According to an exclusive by Up with Chris Hayes on MSNBC on Saturday, November 19, 2011, Clark Lytle Geduldig & Cranford (CLGC), a Washington, D.C. lobbying firm, authored a memo detailing the rationale and a proposal to smear the Occupy Wall Street movement. The memo was sent to the American Bankers Association (ABA). It s instructive to look additional clients CLGC lobbies for and the relationships the firm has with powerful players in Washington, and that they drafted this memo for the ABA shouldn t preclude that they are approaching other clients with similar requests.