William Bennett Registers as Foreign Agent for Qatar, Drawing Scrutiny Over Influence in U.S. Education and National Security Concerns

Former US Department of Education Secretary Joins Qatar Payroll

Former U.S. Education Secretary William Bennett registered as a foreign agent for Qatar, receiving $30,000 monthly ($210,000 total) to “publicize that Qatari higher education efforts do not support radical Islamicist movements or positions.” Qatar, a major donor to U.S. universities with nearly $6 billion donated since 1981, is a major funder of Hamas and the Muslim Brotherhood and is accused of using its university donations to shape academic n…

William Bennett Registers as Foreign Agent for Qatar, Drawing Scrutiny Over Influence in U.S. Education and National Security Concerns

By: Fern Sidman Former U.S. Education Secretary William J. Bennett, a longtime conservative intellectual who served under Presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, is now receiving $30,000 per month from the Qatari government to serve as a senior education adviser, according to a federal filing submitted earlier this month. The development, reported by the Jewish News Syndicate (JNS) on Thursday, has sparked intense concern among scholars a…