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Academics from harvard and elsewhere to meet with moammar gadhafi. some of them wrote positive articles about the libyan leader. they advised gadhafi's son saif on the basis for his ph.d. and offered to produce a glowing biography of moammar gadhafi for nearly $3 million which the firm now calls a mistake. the group even proposed helping him set up his own national security council. did did the group skirt u.s. law in its dealings with libya? the documents say one person who went to libya for the group, former u.s. defense official richard perle briefed vice president dick cheney after returni...

And weapons of mass destruction and had improved his image with the west thanks in part to lobbying, consulting and law firms in the u.s. who is made millions off him. one of them is the livingston group. it's headed by former republican congressman bob livingston. federal records show the firm made about $2.5 million over less than two years setting up meetings with congressmen and looking after libya's interests in washington. an aide said he wouldn't go on camera with us, but the aide and livingston himself acknowledged the firm's work with libya. >> livingston and his aides say the firm st...

Go on camera, but denied ever briefing cheney. we couldn't get comment from cheney's office. paul blumenthal of the sunlight foundation said if pearl briefed cheney, that part of the monitor's work in libya could be illegal because it's not a registered lobbying firm. >> what did the monitor group do that was deceptive in your opinion. >> the monitor group despite not being a traditional lobbying organization should have registered in a broader definition of who's a lobbyist and who should register than the traditional lobby law. and in this case, they were working to bring intellectuals to li...

That includes pierre. that includes chazzie and our new friend who jumped into the car in a moment of panic. so yes, we are movering back yet again. this is becoming something of a pattern, you may have noticed by our reporting is that we are moving generally in a backwards direction because this ragtag group of rebels simply doesn't seem to be able to hold ground. they haven't learned the basic tool of warfare is the shuffle. you need to dig yourself a trench and hide rather than stand along the road and wait for the artillery shells to come stinging over your head. [ speaking foreign languag...

Elsewhere to meet with moammar gadhafi. some of them wrote positive articles about the libyan leader. they advised gadhafi's son safe on the th seif on the thesis of his ph.d.. the group even proposed helping gadhafi set up his own national security council. did the monitor group skirt u.s. law in its dealings with libya? the documents say one person who went to libya for the monitor group, former u.s. defense official richard pearl, briefed vice president dick cheney after returning. contacted by cnn, pearl wouldn't go on camera, but denied ever briefing cheney. we couldn't get comment from c...