Pentagon Adviser Is Also Advising Global Crossing

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2003 08:19:06 -0500
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Subject: Pentagon Adviser Is Also Advising Global Crossing


More on the questionable commercial doings of Richard Perle.......rf


March 21, 2003
Pentagon Adviser Is Also Advising Global Crossing
By STEPHEN LABATON


WASHINGTON, March 20 ‹ Even as he advises the Pentagon on war matters,
Richard N. Perle, chairman of the influential Defense Policy Board, has been
retained by the telecommunications company Global Crossing to help overcome
Defense Department resistance to its proposed sale to a foreign firm, Mr.
Perle and lawyers involved in the case said today.

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Mr. Perle and his lawyers were preparing to file an affidavit dated March 7
and a legal notice dated today, March 20, that said he was uniquely
qualified to advise the company on the matter because of his job as head of
the Defense Policy Board.

But after a reporter raised questions today about whether Mr. Perle was
using his job at the Defense Policy Board for the benefit of a client, they
said the references to his job should not have been in the legal papers and
would be deleted before they were filed in the bankruptcy proceeding.

In the March 7 affidavit, Mr. Perle said, "As the chairman of the Defense
Policy Board, I have a unique perspective on and intimate knowledge of the
national defense and security issues that will be raised by the CFIUS review
process that is not and could not be available to the other CFIUS
professionals." The company used similar language in its legal notice.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/21/business/21GLOB.html?pagewanted=print&posi
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