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User blog:Zero-ELEC/Political comentary in AC:B
Assassin's Creed: Brotherhood, according to writer Jeffrey Yohalem, is "a video game was that [is] talking about modern day politics, instead of all these cheesy stories that pretend to be about reality but use fake names in different time periods."
Jeffrey Yohalem intentionally involved real life, present, political figures as part of the Templar conspiracy.
See the article at Kotaku for details.
Source: Kotaku.