CIA-Founded Radio Free Europe Takes a Victory Lap in Serbia Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty is celebrating the victory of the student lists in Serbia, and Ivana Stradner of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, a hawkish think tank in Washington, cheers it on: RFE/RL "played a vital role" in the fight against Milosevic, and "again" it is "standing with the Serbian people. ” A reminder of what RFE/RL is: a broadcaster that was set up and secretly funded by the CIA during the Cold War, and today is funded by the US Congress to push the Washington line abroad. Openly bragging about her role in 2000, the year Milosevic was overthrown, is the way to celebrate.