A 1985 Wall Street Journal investigation suggested that a series of Billygate articles written by Michael Ledeen and published in The New Republic in October 1980 were part of a disinformation campaign intended to influence the outcome of that year's presidential election.
Early signatories of the American statement included Ronald Radosh, Martin Peretz, Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Michael Ledeen, and Walter Laqueur.
According to Michael Ledeen, who has quoted "family sources," he was blackmailed into returning.
These Pentagon-approved meetings were brokered by neoconservative Michael Ledeen of the American Enterprise Institute, who had also played a part in Iran-Contra
Simone Ledeen is the daughter of political pundit Michael Ledeen.
Michael Ledeen promoted the book's claims when it was published.
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