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Lately, Perot and his investigators have been interviewing people who have also been questioned by the Christic Institute, a Washington public-interest law firm. Christic last year filed a suit in Miami against Clines, Shackley, Secord, Singlaub, Hakim and 24 others; Armitage is mentioned several times but is not a defendant. The suit charges that some of the defendants became involved in drug smuggling from Southeast Asia in the early 1960s and later in a series of shady weapons deals around the world, using the profits to finance covert anti-Communist activities...
...Miller, Cassidy, Larroca and Lewin, said the sheer size of the nation's most venerated firms prevented their members from sharing political and moral goals and discouraged cooperation. She said this characteristic undermined the principle that bans law firms from representing two clients with conflicting interests, and discouraged unpaid public-interest work...
...Black, Manafort partners have woven such an intricate web of connections that the strands become entangled at times. Lobbyist Kelly served as finance chairman of the National Democratic Institute, a public-interest organization established by Congress to promote democracy in underdeveloped countries. The institute recently sent observers to try to ensure a fair election in the Philippines. Yet Kelly's firm, for a reported $900,000 fee, represents Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos, who stands accused of having stolen the vote. Manafort for one sees no conflict. He points out that the firm urged Marcos to try to make the elections...
...corporation by saying you have a special relationship with Congress," says Democratic Media Consultant Robert Squier, who does no lobbying himself. Is it proper to get a politician elected, then turn around and lobby him? "It's a gray area," sidesteps Squier. Charges Fred Wertheimer, president of the public-interest lobbying group Common Cause: "It's institutionalized conflict of interest...
Molly Geraghty, the Law School's director of admissions and assistant dean, raises another point. "Just because someone starts in a big firm in a big city, we can't say that in five years' time they won't be in public-interest. Law is a very mobile profession...