Washington Executive Skirts Lobbying Regulations Heâs a lobbyistâs lobbyist â a Washington insider whose central concern in past months has been poking holes in the Democratic Congressâ efforts to curtail the influence of lobbying in the capital. And by running a long campaign that successfully eased travel restriction in the new legislation, American Society of Association Executives president John H. Graham IV has been able to do just that. (The Washington Post)Journalistsâ Testimony Opens Libbyâs Defense âLawyers for I. Lewis Libby Jr. opened their case Monday with a parade of prominent Washington reporters who testified that Mr. Libby never mentioned the identity of a Central Intelligence Agency operative when they interviewed him during the period the officerâs identity was leaked to the news media.â (The New York Times) Defense attorneys are allegedly planning to call Libbyâs former deputy and eventual replacement, John Hannah, to the stand, whose testimony some see functioning as a âsit-inâ for that of â who else â Libby. (The Washington Post)
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