How Alexis Debat manufactured news and interviews

Alexis Debat had a respectable position in a well-regarded think tank, was a regular face on television, was an expert for ABC News and was quoted in newspapers. He was also a complete fraud.
http://www.rue89.com/2007/09/15/how-alexis-debat-managed-to-cheat-everyone-in-washington
(thanks to Sherry Wasilow for this link)