The Center and Gaffney have been criticized for propagating conspiracy theories by Dana Milbank of the Washington Post,[23] Simon Maloy of Salon,[24] CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen,[10] Grover Norquist,[25] Jonathan Kay,[26] Georgetown University's Prince Alwaleed Center for Muslim–Christian Understanding,[27] Center for American Progress,[28] Media Matters for America,[29] the Southern Poverty Law Center,[13] The Intercept,[30] the Anti-Defamation League,[31] and the Institute for Southern Studies,[32] among others.