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<h1 class="entry-title">=</h1><div>COI?</div><div></div><div><div class="report_title" style="font-size: small; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; font-weight: bold;"><strong style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Conflicts of interest in the Syria debate</a></div><a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; font-size: small; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><div style="font-size: small; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">An analysis of the defense industry ties of experts and think tanks who commented on military intervention</a></div><div class="report_date" style="font-size: small; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px; margin: 0px 0px 0.7em; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">October 11, 2013</div>During the public debate around the question of whether to attack Syria, Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W. Bush, made a series of high-profile media appearances. Hadley argued strenuously for military intervention in appearances on CNN, MSNBC, … <a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/" style="text-decoration-line: none; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 51, 153); outline: none; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav" style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; border: 0px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">→</a></div><div></div><div>ike Sessions, former GOP Michigan Rep. Mike Rogers, formerly the chairman of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, appears likely to have influence in the Trump administration. He is being considered for both national security advisor and assistant to the president for Homeland Security and Counterterrorism. His former chief of staff, Andy Keiser, is also being considered for the position of deputy national security advisor.Two other people listed for national security advisor are retired Army Lt. Gen. Micheal Flynn, who served as head of the Defense Intelligence Agency under President Barack Obama, and Stephen Hadley, who served in the same role under former President George W. Bush. Flynn, Rogers, and Hadley are all hawkish. Flynn has <a href="https://theintercept.com/2016/07/13/an-interview-with-lt-gen-michael-flynn/" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=https://theintercept.com/2016/07/13/an-interview-with-lt-gen-michael-flynn/&source=gmail&ust=1478921466484000&usg=AFQjCNHE5yG1PJp2G2FaBK96JsiDCE2m3A" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(199, 57, 48); line-height: inherit; background: transparent; outline: 0px;">called</a> for the destruction of the Syrian city of Raqqa, Hadley served as deputy national security adviser during the invasion of Iraq and Rogers <a href="http://www.wsj.com/articles/former-house-intel-chief-mike-rogers-to-play-big-role-on-donald-trumps-transition-team-1470770808" target="blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://www.wsj.com/articles/former-house-intel-chief-mike-rogers-to-play-big-role-on-donald-trumps-transition-team-1470770808&source=gmail&ust=1478921466484000&usg=AFQjCNESeKsHTWu1Be6iOC7Y_8rtsqJNvg" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(199, 57, 48); line-height: inherit; background: transparent; outline: 0px;">said</a> in 2014 that ground troops should be deployed to fight the Islamic State in Syria and Iraq.</div><div></div><div>The following is a selection of commentators, profiled at greater length below, who have multiple undisclosed ties to the defense industry and have expressed strong support for military intervention in Syria in multiple appearances:<ul><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/1742/John_M_Keane">Jack Keane</a> has strongly supported striking Syria on PBS, the BBC, and Fox News. Though Keane is currently a director of <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/88/General_Dynamics">General Dynamics</a>, one of the world’s largest military services companies, and a venture partner of <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/130465/SCP_Partners">SCP Partners</a>, a defense-focused investment firm, only his military and think tank affiliations were identified in all sixteen appearances.</li><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/11454/General_Anthony_Zinni">General Anthony Zinni</a> has expressed support for military action in Syria during three appearances on CNN and one on CBS This Morning, and has been quoted in the Washington Post. Though a director with major defense contractor <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/43616/BAE_Systems_plc">BAE Systems</a> and an advisor to defense-focused private equity firm <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/72968/DC_Capital_Partners_LP">DC Capital Partners</a>, only Zinni’s military experience was considered relevant by the media outlets interviewing him all five times.</li><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/60272/Stephen_J_Hadley">Stephen Hadley</a> has voiced strong support for a strike on Syria in appearances on Bloomberg TV, Fox News, and CNN, as well as in a Washington Post op-ed. Though he has a financial stake in a Syria strike as a current <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/113/Raytheon_Company">Raytheon</a> board member, and is also a principal at consulting firm <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/131094/RiceHadleyGates_LLC">RiceHadleyGates</a>, he was identified all four times only as a former National Security Advisor to George W. Bush.</li></ul></div><div>===</div><h2> Secret Meetings with Iran-Contra Arms Dealers</h2>

Beginning in December 2001, Franklin and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Harold_Rhode" title="Harold Rhode">Harold Rhode</a> (<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Douglas_Feith" title="Douglas Feith" class="mw-redirect">Douglas Feith</a>'s top specialist on the Middle East) held secret meetings in Rome, and "subsequently in Paris," with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iran/Contra_scandal" title="Iran/Contra scandal">Iran/Contra</a> arms dealer <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Manucher_Ghorbanifar" title="Manucher Ghorbanifar">Manucher Ghorbanifar</a>. These meetings were arranged by longtime <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Republican_Party" title="Republican Party" class="mw-redirect">Republican</a> operative <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Michael_Ledeen" title="Michael Ledeen">Michael Ledeen</a>. "The Paris meeting was not approved by Pentagon officials." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2004/08/31/2d_probe_at_the_pentagon_examines_actions_on_iraq?pg=2">[3]</a>

The <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0410.marshallrozen.html">Washington Monthly</a> claimed the intent of these meetings was clear: "<a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Regime_change" title="Regime change">regime change</a>" in Iran, a member of President <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George W. Bush</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Axis_of_evil" title="Axis of evil">axis of evil</a>:

<dl><dd>"The DoD-Ghorbanifar meetings suggest the possibility that a rogue faction at the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Pentagon" title="Pentagon">Pentagon</a>

was trying to work outside normal US foreign policy channels to advance

a 'regime change' agenda not approved by the president's foreign policy

principals or even the president himself."</dd></dl>

<dl><dd>"According to U.S. government sources, both the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_State" title="Department of State" class="mw-redirect">State Department</a> and the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CIA" title="CIA" class="mw-redirect">CIA</a> eventually brought the matter to the attention of the White House -- specifically, to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>'s chief deputy on the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Security_Council" title="National Security Council" class="mw-redirect">National Security Council</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J._Hadley" title="Stephen J. Hadley">Stephen J. Hadley</a>...Hadley sent word to the officials in Feith's office and to Ledeen to cease all such activities.</dd></dl>

An anonymous senior administration official quoted by the <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=94701">Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service</a>

said that the immediate objective of the Pentagon hawks appeared to be

to "antagonise Iran so that they get frustrated and then by their

reactions harden U.S. policy against them."===
http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J._Hadley
<div id="mw-content-text" dir="ltr" class="mw-content-ltr" lang="en">Stephen J. Hadley, Deputy National Security Adviser and Secretary of State <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Condoleezza_Rice" title="Condoleezza Rice">Condoleezza Rice</a>'s "right-hand man" in the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bush_administration" title="Bush administration">Bush administration</a>'s <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Security_Council" title="National Security Council" class="mw-redirect">National Security Council</a>, was "the fall guy when allegations arose regarding the national security adviser's mishandling of information about <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iraq" title="Iraq">Iraq</a>'s purported effort to buy <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Yellowcake_forgery" title="Yellowcake forgery">uranium</a> from <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Niger" title="Niger">Niger</a>," according to RightWeb. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/ind/hadley/hadley_body.html">[1]</a>

"Italy's intelligence chief met with Deputy National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley just a month before the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Yellowcake_forgery" title="Yellowcake forgery">Niger forgeries</a> first surfaced," Laura Rozen <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=10506">reported</a> October 25, 2005, in The American Prospect.

Former director of the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/United_States_Institute_of_Peace" title="United States Institute of Peace">United States Institute of Peace</a>.

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<h2>Contents</h2>

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<ul><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-1"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Treasongate:Beyond_Karl_Rove">1 Treasongate: Beyond Karl Rove</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-2"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Bush.27s.22Top_Lieutenant.22">2 Bush's "Top Lieutenant"</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-3"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J._Hadley#Profile">3 Profile</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-4"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Affiliations">3.1 Affiliations</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-5"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Education">3.2 Education</a></li></ul>

</li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-6"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Contact_Information">4 Contact Information</a></li><li class="toclevel-1 tocsection-7"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Resources_and_articles">5 Resources and articles</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-8"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Related_SourceWatch_articles">5.1 Related SourceWatch articles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-9"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Profiles">5.2 Profiles</a></li><li class="toclevel-2 tocsection-10"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J._Hadley#External_articles">5.3 External articles</a>

<ul><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-11"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#Related_to_Treasongate:Beyond_Karl_Rove">5.3.1 Related to Treasongate: Beyond Karl Rove</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-12"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#2003-2004">5.3.2 2003-2004</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-13"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J.Hadley#2006">5.3.3 2006</a></li><li class="toclevel-3 tocsection-14"><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stephen_J._Hadley#2007">5.3.4 2007</a></li></ul>

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<h2> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Treasongate:Beyond_Karl_Rove" title="Treasongate: Beyond Karl Rove">Treasongate: Beyond Karl Rove</a></h2>

National Security Adviser Stephen Hadley was "the senior administration official" who told Washington Post Assistant Managing Editor <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Bob_Woodward" title="Bob Woodward">Bob Woodward</a> that <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Valerie_Plame" title="Valerie Plame">Valerie Plame Wilson</a> was a <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CIA" title="CIA" class="mw-redirect">CIA</a> officer, attorneys close to the investigation and intelligence officials" <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rawstory.com/news/2005/National_Security_Adviser_was_Woodwards_source_1116.html">told</a> Raw Story reporters Larisa Alexandrovna and Jason Leopold November 16, 2005.

<h2> Bush's "Top Lieutenant"</h2>

Identified by the Washington Post as Rice's "top lieutenant", Hadley, "along with <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/CIA" title="CIA" class="mw-redirect">CIA</a> Director <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_J._Tenet" title="George J. Tenet" class="mw-redirect">George J. Tenet</a> -- took responsibility for allowing into Bush's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/State_of_the_Union_2003" title="State of the Union 2003">State of the Union 2003</a> address a dubious and ultimately inaccurate claim about <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>'s efforts to obtain nuclear materials." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/administration/whbriefing/whoswho.html#Hadley">[2]</a>

The February 13, 2001, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/George_W._Bush" title="George W. Bush" class="mw-redirect">George W. Bush</a>'s first <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Security_Presidential_Directive" title="National Security Presidential Directive">National Security Presidential Directive</a>

(NSPD) expanded the National Security Council "and added 11 new

coordinating committees." The Directive, in effect, allowed Hadley to

attend NSC meetings and made him Executive Secretary of the NSC. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.onlinejournal.com/archive/06-29-02_Burns.pdf">[3]</a>

Hadley was "formerly with the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/National_Institute_for_Public_Policy" title="National Institute for Public Policy">National Institute for Public Policy</a> and a former member of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/ANSER_Institute" title="ANSER Institute">ANSER Institute</a>'s Board of Trustees. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.onlinejournal.com/archive/06-29-02_Burns.pdf">[4]</a>

<h2> Profile</h2>

Hadley was born in 1947 in Toledo, Ohio. "From 1972 to 1974, Hadley

served as a comptroller for an analysis group for the assistant

secretary of defense. He then worked in the National Security Council's <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Office_of_Program_Analysis&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Office of Program Analysis (page does not exist)">Office of Program Analysis</a>

for three years before leaving government service in 1977 and becoming

an associate, and then partner, at the Washington, D.C. law firm of <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Shea_%26_Gardner" title="Shea & Gardner">Shea & Gardner</a>,

... [where he worked] until 2001, taking leaves in 1986 to serve as

counsel to the President's Special Review Board--also known as the <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Tower_Commission&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tower Commission (page does not exist)">Tower Commission</a>--and

again in 1989 when he served for four years as assistant secretary for

international security policy in the Department of Defense." <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.americanpresident.org/history/bushgeorgew/bushIIstaffadvisers/nationalsecurity/nationalsecuritycouncil/assistanttothepresidentanddeputynationalsecurityadviser/stevenhadley/printable.html">[5]</a>

<h3> Affiliations</h3>

<ul><li>Deputy National Security Advisor, National Security Council (current)</li><li>Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Department_of_Defense" title="Department of Defense" class="mw-redirect">Department of Defense</a> (1989-1993)</li><li>Counselor, President's Special Review Board (Tower Commission) (1986)</li><li>National Security Council's Office of Program Analysis (1975-1977)</li><li>Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, Department of Defense (1972-1974)</li><li>Partner, Shea & Gardner (1977-2001)</li><li>Principal, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Scowcroft_Group" title="Scowcroft Group">Scowcroft Group</a></li><li>Director, ANSER Analytic Services</li></ul>

Source: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rightweb.irc-online.org/profile/1213">RightWeb</a>.

<h3> Education</h3>

<ul><li>B.A., Cornell University (with highest honors) (1969)</li><li>J.D., Yale University Law School (1972)</li></ul>

<h2> Contact Information</h2>

White House Office of Stephen J. Hadley, phone: (202) 456-9491

<h2> Resources and articles</h2>

<h3> Related SourceWatch articles</h3>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Frederick_L._Jones_II" title="Frederick L. Jones II">Frederick L. Jones II</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iran-Contra_II" title="Iran-Contra II">Iran-Contra II</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/White_House_Iraq_Group" title="White House Iraq Group">White House Iraq Group</a></li></ul>

<h3> Profiles</h3>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.neoconeurope.eu/index.php/Stephen_Hadley">Stephen Hadley</a>, NeoCon Europe.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.why-war.com/encyclopedia/people/Stephen_J._Hadley/">Stephen J. Hadley</a>: Links to articles, why-war.com.</li><li>Stephen J. Hadley, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cfr.org/pub5532//remarks_as_prepared_for_delivery_by_stephen_j_hadley_assistant_to_the_president_and_deputy_national_security_advisor.php">Remarks As Prepared for Delivery by Stephen J. Hadley, Assistant to the President and Deputy National Security Advisor</a>, <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Council_on_Foreign_Relations" title="Council on Foreign Relations">Council on Foreign Relations</a>, February 12, 2003.</li></ul>

<h3> External articles</h3>

<h4> Related to <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Treasongate:Beyond_Karl_Rove" title="Treasongate: Beyond Karl Rove">Treasongate: Beyond Karl Rove</a></h4>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.thinkprogress.org/leak-scandal">"23 Administration Officials Involved In Plame Leak,"</a> Think Progress, undated.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000980333">"Rove E-mail, Alerting Hadley to Chat with Cooper, Surfaces,"</a> Associated Press (Editor & Publisher), July 15, 2005. re <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Karl_Rove" title="Karl Rove">Karl Rove</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Karl_Rove:Outing_Valerie_Plame" title="Karl Rove: Outing Valerie Plame">Karl Rove: Outing Valerie Plame</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/John_Solomon" title="John Solomon">John Solomon</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washtimes.com/national/20050717-121150-3026r.htm">"Rove told Hadley about Cooper talk,"</a> Associated Press (Washington Times), July 17, 2005.</li><li>Timothy Noah, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.slate.com/id/2122976">"Karl Rove Death Watch, Part 4. What did Hadley tell Rove?"</a> Slate, July 18, 2005.</li><li>emptywheel, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/10/roves_first_sto.html">"Rove's First Story, and Second Story, and Third Story to the Prosecutor"</a> and <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thenexthurrah.typepad.com/the_next_hurrah/2005/10/why_additional.html">"From Rove to Hadley to the Rest of the Conspiracy,"</a> The Next Hurrah, October 7, 2005.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Jason_Leopold" title="Jason Leopold">Jason Leopold</a> and <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Larisa_Alexandrovna" title="Larisa Alexandrovna">Larisa Alexandrovna</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=Hadley%2C+Plame&sm=Yahoo%21+Search&fr=FP-tab-web-t&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8">"Cheney aide passed Plame's name to Libby, Hadley, those close to leak investigation say,"</a> The Raw Story, October 24, 2005. (Yahoo! link needs to changed.)</li><li>Steve Soto, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/006039.php">"Hadley Was Woodward's Source - Bad News For Bush,"</a> The Left Coaster, November 16, 2005.</li><li>Larisa Alexandrovna and Jason Leopold, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://rawstory.com/news/2005/National_Security_Adviser_was_Woodwards_source_1116.html">"National Security Adviser was Woodward's source, attorneys say,"</a> The Raw Story, November 16, 2005.</li><li>Joe in DC, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://americablog.blogspot.com/2005/11/stephen-hadley-coy-about-being.html">"Stephen Hadley 'coy' about being Woodward's source,"</a> AMERICAblog, November 18, 2005.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thinkprogress.org/2005/11/18/hadley-coy/">BREAKING: "Hadley Being Coy About Whether He’s Woodward’s Source,"</a> Think Progress, November 18, 2005. See:</li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/11/20051118-5.html">White House News Release: Press Briefing with National Security Advisor Stephen Hadley on APEC Summit Meetings</a>, Commodore Hotel, Busan, Republic of Korea, November 18, 2005.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.salon.com/wire/ap/archive.html?wire=D8DUTH0GB.html">"Hadley Coy on Whether He's Woodward Source,"</a> Associated Press (Salon), November 18, 2005. Also posted on <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051118/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/cia_leak_hadley_1&printer=1;ylt=AopknKbOKRzx1d6.OIg2MKuWwvIE;ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-">Yahoo! News</a> website.</li></ul>

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<ul><li>Adam Entous, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20051118/ts_nm/bush_leak_dc_13">"US official Hadley hints he wasn't Woodward's source,"</a> Reuters (Yahoo! News), November 18, 2005.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Elizabeth_de_la_Vega" title="Elizabeth de la Vega">Elizabeth de la Vega</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/">"Libby's 'Some Other Dude Did It' Defense,"</a> Tom Dispatch, November 18, 2005.</li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.theleftcoaster.com/archives/000441.html">Hadley Came Clean After CIA Memos Surfaced</a>, TheLeftCoaster,

July 22, 2003: "Now we know why Stephen Hadley suddenly came clean

today: the CIA reminded the White House that they had not one but two

memos that proved the Administration was in fact alerted to Agency

concerns about the reliability of the African uranium claims months

before the SOTU, memos which undermined most of the White House shifting

blame jobs of the last two weeks. And memos that showed that Condi Rice

has in fact been lying that no one at a senior level in the

Administration has known about these concerns until recently."</li><li>Dana Milbank and Walter Pincus, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A31597-2003Jul22&notFound=true">Bush Aides Disclose Warnings From CIA. Oct. Memos Raised Doubts on Iraq Bid</a>, Washington Post, July 23, 2003.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/administration/whbriefing/whoswho.html">Who's Who in the White House</a>, updated February 16, 2004.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,150272,00.html">"Transcript: Stephen Hadley on 'FOX News Sunday',"</a> Fox News, March 14, 2004.</li></ul>

<ul><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Dan_Froomkin" title="Dan Froomkin">Dan Froomkin</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2006/03/31/BL2006033100695.html">"A Compelling Story,"</a> Washington Post, March 6, 2006.</li><li>Andrew McCarthy, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://corner.nationalreview.com/post/?q=M2EyM2M1NDczMzI4ZTM3MmM4OGRmNzRjYTRhYmZjN2I=">"More Hadley Memo,"</a> National Review Online, November 29, 2006.</li><li><a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Ray_McGovern" title="Ray McGovern" class="mw-redirect">Ray McGovern</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/112906a.html">"Gates, Hadley: More of the Same,"</a> Consortiumnews, November 30, 2006; <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/contributors/594">BuzzFlash</a>, November 30, 2006.</li><li>Chris Weigant, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/the-stunning-cluelessness_b_35367.html">"The Stunning Cluelessness Of The Hadley Memo,"</a> The Huffington Post, December 1, 2006.</li><li>Laura Rozen, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/01/opinion/main2222040.shtml">Opinion: "Lessons From The Leaked Hadley Memo. Prospect: Now, More Talk Of Futility Of Status Quo In Iraq,"</a> The American Prospect (CBS News), December 2, 2006.</li><li>Mark Drajem, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aEmNe2ikoBBg&refer=home">"Rumsfeld's Iraq Memo Part of Review, Hadley Says (Update1),"</a> Bloomberg, December 3, 2006. re <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Stay_the_course" title="Stay the course">stay the course</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/03/ftn/main2223605.shtml">"Hadley: Bush Open To Rumsfeld's Options. National Security Advisor Said President Will Consider Iraq Changes,"</a> Associated Press/CBS News, December 3, 2006.</li><li>Steve Young, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-young/is-white-house-whistleblo_b_35438.html">"Is White House Whistleblower Ready to Bring Down the President?"</a> The Huffington Post, December 3, 2006.</li><li>Todd Gitlin, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.tpmcafe.com/blog/coffeehouse/2006/dec/03/the_morning_story_of_stephen_hadley">"The Morning Story of Stephen Hadley,"</a> TPM Cafe, December 3, 2006.</li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/03/hadley/">"Hadley: Bush knows changes needed in Iraq,"</a> CNN, December 4, 2006.</li><li>Eric Pfeiffer, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061204-122534-2849r.htm">"Hadley calls leaked memo 'constructive',"</a> Washington Times, December 4, 2006.</li><li>Ben Feller, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.boston.com/news/world/articles/2006/12/04/bush_aide_says_iraq_study_wont_prompt_a_pullout/">"Bush aide says Iraq study won't prompt a pullout,"</a> Boston Globe, December 4, 2006. re <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Iraq_Study_Group" title="Iraq Study Group">Iraq Study Group</a></li><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mediamatters.org/items/200612050001">"CBS, AP, LA Times failed to challenge Hadley's dismissal of Rumsfeld memo,"</a> <a href="http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php/Media_Matters_for_America" title="Media Matters for America">Media Matters for America</a>, December 4, 2006.</li></ul>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://thinkprogress.org/the-architects-where-are-they-now/">"The Architects of War: Where Are They Now?"</a> Think Progress, July 2007.</li></ul>

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<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#key-findings">Key Findings</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#tables">Tables:</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#table-industry-ties">Industry ties of commentators</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#table-companies">List of companies</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#table-media-outlets">Breakdown by media outlet</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#commentators">Commentators</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#think-tanks">Think Tanks</a>

<a href="http://littlesis.org/list/451/Syria_Commentators">LittleSis: list of commentators</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/wp-content/uploads/PAI-Syria-media-report.pdf">(download pdf of report)</a>

Authors: Gin Armstrong, Whitney Yax, Kevin Connor

Media contact: Kevin Connor, 718-916-0925, <a href="mailto:kevin@public-accountability.org">kevin@public-accountability.org</a>

Read coverage: <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/report-cites-conflicts-of-interest-by-media-analysts-in-syria-debate/2013/10/10/b2df6b50-3119-11e3-9c68-1cf643210300_story.html">Washington Post</a>

<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#correction">This report has been updated – please see the correction.</a>

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During the public debate around the question of whether to attack

Syria, Stephen Hadley, former national security adviser to George W.

Bush, made a series of high-profile media appearances. Hadley argued

strenuously for military intervention in appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox

News, and Bloomberg TV, and authored a Washington Post op-ed headlined <a href="http://articles.washingtonpost.com/2013-09-08/opinions/41881087_1_chemical-weapons-hassan-rouhani-syria">“To stop Iran, Obama must enforce red lines with Assad.”</a>

In each case, Hadley’s audience was not informed that he serves as a

director of Raytheon, the weapons manufacturer that makes the Tomahawk

cruise missiles that were widely cited as a weapon of choice in a

potential strike against Syria. Hadley earns $128,500 in annual cash

compensation from the company and chairs its public affairs committee.

He also owns 11,477 shares of Raytheon stock, which traded at all-time

highs during the Syria debate ($77.65 on August 23, making Hadley’s

share’s worth $891,189). Despite this financial stake, Hadley was

presented to his audience as an experienced, independent national

security expert.

Though Hadley’s undisclosed conflict is particularly egregious, it is

not unique. The following report documents the industry ties of Hadley,

21 other media commentators, and seven think tanks that participated in

the media debate around Syria. Like Hadley, these individuals and

organizations have strong ties to defense contractors and other defense-

and foreign policy-focused firms with a vested interest in the Syria

debate, but they were presented to their audiences with a veneer of

expertise and independence, as former military officials, retired

diplomats, and independent think tanks.

The report offers a new look at an issue raised by David Barstow’s 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/20/us/20generals.html?pagewanted=all">New York Times</a>

series on the role military analysts played in promoting the Bush

Administration’s narrative on Iraq. In addition to exposing coordination

with the Pentagon, Barstow found that many cable news analysts had

industry ties that were not disclosed on air.

If the recent debate around Syria is any guide, media outlets have

done very little to address the gaps in disclosure and abuses of the

public trust that Barstow exposed. Some analysts have stayed the same,

others are new, and the issues and range of opinion are different. But

the media continues to present former military and government officials

as venerated experts without informing the public of their industry ties

– the personal financial interests that may be shaping their opinions

of what is in the national interest.

This report details these ties, in addition to documenting the

industry backing of think tanks that played a prominent role in the

Syria debate. It reveals the extent to which the public discourse around

Syria was corrupted by the pervasive influence of the defense industry,

to the point where many of the so-called experts appearing on American

television screens were actually representatives of companies that

profit from heightened US military activity abroad. The threat of war

with Syria may or may not have passed, but the threat that these

conflicts of interest pose to our public discourse – and our democracy –

is still very real.<h1>Key Findings</h1>

The media debate surrounding the question of whether to launch a

military attack on Syria in August and September of 2013 was dominated

by defense industry-backed experts and think tanks. These individuals

and organizations are linked to dozens of defense and intelligence

contractors, defense-focused investment firms, and diplomatic consulting

firms with strong defense ties, yet these business ties were rarely

disclosed on air or in print. This report brings transparency to these

largely undocumented and undisclosed connections.

For more on the methodology used to identify commentators, think

tanks, and industry ties, please see the “Methodology” section below.

<h2>Commentators</h2>

<ul><li>22 commentators. The report identifies 22

commentators who weighed in during the Syria debate in large media

outlets, and who have current industry ties that may pose conflicts of

interest. The commentators are linked to large defense and intelligence

contractors like Raytheon, smaller defense and intelligence contractors

like TASC, defense-focused investment firms like SCP Partners, and

commercial diplomacy firms like the Cohen Group.

</li><li>111 appearances, 13 attempts at disclosure.

These commentators made 111 appearances – as op-ed authors, quoted

experts, or news show guests – in major media outlets such as CNN,

MSNBC, Fox News, Bloomberg, and the Washington Post. Despite

the commentators’ apparent financial and professional stakes in military

action, major media outlets typically failed to disclose these

relationships, noting them, often incompletely, in only 13 of the 111

appearances (see table below for media outlet breakdown).

</li><li>Varying types of conflicts of interest. In

some cases, commentators have undisclosed industry ties that pose

significant and direct conflicts of interest. In other cases, the

undisclosed ties were less direct, but still suggest that the

commentator has a financial interest in continuing heightened levels of

US military action abroad. A number of consultants are included because

their business relationships are foreign policy-focused and likely

involve work for defense clients, though most do not disclose client

lists. One consulting relationship highlighted in the report is with the

Department of Defense – not an industry connection, but a significant

conflict of interest.

</li><li>Largely supportive of military action. The

commentators profiled have largely expressed support for military action

in Syria, and many have framed the decision as an issue of national

security. However, the opinions they expressed were not uniformly

supportive of military action. Several commentators identified, such as

Robert Scales, opposed military intervention outright. (see <a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#correction">correction</a>)

</li></ul>

The following is a selection of commentators, profiled at greater

length below, who have multiple undisclosed ties to the defense industry

and have expressed strong support for military intervention in Syria in

multiple appearances:

<ul><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/1742/John_M_Keane">Jack Keane</a> has strongly supported striking Syria on PBS, the BBC, and Fox News. Though Keane is currently a director of <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/88/General_Dynamics">General Dynamics</a>, one of the world’s largest military services companies, and a venture partner of <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/130465/SCP_Partners">SCP Partners</a>, a defense-focused investment firm, only his military and think tank affiliations were identified in all sixteen appearances.

</li><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/11454/General_Anthony_Zinni">General Anthony Zinni</a> has expressed support for military action in Syria during three appearances on CNN and one on CBS This Morning, and has been quoted in the Washington Post. Though a director with major defense contractor <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/43616/BAE_Systems_plc">BAE Systems</a> and an advisor to defense-focused private equity firm <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/72968/DC_Capital_Partners_LP">DC Capital Partners</a>, only Zinni’s military experience was considered relevant by the media outlets interviewing him all five times.

</li><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/60272/Stephen_J_Hadley">Stephen Hadley</a> has voiced strong support for a strike on Syria in appearances on Bloomberg TV, Fox News, and CNN, as well as in a Washington Post op-ed. Though he has a financial stake in a Syria strike as a current <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/113/Raytheon_Company">Raytheon</a> board member, and is also a principal at consulting firm <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/131094/RiceHadleyGates_LLC">RiceHadleyGates</a>, he was identified all four times only as a former National Security Advisor to George W. Bush.

</li><li><a href="http://littlesis.org/person/69328/Frances_Townsend">Frances Townsend</a> has appeared on CNN’s Anderson Cooper 360

six times strongly favoring action in Syria. Though Townsend holds

positions in two investment firms with defense company holdings, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/50830/MacAndrews&Forbes_Holdings,_Inc.">MacAndrews & Forbes</a> and <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/131058/Monument_Capital_Group_LLC">Monument Capital Group</a>, and serves as an advisor to defense contractor <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/131057/Decision_Sciences">Decision Sciences</a>,

only her roles as a CNN national security analyst and member of the CIA

and DHS advisory committees were revealed in all six appearances.

</li></ul>

<h2>Think Tanks</h2>

<ul><li>Seven think tanks. The report profiles seven

prominent think tanks with significant industry ties that weighed in on

intervention in Syria. These think tanks were cited 144 times in major

US publications from August 7th, 2013 to September 6th, 2013. The

Brookings Institution, Center for Strategic and International Studies,

and The Institute for the Study of War were the most cited think tanks

from our dataset.

</li><li>Experts with <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/33171/Brookings_Institution">The Brookings Institution</a>

were cited in 31 articles on Syria in our dataset, more than any other

think tank. Brookings is an influential think tank that is presented in

the media as an independent authority, yet it receives millions in

funding from the defense industry, including $1 – 2.5 million from <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/28274/Booz_Allen_Hamilton,Inc.">Booz Allen Hamilton</a> and $50,000 – $100,000 from <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/27/The_Boeing_Company">Boeing</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/88/General_Dynamics">General Dynamics</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/58/Lockheed_Martin_Corporation">Lockheed Martin</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/77/Northrop_Grumman_Corporation">Northrop Grumman</a>, and <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/75585/Palantir_Technologies">Palantir Technologies</a>. Brookings Executive Education’s Advisory Council Chair, Ronald Sanders, is a Vice President and Senior Fellow at <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/28274/Booz_Allen_Hamilton,Inc.">Booz Allen Hamilton</a>.

</li><li>The <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/33607/Center_for_Strategic_and_International_Studies">Center for Strategic and International Studies</a>

was cited in 30 articles on Syria. CSIS has ample individual

connections to the defense industry through its advisors and trustees,

including CSIS Senior Advisor Margaret Sidney Ashworth, Corporate Vice

President for Government Relations at <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/77/Northrop_Grumman_Corporation">Northrop Grumman</a>, and CSIS Advisor Thomas Culligan, Senior Vice President at <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/113/Raytheon_Company">Raytheon</a>. CSIS President and CEO John Hamre is a director for defense contractor <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/290/SAIC">SAIC</a>.

</li><li>Analysts representing <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/130457/Institute_for_the_Study_of_War">The Institute for the Study of War</a>

were cited in 22 articles on Syria in our dataset. One such article by

former ISW Senior Research Analyst Elizabeth O’Bagy was cited by

Secretary John Kerry and Senator John McCain during congressional

hearings in their effort to justify intervention.<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-1">1</a> ISW’s Corporate Council represents a who’s who of the defense industry and includes <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/113/Raytheon_Company">Raytheon</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/290/SAIC">SAIC</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/75585/Palantir_Technologies">Palantir</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/88/General_Dynamics">General Dynamics</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/911/CACI_International_Inc">CACI</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/77/Northrop_Grumman_Corporation">Northrop Grumman</a>, <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/877/DynCorp_International">DynCorp</a>, and <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/183/L-3_Communications_Holdings%2C_Inc.">L-3 Communication</a>.

</li></ul>

The report also includes profiles on the Council on Foreign

Relations, the American Enterprise Institute, the Atlantic Council, and

the Center for American Progress. Each profile includes a selection of

commentary from analysts associated with the think tank and a selection

of defense industry ties. These ties are both organizational (corporate

sponsorships and donations) and individual (ties through their

directors, advisors, trustees, fellows, and analysts)....<a href="http://littlesis.org/person/60272/Stephen_J_Hadley">Stephen Hadley</a>

Identified as: Former national security adviser to George W. Bush

Undisclosed industry ties: Hadley has served on the board of defense contractor <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/113/Raytheon_Company">Raytheon</a>

since 2009. Raytheon manufactures the Tomahawk cruise missiles that

were potentially to be used in airstrikes against Syria. He also sits on

the Special Activities committee of Raytheon’s board, the stated

purpose of which is “provide oversight of the Company’s business

activities which involve matters that have been classified for purposes

of national security by an agency or instrumentality of the government

customer (‘Classified Business’).” Members of the committee must obtain

“applicable security clearances.”<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-2">2</a>

Hadley also chairs the company’s Public Affairs Committee, which

reviews “political, social and legal trends and issues that may have an

impact on the business operations, financial performance or public image

of the Company.”<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-3">3</a>

Hadley owns 11,477 shares of Raytheon stock, worth close to $900,000,

and earned $128,500 in cash compensation from the company last year.<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-4">4</a>

Hadley is a principal at <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/131094/RiceHadleyGates_LLC">RiceHadleyGates LLC</a>,

an international strategic consulting firm. The firm advises companies

on their international strategies, including foreign policy and national

security matters. One example of its work highlighted on its website:

“Providing information and analysis to help a client manage the changes

to its business brought about by the Arab Awakening.”<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-5">5</a> He is also an advisor, focused on Policy Research & Analysis, to the consulting firm <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/18423/Apco_Worldwide_Inc">APCO Worldwide</a> and director and member of the Executive Committee of the <a href="http://littlesis.org/org/33359/Atlantic_Council">Atlantic Council</a> (see below).<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-6">6</a>

Media commentary: Hadley has been a vocal and highly visible supporter of war with Syria. He published an opinion piece for the Washington Post

headlined “To stop Iran, Obama must enforce red lines with Syria.” He

has also done interviews with Bloomberg TV, MSNBC, and CNN, conveying a

similar message.<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-7">7</a> House Majority Leader Eric Cantor invited Hadley to brief staffers on Syria, according to the National Journal.<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-8">8</a> National Security Advisor Susan Rice tweeted Hadley’s remarks in support of the strike, according to the Wall Street Journal.<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-9">9</a> From Bloomberg Television’s Political Capital with Al Hunt (9/6/2013):

<blockquote>HUNT: How would it be read in Tehran if we don’t strike?

HADLEY: I think that’s one of the biggest problems. And that’s why,

if I were – and when I talk to Republicans, I say if you are concerned

about Iran and the threat of a nuclear-armed Iran, you better be voting

in favor of this resolution, because having – the president having set

down a red line for chemical weapons use in Syria, if he does not

enforce it, the – the red line, if you will, that we’ve put down with

Iran on its nuclear program doesn’t look credible. We’ve said that Iran

needs to give up its nuclear program, and if it does not do so, all

options are on the table, including the military option. If we don’t

enforce the red line in Syria, that threat looks empty. And if that

threat looks empty, I think there’s very little chance that we can get

Iran to be willing to negotiate away its nuclear weapons program.<a href="http://public-accountability.org/2013/10/conflicts-of-interest-in-the-syria-debate/#footnote-10">10</a>

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Disclosure: CNN’s John Berman noted that Hadley is “with the

consulting firm RiceHadleyGates”, but failed to disclose his position

with Raytheon. None of Hadley’s ties to the defense industry were noted

in his other three appearances.