From a video recording of a July meeting in London between Stephen Payne and Yerzhan Dosmukhamedov. Payne is president of the lobbying firm Worldwide Strategic Partners. Dosmukhamedov, a.k.a. Eric Dos, is a former politician who is currently in exile from Kazakhstan. In an undercover operation arranged by the Sunday Times of London, Dosmukhamedov posed as a representative of Askar Akayev, a former president of Kyrgyzstan who was ousted from power three years ago. After the video was released, Payne resigned as a member of the advisory council to the Department of Homeland Security.

Eric Dos: So, what would…