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"“Freedom” Scholar Michael Ledeen’s African Friend" by Ken Silverstein (Harper's Magazine)

"“Freedom” Scholar Michael Ledeen’s African Friend" by Ken Silverstein (Harper's Magazine): "A majority of people in the Republic of Congo get by on less than $1 a day, but money is no object for Denis Christel Sassou-Nguesso, the 24-year-old son of the country’s long-time ruler. The London-based group Global Witness has recently posted credit card bills racked up by Sassou-Nguesso, the head of the state oil company’s marketing arm, that show he has racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in a global shopping spree. That includes stops in Paris (where he shopped at Louis Vuitton and stayed at the Bristol Hotel to Dubai (where he shopped at Rodeo Drive). "

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