Murray Waas

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Murray S. Waas (born ca. 1959) is an American freelance investigative reporter who has been noted for his coverage of the White House planning for the 2003 invasion of Iraq. Most of these articles have appeared in The American Prospect and most recently the National Journal.

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[edit] Biography

Waas was born in Philadelphia, and originally hoped to pursue a career in local politics, but he left George Washington University before graduating and took a job working for Jack Anderson.

Currently, Waas lives in Washington, D.C..

[edit] Journalism career

Previously Waas wrote for a number of publications, including the The Nation, the Village Voice, the Boston Globe. He reported on the Whitewater and Clinton impeachment for Salon.com, working frequently with Joe Conason and Jonathan Broder. His reporting on the George W. Bush administration, especially the Valerie Plame scandal, has been called "groundbreaking", and Jay Rosen of PressThink has called Waas the "new Bob Woodward".[1]

Waas indicates his next major piece will be on the cervical cancer vaccine and related health-care issues, and after that he will document the attempts to discredit Ambassador Joe Wilson.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Rosen, Jay. "Murray Waas is Our Woodward Now", Press think, April 9, 2006. Retrieved on 2006-08-18.

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