LJ-SEC: (ORIGINALLY POSTED BY jehovahsfitness)

Imagine a secretive religious group with ties to dictators and weapons manufacturers whose ranks include many US senators. Sound like a bad conspiracy theory? I wish. The group is called the Fellowship. You probably know them from their fruits, most notably the National Prayer Breakfast. What I want to know is why I hadn't heard of these guys sooner. Seriously, they've been in the press since 2002 and they've just now come to my attention. I don't want to jump to conclusions, but I wouldn't be surprised that their desire to remain an "invisible" groups has something to do with it.

http://www.toobeautiful.org/lat_020927.html
http://www.harpers.org/JesusPlusNothing.html?pg=1
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=The_Fellowship
http://www.alternet.org/story/16167/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fellowship_Foundation

Edit: Looks like Sunfell posted about it over a year ago, but I think a reminder is not uncalled for.