Egyptian intelligence has hired a U.S. public relations firm to lobby on the country’s behalf in Washington and boost its image, the first such engagement by part of the country’s powerful security apparatus to be made public. A filing dated Jan. 28 and seen by The Associated Press on the Department of Justice website Sunday showed that Egypt hired public relations firm Weber Shandwick and released details of the registration to comply with the U.S. Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938.