It's been a bad week for MEK, the Iranian opposition group still hard at work trying to buy its way off the US terrorist list. First, a few more of their supporters, Newt Gingrich and Pulitzer-prize winning columnist Clarence Page, got into hot water over their involvement with the group. Now the WaPo reports that the MEK's activity with US political figures might be illegal:
In recent weeks, new questions have been raised about whether private meetings, conference calls and other contact with officials at the State Department and elsewhere in the administration over the past year require the advocates’ registration as lobbyists or agents of a foreign entity. Under federal law, advocates for foreign organizations are required to register as lobbyists and provide details about their clients and income. But the MEK supporters have not registered, which would require disclosing the amounts they are paid and the identities of officials with whom they meet.
Nothing new for Newt, of course.
The Dish 