Just Out: "Six Degrees of Debat."

... According to multiple sources, one of the firms Debat approached was the Lincoln Group, a government contractor that specializes in influence operations and strategic communications; its projects have included a Pentagon contract to, among other things, plant propaganda in Iraqi newspapers.

Sources say Debat was introduced to a co-founder of the Lincoln Group, Paige Craig, at a Washington dinner party, and the two became friends. Craig, contacted by phone, said that Debat never worked for the Lincoln Group. He later called back, saying he'd spoken to Debat, who'd indicated he'd actually done two hours of consulting work for Lincoln Group staff on the Horn of Africa.

"He was supposed to get with some of my guys in Dubai," Ray Petty, CEO of the Lincoln Group, told me Tuesday. "But he was never an employee in any capacity." ...

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Posted by Laura at October 3, 2007 08:47 PM