WASHINGTON - Richard Perle, the influential foreign policy hawk, is suing journalist Seymour Hersh over an article he wrote implying that Mr. Perle is using his position as a Pentagon adviser to benefit financially from a war to liberate Iraq.
"I intend to launch legal action in the United Kingdom. I'm talking to Queen's Counsel right now," Mr. Perle, who chairs the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board, a non-paying position, told The New York Sun last night.
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