This revelation appeared in a bombshell new report by the Network Contagion Research Institute (NCRI) and was first reported publicly by the New York Post. The U.S. has designated it a Foreign Terrorist Organization since 1997 and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist since 2001. As MECA's public profile and fundraising accelerated, so too did questions regarding the destinations of its foreign grantmaking," NCRI wrote in the report. "The convergence of these findings raises concerns about whether donors in the United States may be unknowingly donating to a group that ultimately benefits a foreign terrorist organization," NCRI stated. The State Department later released a report detailing far-left subversion networks routed through Cuba that have been sowing chaos in America.