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Sliming Republicans is something the media will never apologize for. In their warped minds the intentions were right and that is all that matters.
Over at Captain’s Quarters Ed Morrissey has done some good research on this too:
http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/010467.php
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July 8, 2007
When Did Fred Start At Arent Fox?
An interesting question came to me from CQ reader Adam W regarding the Los Angeles Times’ story about Fred Thompson and his supposed work for the National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association in 1991. The only evidence of this work comes from a copy of the NFPRHA’s board minutes from September 14, 1991 that claims that the group had hired “Fred Thompson, Esq. as counsel to aid us in discussions with the administration” to end the rule barring abortion counseling at clinics that received federal funds. A couple of the group’s principals swear that they hired Thompson; Thompson denies working for them, and the man whom Fred would have had to meet categorically states that he never discussed the gag rule with Fred at all.
Now a new bit of indirect evidence has been found. Arent Fox brought Thompson into the firm to be “of counsel” in 1991 for his expertise in their lobbying business, including the representation of foreign governments. Anyone involved in such lobbying has to register with the Foreign Agent Registration Unit at the Department of Justice. Arent Fox filed its registration for its lobbyists, complete with the listings of all its lobbyists — including their start and termination dates.
Take a look at registrant #2661 in the FARA search system (unfortunately, the results are unlinkable). Fred D. Thompson, according to their records, starts as a lobbyist for foreign business on 10/10/1991 and terminates on 9/17/1993, which is when he decided to run for the remainder of Al Gore’s term in the Senate. That gives some indication that Thompson started lobbying for Arent in October and not September of 1991. It’s possible that Arent had limited Thompson to lobbying for domestic clients until October, but that seems rather odd, given their desire to have him on board as a major attraction for DC lobbying.
I’d be interested to know when he started lobbying for Arent Fox — with an exact date. The information on Thompson’s association with Arent Fox says that they hired Thompson specifically for lobbying on behalf of foreign customers, which would require the FARA registration with an exact date that such lobbying began. This implies that Thompson wouldn’t have been available to the NFPRHA in Septemer 1991, and make the document on which the Times based its entire story somewhat suspect.
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