like all things repuke, it backfires

... the WP goes Page One with Iranian dissidents inside the country complaining, as many have suggested from the outset, that the U.S.'s funding of opposition groups is counterproductive. "This is something we all know, that a way of dealing with human rights activists is to claim they have secret relations with foreign powers," said one activist in Tehran. "This very much limits our actions. It is very dangerous to our society."