Strauss-Kahn Hires ‘Crisis Team’

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Updated Apr. 24, 2017 3:44PM EDT / Published May 30, 2011 3:20AM EDT

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Dominique Strauss-Kahn has hired a crack “crisis team,” which includes former CIA spies, New York criminal investigators, and PR specialists. In Washington, he is hiring TD International, a “strategic advisory” run by former CIA officers and diplomats who offer both PR and investigatory services. He is also hiring a private-investigations firm, Guidepost Solutions, in New York, and Euro RSCG, one of France’s top PR firms.

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Strauss-Kahn Hires ‘Crisis Team’

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