IMF chief hires ex-CIA agent's PR firm

US: Former IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn hires a public relations firm run by former CIA agents and US diplomats, after having been placed under house arrest. Strauss-Kahn's legal team is seeking advice from the TD International company, which he hired in 2007 to assistant him in his bid for IMF chief, Reuters reported. Strauss-Kahn used the firm as his "US-based communications resource," documents from the Foreign Agents Registration section of the US Justice Department have stated.

The firm's founder, William Green, a former US diplomat, has two other partners that are former CIA officers. The firm has also conducted work for Yulia Tymoshenki, the former prime minister of Ukraine.

On Friday, Strauss-Kahn was transferred to a New York City apartment on Broadway after posting a bail of USD 1 million, and a USD 5 million insurance bond. He will be kept under watch 24-hours at day by armed security guards and monitored by an electronic ankle bracelet. Monday, Presstv