Glenn Beck's arrangement w/ Special Operations Warrior Found. raises questions they refuse2 address

[Ian David]

Glenn Beck -- "Restoring Honor" or Exploiting a Noble Organization?
Rob Diamond
Navy Veteran and Security Fellow with the Truman National Security Project

I received an email Monday morning that stopped me in my tracks. It contained a link to the seemingly noble organization called the Special Operations Warrior Foundation (SOWF) -- a 501 (c)(3) tax-exempt, federally registered charity whose own mission statement says:

The Special Operations Warrior Foundation provides full scholarship grants and educational and family counseling to the surviving children of special operations personnel who die in operational or training missions and immediate financial assistance to severely wounded special operations personnel and their families.

As a veteran who served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom I thought, "what a meaningful charitable organization to give my support." But sadly, things are not as noble as they look.

Read a little further on the homepage of the SOWF website, under the "Latest News" column, and you will see a link to none other than Glenn Beck. Yes, that Glenn Beck.

SOWF, it turns out, is the designated charitable organization that will benefit from a rally Glenn Beck is hosting on August 28th on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC -- it is being called the "Restoring Honor Rally." (www.glennbeck.com/828/).

More:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/rob-diamond/glenn-beck--restoring-hon_b_490566.html

Hat-tip to: http://twitter.com/StopBeck/status/10196096926