Free the Eagle

Free the Eagle is an American neoconservative lobbying group based in Washington, D.C. Neal Blair is the firm's President.{{cite news|author=Michael Isikoff|date=September 17, 1984 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/national/longterm/cult/unification/image.htm|title=Church Spends Millions On Its Image |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=2007-12-07}} Andrew Eiva joined the organization in 1984 as a paid Afghan lobbyist. Blair believed that Eiva could rally conservatives who felt that the US Central Intelligence Agency, as well as the Council on Foreign Relations and the Trilateral Commission, were dominated by people of suspect patriotism.{{cite book|last=Crile|first=George|title=Charlie Wilson's War: The Extraordinary Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History|publisher=Atlantic Monthly Press|year=2003|isbn=0-87113-854-9 |authorlink=George Crile III|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/charliewilsonswa00cril}}{{rp|328}}