wr amba ▁Times ▁in ▁an ▁online ▁form ▁from ▁Washington , ▁D . C ., ▁which ▁became ▁popular ▁fast ▁getting ▁the ▁end ors ement ▁of ▁Eth iop ians ▁all ▁over ▁the ▁world . ▁ ▁However , ▁some ▁di as por a - based ▁extreme ▁right - wing ▁el ites ▁and ▁opposition ▁sites ▁entered ▁into ▁a ▁prot ract ed ▁tit - for - tat ▁with ▁Daw it ▁as ▁he ▁has ▁always ▁been ▁bal anced ▁in ▁his ▁reports . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁one ▁opposition ▁site ▁claimed ▁Daw it ▁had ▁been ▁to ▁the ▁Eth iop ian ▁Emb ass y ▁in ▁Washington ▁and ▁had ▁a ▁secret ▁meeting ▁with ▁Eth iop ia ' s ▁foreign ▁minister , ▁Dr . ▁Ted ros ▁Ad han om , ▁which ▁is ▁considered ▁a ▁tab oo ▁by ▁the ▁di as por a ▁opposition . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁in ▁response ▁to ▁an ▁email ▁inqu iry ▁by ▁horn ▁affairs , ▁Daw it ▁denied ▁the ▁claim ▁by ▁producing ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁his ▁flight ▁book ing ▁which ▁appears ▁to ▁show ▁he ▁left ▁Washington ▁to ▁Arizona ▁two ▁days ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁date ▁of ▁the ▁alleg ed ▁meeting . ▁ ▁Daw it ▁ret ali ated ▁by ▁publishing ▁pieces ▁critical ▁to ▁key ▁di as por a ▁opposition ▁players , ▁including ▁le aked ▁record ings ▁in ▁which ▁Ber han u ▁N ega ▁( Ph D ) ▁discuss es ▁the ▁$ 5 0 0 , 0 0 0 ▁fund ▁he ▁received ▁from ▁E rit rea ▁to ▁fin ance ▁G in bot ▁ 7 ' s ▁"