Various public relations firms and major lobbying groups on K Street are entering into contracts with the Libyan rebels’ Transitional National Council to help them gain recognition, public approval, and influence in Washington. And the firms are giving Libya’s new government a sweet deal on their services to lobby to unfreeze Gadhafi’s exorbitant assets and learn how to talk to the media. This as similar companies formerly servicing the Gadhafi government try to cut their ties with Libya.

Read the whole exposé from Chris Frates at the National Journal!

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