Washington City Paper: A Late Word on Harpers’ Lobbying Prank

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The September issue of Harper’s presents the last bits of hurt feelings stemming from Ken Silverstein’s July prank. For the uninitiated, Silverstein misrepresented himself as a representative from a firm called the “Maldon Group” and was seeking lobbying groups in Washington to whitewash the international image of the oppressive government of Turkmenistan. Silverstein created the Maldon Group out of thin air; he’s actually Harper’s Washington correspondent.

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