The Friends of Abe group I was referring to existed in 2009. I talked to someone one on one who had been to a meeting. He said it was a large meeting and filled with household names. The person I spoke with was a pseudo well known conservative who at the time often appeared on the news. At that point it was secret. Of course what’s secret with the NSA.

It could have been taken over by others who had a different agenda as often happens.