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Cassidy & Associates, formerly a subsidiary of Weber Shandwick, will<\/strong> continue to lobby for Egypt\u2019s General Intelligence Service in the US<\/strong>, Creede Newton writes for Al Jazeera<\/a>. Cassidy & Associates bought itself from parent company and is getting USD 50k a month plus fees and expense from Egypt to showcase \u201c\u2018key attributes of [Egypt's] civil society,\u2019 among other image-rehabilitating acts.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cassidy & Associates, formerly a subsidiary of Weber Shandwick, will continue to lobby for Egypt\u2019s General Intelligence Service in the US, Creede Newton writes for Al Jazeera. 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