"The CNP's bylaws keep out the press and prevent disclosure of the transcribed proceedings — unless all the speakers give their assent."
-http://abcnews.go.com/sections/politics/ DailyNews/council_020501.html
The now-defunct Institute for First Amendment Studies managed to sneak into a few meetings back in the 90s, and posted member lists and details. The archives are available at www.buildingequality.us/ifas/cnp/text.html
The family of Erik Prince, founder of the controversial private security company Blackwater Worldwide, has also been closely associated with the council. Erik’s father Edgar Prince was a longtime boa...
Although most of its members are not elected officials, critics of the group argue that CNP’s members are the real driving force of the Republican Party but do not wish to advertise their influence.
According to Nelson Bunker Hunt in his deposition in the Iran-Contra hearings, the presidency of the CNP rotates. He has been president, Pat Robertson has been president, and the president at the tim...
According to one source, the CNP was formed in 1981 by Texas millionaires Nelson Bunker Hunt, Herbert Hunt, and T. Cullen Davis.(5) A second source reports that it was formed by Richard Viguerie to r...
A corporation search in the Virginia State Corporation Commission site found 02/08/06 revealed the following concerning CNP Action Inc. It was incorporated 07/28/1993 with the same address as above. ...
