Friday, February 04, 2011

lobbyists for dictator

"The busiest group on behalf of Egypt, has been PLM, a hybrid of the Livingston Group and the Democratic firms run by Podesta and Moffett. Livingston led an Egyptian military delegation to 147 meetings on Capitol Hill with members of Congress or their staff, according to data compiled by The SunLight Foundation. According to Foreign Lobbying Influence Tracker, 1,783 contacts were made between various lobbying firms representing the Arab Republic of Egypt and U.S. government officials since 2007."