The question of the day is just what the Heritage Foundation and Jack Abramoff were doing getting former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahatir Mohamad into see President Bush.

The Malaysians are actually fairly aggressive players in the DC lobbying through sham think tanks racket. I looked under this rock for an article I wrote for the New Republic back in early 2002.

The piece ('Pacific Whim') involves a slightly different set of players. But you can get a decent sense of how that scene works.