of his reputation by attacking Lyndon LaRouche, charging that LaRouche has an hidden right-wing agenda. The story is complicated by the fact that both Berlet and King have accepted money from known right wingers -- Berlet from Richard Mellon-Scaife, and King from the Smith-Richardson Foundation. Oddly enough, the source for these charges is Berlet himself, quoted in what has become known as the Quinde Affidavit.

External links

• The Public Eye, the website of Political Research Associates: 'Chip' Berlet's principle venue
• NameBase.org citation on the Quinde Affidavit
• The John Train Salon