When Paul Biya, "the strongman who has ruled the West African country of Cameroon for more than 20 years swept to another election victory last fall, a number of observers quickly questioned the process." But not the U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress [3], who said, "This is what democracy is about." Their delegation was organized by "a lobbyist [4] for Biya's government," who "served as the mission's chief staffer and billed Cameroon for his work. Biya's government also picked up the $80,000 tab for the Americans' visit. And a month after the group left, one of the six observers signed his own lobbying contract [5] with Cameroon."