Cato was controlled by four men, all of them politically libertarian: The two Koch brothers, Edward Crane, long serving President, and William Niskan.
The anti libertarian right wing blog Bona Fides favorably cites the far left pro Islam blog Counterpunch, in attacking the Koch brothers.
Crane and Niskan have taken an alarmingly large amount of money out of the Cato institute in the form of generous salaries and benefits, the Koch brothers have substantially funded it. They have not been happy with this arrangement. Niskan died, with the result that balance of power is now with his non political widow. Now the Koch brothers are suing his widow – they want to control what they paid for. How horribly greedy of them. 😉
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