What is "front groups"

Usage examples of "front groups".

To date, assigned agents have intercepted, logged and remailed numerous letters of support, along with large and small donations to the SCLC, many of them sent by notable leftist-sympathizers, members of Communist front groups and movie stars, among them Danny Kaye, Burt Lancaster, Walter Pidgeon, Burl Ives, Spencer Tracy, Rock Hudson, Natalie Wood and numerous folk singers of lesser repute.

Lewis, for example, have each committed to giving $10 million in soft money to these front groups, far beyond any of the contributions Republicans have been getting.

At the core of these new Democratic Party front groups is Harold Ickes, Hillary's former campaign director and chief political advisor.

To the best of our knowledge, none of the various front groups-I don't think 'rebel groups' quite suits the case anymore-none of the various front groups controls one at this time.

Gale Norton, Bush's secretary of the interior, would be a member of various al-Qaeda front groups, such as the Benevolence International Foundation,24 publicly lending her name to their events.

What influence, if any, the Illuminati really had on the French Revolution or anything else is impossible to say, naturally, but you could make the case that some features of Illuminati organization, notably the use of front groups and the concept of a revolutionary elite, were an inspiration to later radicals.

How did it tie in to the Party and the front groups you and the others belonged to?