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YOU RE-EVALUATE THEIR POSITIONS,
THAT IS IF YOU EVER FOUND OUT
ABOUT IT.
>> DO YOU REMEMBER THE MOVIE
"WAG THE DOG" ABOUT A FAKE WAR
SOLD TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY
PUBLIC RELATIONS PROFESSIONALS
AND A HOLLYWOOD PRODUCER?
>> WE'RE GOING HAVE THE
APPEARANCE OF A WAR.
>> OR DO YOU REMEMBER "THANK YOU
FOR SMOKE" AN ATTEMPT TO PULL
BACK THE CURTAIN ON HOW THIS
TOWN REALLY WORKS?
>> THE MESSAGE HOLLYWOOD NEEDS
TO SEND OUT IS SMOKING IS COOL.
>> THOSE MOVIES CAME TO MIND
TODAY BECAUSE OF THIS WOMAN WHO
HAS REGULARLY APPEARED ON CNN
AND OTHER NETWORKS.
>> I TRAVEL WITH GROUPS WHERE WE
ACTUALLY CAN KIND OF IDENTIFY
THE MORE EXTREMIST CHECKPOINTS.
>> ELIZABETH O'BAGY.
AS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION
PREPARED ITS CASE FOR MILITARY
REFORCE, SHE WROTE AN OP ED FOR
THE "WALL STREET JOURNAL" IN
WHICH SHE PUSHED BACK AGAINST
THE NARRATIVE THAT THE REBELS
ARE AL QAEDA-LED EXTREMISTS.
SHE ARGUED THAT QUOTE MODERATE
OPPOSITION GROUPS MAKE UP THE
MAJORITY OF ACTUAL FIGHTING
FORCES.
>> THERE IS A REAL MODERATE
OPPOSITION THAT EXISTS.
>> THE OP ED WAS CITED JUST DAYS
LATER BY SENATOR JOHN McCAIN AND
SECRETARY OF STATE JOHN KERRY AS
KERRY TESTIFIED BEFORE CONGRESS.
>> DR. ELIZABETH O'BAGY.
SHE WORKS WITH THE INSTITUTE OF
WAR, FLUENT IN ARABIC.
>> BUT SHE ALSO WORKS FOR AN
ORGANIZATION THAT ADVOCATES FOR
THE SYRIAN REBELS.
THE SYRIAN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE.
THAT WAS NOT DISCLOSED AT THE
TIME.
TODAY THE INSTITUTE FOR THE
STUDY OF WAR FIRED O'BAGY SAYING
IN A STATEMENT QUOTE CONTRARY TO
HER REPRESENTATIONS, MS.
ELIZABETH O'BAGY DOES NOT IN
UNIVERSITY. PHD FROM GEORGETOWN
WE HAVE ACCORDINGLY TERMINATED
HER EMPLOYMENT EFFECTIVE
IMMEDIATELY.
EVEN SO, THE FOUNDER OF ISW
DEFENDED THE CONTENT OF THE OP
ED AS ROCK SOLID IN AN INTERVIEW
WITH "POLITICO" TODAY.
STILL, IT'S ALL PART OF THIS
WEIRD WORLD IN WASHINGTON, AN
ECHO CHAMBER OF PAID
PSEUDOEXPERTS, A DOCTOR WHO IS
NOT A DOCTOR WRITING AN OP ED,
TESTIFYING FOR THE REBELS
WITHOUT DISCLOSING THAT SHE IS
PAID FOR BY A REBEL ADVOCACY
GROUP.
AND IT ALL ENDS UP AS EVIDENCE
IN A CASE FOR ATTACKING.
>> AS HAS BEEN SAID, WHY DOES