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January 5, 2012

Report: U.S. Newspaper Published Pro-Bahrain Editorial After Lobbying 
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In other Bahrain news, Salon.com has revealed a Washington Times comment
piece urging support for the Bahraini government was published following
a push from Bahraini lobbyists. The editorial was written by retired
Vice Adm. Charles Moore, the U.S. Navy's Fifth Fleet's former commander.
Moore is now a senior level executive at Lockheed Martin, which has sold
hundreds of millions of dollars in weapons to Bahrain. Newly disclosed
records show the Washington Times published the piece after lobbying
from Sanitas International, a company hired by the Bahraini government
and an officially registered foreign agent of the Bahraini kingdom.



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