Editing Center for Security Policy (section)

{{Short description|US security policy think tank}}
{{for|the think tank based in Geneva, Switzerland|Geneva Centre for Security Policy}}
{{use mdy dates|date=June 2016}}
{{Infobox organization
| name = Center for Security Policy
| native_name_lang = en
| image = Center for Security Policy logo.svg
| size = 200px
| abbreviation = CSP
| motto = 
| formation = {{start date and age|1988|df=y|p=y}}
| type = [[Nonprofit organization|nonprofit]]
| status = [[501(c)(3) organization|501(c)(3)]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Center for Security Policy|url=https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5444 |website=Rating Profile |publisher=[[Charity Navigator]]|location=Glen Rock, NJ |date=June 1, 2016 |quote=3 star rating (83.57) |access-date=February 7, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081024/https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=search.summary&orgid=5444 |archive-date=February 11, 2017 |url-status=live|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
| tax_id = 52-1601976
| purpose = Defense policy think tank
| headquarters = {{plainlist|
* PMB 189
* 2020 [[Pennsylvania Avenue]], NW
* {{nowrap|[[Washington, D.C.]] 20006-1811}}
* United States
}}
| founder = [[Frank Gaffney|Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.]]<ref>{{Cite news|title=Another anti-Muslim group wants to hold event at Trump's Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago|work=Miami Herald|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article236378233.html|access-date=November 23, 2019|archive-date=November 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191119122612/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article236378233.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Trump's Acting National Security Adviser Once Tied to Group Known for Anti-Muslim Stance|url=https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/11/trumps-acting-national-security-adviser-once-tied-group-known-anti-muslim-stance|access-date=2020-07-08|website=Southern Poverty Law Center|language=en|archive-date=May 30, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200530140501/https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2019/09/11/trumps-acting-national-security-adviser-once-tied-group-known-anti-muslim-stance|url-status=live}}</ref>
| leader_title = President
| leader_name = Tommy Waller{{efn|president since 1 January 2023}}
| leader_title2 = Chairman
| leader_name2 = [[Miles Prentice|E. Miles Prentice III]]
| revenue = $4 million<ref name=irs2021 />
| revenue_year = 2023
| expenses = $3.88 million<ref name=irs2021 />
| expenses_year = 2023
| website = {{nowrap|{{official URL}}}}
}}
{{Conservatism US|think tanks}}

The '''Center for Security Policy''' ('''CSP''') is a US [[far-right]],<ref>{{cite news|last=Bertrand|first=Natasha|author-link=Natasha Bertrand|date=August 4, 2017|title=The knives are coming out for H.R. McMaster|work=[[Business Insider]]|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/hr-mcmaster-steve-bannon-russia-trolls-2017-8|url-status=live|access-date=January 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180131032042/http://www.businessinsider.com/hr-mcmaster-steve-bannon-russia-trolls-2017-8|archive-date=January 31, 2018|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last1=O’Donnell|first1=S. Jonathon|title=Islamophobic conspiracism and neoliberal subjectivity: the inassimilable society|journal=Patterns of Prejudice|volume=52|date=19 December 2017|pages=1–23|doi=10.1080/0031322X.2017.1414473|doi-access=free}}</ref> [[anti-Muslim]],<ref name="GaffneyMarALago">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/mar-a-lago-muslims.html|title=Mar-a-Lago Again Under Fire for Hosting Group That Promoted Islamophobia|last=Zaveri|first=Mihir|date=2019-10-17|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-11-23|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=September 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902155009/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/us/mar-a-lago-muslims.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article236378233.html|title=Another anti-Muslim group wants to hold event at Trump's Palm Beach resort, Mar-a-Lago|date=2019|work=Miami Herald|access-date=November 23, 2019|archive-date=September 2, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240902155057/https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/article236378233.html|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Washington, D.C.]]–based [[think tank]]. The founder and former president of the organization is [[Frank Gaffney|Frank J. Gaffney Jr.]], who now serves as the group's executive chairman. The current president since January 1, 2023, is Tommy Waller, a former [[US Marine]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/center-for-security-policy-improves-its-approach-to-changing-national-security-challenges/|title=Center for Security Policy improves its approach to changing national security challenges|date=August 19, 2022|publisher=Center for Security Policy|access-date=April 11, 2024|archive-date=April 21, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240421205027/https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/center-for-security-policy-improves-its-approach-to-changing-national-security-challenges/|url-status=live}}</ref> CSP sometimes operates under its [[trade name|DBA]]{{efn|DBA - abbreviation for Doing-Business-As}} name '''Secure Freedom'''.{{efn|as shown on IRS Form-990 (example yr2021)}}<ref name=irs2021>{{cite web
|title=Nonprofit Explorer - Center for Security Policy - IRS Form-990 yr2021
|url=https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/521601976/202222439349300402/full
|date=2022-08-03
|website=ProPublica
|access-date=2023-05-11
}}</ref> The organization also operates a public [[counter-jihad]] campaign and the website counterjihad.com.<ref>{{cite journal|title=Donald Trump, the anti-Muslim far right and the new conservative revolution|first=Ed|last=Pertwee|year=2020|journal=Ethnic and Racial Studies|volume=43|issue=16 |pages=211–230|doi=10.1080/01419870.2020.1749688|s2cid=218843237 |doi-access=free}}</ref>