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2. Ed Pilkington, “US firm Monitor Group admits mistakes over $3m Gaddafi deal.” The Guardian, March 3, 2011 (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/04/monitor-group-us-libya-gaddafi).

3. Laura Rozen, “Among Libya’s Lobbyists.” Politico, February 21, 2011 (http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0211/Among_Libyas_lobbyists.html). After the affair came to light, Monitor Group, which professed ignorance of federal requirements, admitted to breaking the law by failing to register with the Justice Department as a lobbyist on behalf of a foreign government. After a set of reviews, the firm released a statement that some of the work it did in Libya between 2006 and 2008 should have been registered, and that it would do so retroactively (Siddartha Mahanta, “Libya Lobbyists Come Clean.” Mother Jones, May 6, 2011 [http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/05/libya-lobbyists-come-clean]). As the Boston Globe wrote: “The media attention on Monitor prompted the Justice Department to send a letter inquiring about the company’s work in Libya. Failure to register can lead to fines and even jail time, but specialists say that as long as companies try to comply with the law, such penalties are rare” (Farah Stockman, “Firm says it erred on Libya consulting; Cambridge company will register as lobbyist.” Boston Globe, May 6, 2011 [https://global-factiva-com.mutex.gmu.edu/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9VIV000400&an=BSTNGB0020110506e7560001d&cat=a&ep=ASI]).

Monitor’s Libya work, together with another project that “promised to help the Kingdom of Jordan get more influence over John Kerry—forced Monitor consultants to file retroactively as lobbyists. . . . Monitor admitted that some aspects of the Libya project were ‘a mistake,’ but insists that it had nothing to do with the company’s demise” (Farah Stockman, “Why did the smartest guys in the room go bankrupt?” Boston Globe, January 20, 2013 [http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/01/20/when-smartest-guys-room-bankrupt/lUYj7Nl8vAHhlL1iWVpSoK/story.html]).

4. Letter from Mark B. Fuller, CEO of Monitor Group, and Rajeev Singh-Molares, director, to Mr. ‘Abd Allah al-Sanusi, July 2, 2006, p. 12 (Mark B. Fuller and Rajeev Singh-Molares, “Letter to Mr. ‘Abd Allah al-Sanusi,” July 3, 2006 [http://www.motherjones.com/files/monitor_letter.pdf]).

5. For a list of Monitor Group’s founders, see: Mary Mcinerney, “Tuning into Monitor.” Boston Business Journal, July 23, 2001 (http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2001/07/23/focus1.html?s=print) or Farah Stockman, “Firm says it erred on Libya consulting ; Cambridge company will register as lobbyist.” Boston Globe, May 6, 2011 (http://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2013/01/20/when-smartest-guys-room-bankrupt/lUYj7Nl8vAHhlL1iWVpSoK/story.html).

6. Stockman, op. cit.

7. Mary Mcinerney, “Tuning into Monitor.” Boston Business Journal, July 23, 2001 (http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/stories/2001/07/23/focus1.html?page=5).

8. Ibid.

9. The Libyan opposition group that acquired and released the documents is the National Conference of the Libyan Opposition (Laura Rozen, “Among Libya’s Lobbyists.” Politico, February 21, 2011 [http://www.politico.com/blogs/laurarozen/0211/Among_Libyas_lobbyists.html]).

10. Mark B. Fuller, CEO of Monitor Group and Rajeev Singh-Molares, director, “Letter to Mr. ‘Abd Allah al-Sanusi,” July 3, 2006, published by Mother Jones, http://www.motherjones.com/files/monitor_letter.pdf.

11. Ibid.

12. Ibid.

13. Farah Stockman, “Local consultants aided Khadafy; Cambridge firm tried to polish his image.” Boston Globe, March 4, 2011 (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/04/local_consultants_aided_khadafy/); https://global-factiva-com.mutex.gmu.edu/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9VIV000400&an=BSTNGB0020110304e73400025&cat=a&ep=ASI; “Project to Enhance the Profile of Libya and Muammar Qadhafi: Executive Summary of Phase 1,” 2007, pp. 5-9 (http://www.motherjones.com/files/monitor_letter.pdf).

14. Monitor Group, “Project to Enhance the Profile of Libya and Muammar Qadhafi: Executive Summary of Phase 1” (http://www.motherjones.com/files/project_to_enhance_the_profile_of_libya_and_muammar_qadhafi.pdf).

15. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Tripoli Diarist.” New Republic, December 10, 2007 (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/tripoli-diarist). See also David Corn and Siddartha Mahanta, “From Libya With Love.” Mother Jones, March 3, 2011 (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/libya-qaddafi-monitor-group).

16. Andrew Moravcsik, “A Rogue Reforms.” Newsweek , July 16, 2007 (http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2007/07/15/a-rogue-reforms.html).

17. Benjamin Barber, “Gaddafi’s Libya: An Ally for America?” Washington Post, August 15, 2007 (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/08/14/AR2007081401328.html).

18. Monitor Group, “Project to Enhance the Profile of Libya and Muammar Qadhafi: Executive Summary of Phase 1” (http://www.motherjones.com/files/project_to_enhance_the_profile_of_libya_and_muammar_qadhafi.pdf).

19. See ibid., pp. 5-6; Anthony Giddens, “The colonel and his third way.” New Statesman, August 28, 2006; Anthony Giddens, “My chat with the colonel,” The Guardian, March 8, 2007 (http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2007/mar/09/comment.libya); and Corn and Mahanta, op. cit.

20. Farah Stockman, “Local consultants aided Khadafy; Cambridge firm tried to polish his image.” Boston Globe, March 4, 2011 (http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/03/04/local_consultants_aided_khadafy/) and https://global-factiva-com.mutex.gmu.edu/redir/default.aspx?P=sa&NS=16&AID=9VIV000400&an=BSTNGB0020110304e73400025&cat=a&ep=ASI.

21. Joseph S. Nye, Jr., “Tripoli Diarist.” New Republic, December 10, 2007 (http://www.newrepublic.com/article/tripoli-diarist?keepThis=true&TB_iframe=true).

22. Quoted in David Corn, “Monitor Group and Qaddafi: Still Spinning?” Mother Jones, March 3, 2011 (http://www.motherjones.com/mojo/2011/03/monitor-group-and-qaddafi-still-spinning).

23. Benjamin Pauker, “Understanding Libya’s Michael Corleone.” Foreign Policy, March 7, 2011 (http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/03/07/understanding_libyas_michael_corleone).

24. Benjamin Barber, “A response to Jon Wiener’s ‘Professors Paid by Qaddafi: Providing “Positive Public Relations.”’” The Nation, March 6, 2011 (http://www.thenation.com/article/159054/benjamin-barber-responds?comment_sort=ASC#axzz2bUxtiqcR).

25. Pletka’s title and bio: Danielle Pletka, Vice President, Foreign and Defense Policy Studies, American Enterprise Institute (http://www.aei.org/scholar/danielle-pletka/).

Source of quote: Ed Pilkington, “US firm Monitor Group admits mistakes over $3m Gaddafi deal.” The Guardian, March 3, 2011 (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2011/mar/04/monitor-group-us-libya-gaddafi).

26. Robert D. Putnam, “With Libya’s Megalomaniac ‘Philosopher-King.’” Wall Street Journal, February 26, 2011 (http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052748703408604576164363053350664). See also David Corn and Siddartha Mahanta, “From Libya With Love,” Mother Jones, March 3, 2011 (http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2011/03/libya-qaddafi-monitor-group).

27. Emily Flitter, Kristina Cooke, and Pedro da Costa, “Special Report: For some professors, disclosure is academic.” Reuters, December 20, 2010 (http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/12/20/us-academics-conflicts-idUSTRE6BJ3LF20101220).

28. See Janine R. Wedel and Linda Keenan, “Shadow Elite: Do Economists Need a Code of Ethics?” Huffington Post, January 6, 2011, http://www.huffingtonpost.com/janine-r-wedel/emshadow-eliteem-do-econo_b_805106.html.