The ones airing the Wright ad incessantly. Not much info on the website. The domain registration is Domains by Proxy.
NPR:
The other recent ad attacking Obama in the context of 9/11 came from the National Republican Trust PAC, which is spending enormous amounts on its anti-Obama ads in the final stretch. It reported ad buys of $800,000 Wednesday, $1.2 million Thursday and $2.53 million Friday.
GOP Trust PAC is truly in the major leagues. In just one month of activity, it surpased MoveOn.org in independent expenditures for the whole campaign season, according the Center for Responsive Politics.
Who are they? And where do they get their money?
Update - more info:
National Republican Trust PAC Independent Expenditures
Independent Expenditures Made within the Last 2 Weeks:
Candidate Race Total Payee Supported? Opposed? Date Note
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $25,000 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 11/02/08 Telemarketing
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $119,700 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 11/02/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,400 Intrepid Media Opposed 11/01/08 Media Production/Distribution
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,500 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 11/01/08 Email Communication/Banner Ad
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $2,500 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 11/01/08 Html Web/Email Design
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $25,000 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 11/01/08 Telemarketing
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $79,650 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 11/01/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,500 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 10/31/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,500 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 10/31/08 Banner Ads
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $8,000 Intrepid Media Opposed 10/31/08 Media Production/Distribution
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $82,350 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/31/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $2,530,000 Philips Brook Group, Inc Opposed 10/31/08 Media Buy
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Eagle Publishing, Inc Opposed 10/30/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $10,000 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/30/08 Banner Ads
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $231,750 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/30/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,200,000 Philips Brook Group, Inc Opposed 10/30/08 Media Buy
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,500 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 10/29/08 Phone Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,680 Verafast Corporation Opposed 10/29/08 Phone Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Endeavor Media Group, LLC Opposed 10/29/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $11,396 Intrepid Media Opposed 10/29/08 Media Production/Distribution
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $58,050 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/29/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $880,000 Philips Brook Group, Inc Opposed 10/29/08 Media Buy
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,500 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 10/28/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Endeavor Media Group, LLC Opposed 10/28/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $74,700 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/28/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,500 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 10/27/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Endeavor Media Group, LLC Opposed 10/27/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Eagle Publishing, Inc Opposed 10/27/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,875 Intrepid Media Opposed 10/27/08 Media Production/Distribution
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $10,350 Townhall.com Opposed 10/27/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $11,320 Intrepid Media Opposed 10/27/08 Media Production
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $75,150 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/27/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $176,000 Philips Brook Group, Inc Opposed 10/27/08 Media Buy
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $3,000 Verafast Corporation Opposed 10/26/08 Phone Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Endeavor Media Group, LLC Opposed 10/26/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $27,450 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/26/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $6,000 Endeavor Media Group, LLC Opposed 10/25/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $24,300 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/25/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $10,350 Townhall.com Opposed 10/24/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $44,550 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/24/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $1,750 Intrepid Media Opposed 10/23/08 Media Production/Distribution
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $3,000 Triangulation Strategies Opposed 10/23/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $5,000 Verafast Corporation Opposed 10/23/08 Phone Calls
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $7,082 Intrepid Media Opposed 10/23/08 Media Production
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $7,090 Integram Opposed 10/23/08 Direct Mail
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $25,425 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/23/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $174,000 Philips Brook Group, Inc Opposed 10/23/08 Media Buy
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $9,000 Newsmax Media, Inc Opposed 10/22/08 Email Communication
Barack Obama (D) Presidential $18,000 Eagle Publishing, Inc Opposed 10/22/08 Email Communication
**Update** More info:
|||| FEC filings ||||
The PAC was founded by Scott Wheeler, a former correspondent for the Moonie-owned Insight magazine, and Peter Leitner, a former Pentagon adviser and president of the Higgins Counterterrorism Research Center, which trains law enforcement personnel on counterterrorism. Wheeler has a history working for anti-Democratic, scandal-mongering conservative publications. Before working for Insight, Wheeler was a correspondent for the "American Investigator," a syndicated monthly television program that conservative activists hailed for fueling the fires of the numerous Republican investigations of the Clinton administration in the 1990s. When Al Gore was running for president in 2000, Wheeler produced the documentary "Trading with the Enemy: How the Clinton Administration Armed China." Using Leitner as a source, that documentary charged that Gore illegally pressured the Pentagon into selling military equipment to China. In late September 2000, other conservative outlets touted the documentary as "Another Scandal for Al Gore."
UPDATE -
BOB PERRY: Will Evans | Update: Money and Politics | October 31, 2008
GOP Trust PAC gets on the air
The National Republican Trust PAC is finally putting some advertising muscle behind all its claims about being able to beat Obama. The group yesterday laid down $880,000 on an ad buy, pretty big for an insta-PAC created last month. We earlier blogged that the PAC was spending more on fundraising emails than actual airtime, but this completely changes the calculation.
You know you're bigtime when Factcheck.org dedicates a full article to debunking your ad. National Republican Trust got that distinction this week, with the added bonus of being accused of producing "one of the sleaziest false TV ads of the campaign."