Iranian Democratization Foundation

My guess is that Mitch Wade just saw an opportunity to get his fingers into the inevitable wingnut slush fund.

THE war in Iraq is her father's business, but Elizabeth Cheney, the US Vice-President's daughter, has been given responsibility for bringing about a different type of regime change in Iran.

Ms Cheney, a 39-year-old mother of four, is a senior official in the US State Department, which has often been regarded as hostile territory by Dick Cheney's White House team.

However, father and daughter agree it would be better for the mullahs' regime in Iran to collapse from within rather than be ousted by force.

The question is whether democratic reform can be achieved before Iran becomes a nuclear power. That is the younger Cheney's job.

In the State Department, she is referred to as the "freedom agenda co-ordinator" and the "democracy tsar" for the Middle East. "She's fantastic and dynamic," said a colleague.
Her official title is deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and she is in charge of spending $US85million ($114million) -- up from $US10 million last year -- recently allocated to promote democracy in Iran. Much of the money will be spent on broadcasting the views of exiles, dissidents and reformers inside Iran.