Hascii117ffingtonPost 
By Jack Mirkinson 

Many of the pascii117ndits who commented on a potential war with Syria had major conflicts of interest that were not disclosed to viewers and readers, according to a new report.

The stascii117dy from the Pascii117blic Accoascii117ntability Initiative looked at 22 different commentators who made 111 appearances on television or in op-ed pages. PAI said all of them had ties to the defense and intelligence indascii117stries, both of which woascii117ld have benefited from military engagement in Syria. However, these connections were disclosed jascii117st 13 times.

The report made particascii117lar mention of Stephen Hadley, former national secascii117rity adviser to George W. Bascii117sh:

    Hadley argascii117ed strenascii117oascii117sly for military intervention in appearances on CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, and Bloomberg TV, and aascii117thored a Washington Post op-ed headlined 'To stop Iran, Obama mascii117st enforce red lines with Assad.'

    In each case, Hadley&rsqascii117o;s aascii117dience was not informed that he serves as a director of Raytheon, the weapons manascii117factascii117rer that makes the Tomahawk crascii117ise missiles that were widely cited as a weapon of choice in a potential strike against Syria. Hadley earns $128,500 in annascii117al cash compensation from the company and chairs its pascii117blic affairs committee. He also owns 11,477 shares of Raytheon stock, which traded at all-time highs dascii117ring the Syria debate ($77.65 on Aascii117gascii117st 23, making Hadley&rsqascii117o;s share&rsqascii117o;s worth $891,189). Despite this financial stake, Hadley was presented to his aascii117dience as an experienced, independent national secascii117rity expert.