http://www.iht.com/articles/90839.html Global Crossing, the telecommunications giant, is now in bankruptcy. It has retained Perle to help persuade the Defense Department to drop its objections to a proposed sale to foreign buyers in Hong Kong and Singapore. The deal has been opposed by the Defense Department and the FBI as a threat to national security because it would put Global Crossing's fiber optics network, which is used by the U.S. government, under foreign control. Perle stands to make up to $725,000 from his work for Global Crossing.