The DC Five Step Dance of Deceit

Valdis Krebs:

Last week I posted about how Washington DC lobbyists create an indirect quid-pro-quo to hide how legislation is influenced.

This week we read in the NY Times -- Behind Military Analysts, the Pentagon’s Hidden Hand -- how the Pentagon also uses this 5 step dance to influence public opinion for the Iraq War.

Perhaps Valdis will someday trace the links connecting philanthropy, nonprofit and forprofit boards seats, positions on regulatory bodies, membership in private clubs, and other ways a crust forms at the top. It might be instructive to frame it as "Advice to Self-Serving Public Servants," in the spirit of Swift's "Directions to Servants."

Comments

[matrullo]

it's here.

[Phil]

Thanks, Tom