Deroy Murdock

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Deroy Murdock
Deroy Murdock

Deroy Murdock is an American conservative syndicated columnist for the Scripps Howard News Service and a contributing editor with National Review Online.

Deroy Murdock's columns appear in The New York Post, The Boston Herald, The Washington Times, The Orange County Register and many other newspapers and magazines in the United States and abroad. His political commentary has aired on ABC's Nightline, NBC Nightly News, CNN, Fox News Channel, MSNBC, PBS, other television news channels, and numerous radio outlets.

Murdock is also a Media Fellow[1] with the Hoover Institution at Stanford University and a Senior Fellow[2] with the Atlas Economic Research Foundation in Arlington, Virginia. He is a veteran of the 1980 and 1984 Reagan for President campaigns and was a communications consultant with Forbes 2000, the White House bid of publisher Steve Forbes.

Murdock's conservatism is of a libertarian bent. He opposes governmental involvement in issues relating to both gay and heterosexual marriage. Murdock himself is gay. He also opposes the War on Drugs.[3]

He said on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews" on September 16, 2007 that he believes Saddam Hussein was involved in perpetrating the September 11, 2001 terrorist attack on America. Murdock cited Smith v. Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan., 262 F. Supp. 2d 217[1], a federal case heard by U.S. District Judge Harold Baer, Jr.. On May 7, 2003, Judge Baer ruled that Hussein and his Baathist government, as well as al-Qaeda and the Taliban, provided "material support" to the September 11 conspirators. As Judge Baer's decision stated: "I conclude that plaintiffs have shown, albeit barely, 'by evidence satisfactory to the court' that Iraq provided material support to bin Laden and al Qaeda." Judge Baer, who was appointed to the federal bench by President Bill Clinton in April 1994, ordered Hussein, the former Iraqi government, and the other losing defendants in this civil case to pay $104 million in damages to the families of George Eric Smith and Timothy Soulas, both murdered in the World Trade Center. Judge Baer's decision added: "Again, since the al Qaeda defendants and Iraq are jointly and severally liable, they are all responsible for the payment of any judgment that may be entered." A CBSNews.com story on this case led with the headline: "Court Rules: Al Qaida, Iraq Linked -- A Federal Judge Orders Osama bin Laden, Saddam Hussein To Pay Millions."[2]

Murdock details this case, and presents extensive additional evidence of Saddam Hussein's philanthropy of terror on a webpage he developed called HUSSEINandTERROR.com[3].

Murdock was named runner-up to Keith Olbermann's "Worst Person in the World" on MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olbermann after writing an article titled "Three Cheers for Waterboarding", in which he called waterboarding "something of which every American should be proud."[4][5]

Murdock received his AB in Government from Georgetown University in 1986 and his MBA in Marketing and International Business from New York University in 1989. A native of Los Angeles, California, Murdock currently resides in New York City. Murdock is a second-generation American. His parents are from Costa Rica. Afro Costa Ricans comprise approximately 3% of that nation's population.

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  1. ^ Hoover Institution. The William and Barbara Edwards Media Fellows Program (html).
  2. ^ The Atlas Team: Senior Fellows (html). Atlas Economic Research Foundation (3 October 2006).
  3. ^ Fight Bombs, Not Bongs, Deroy Murdock.
  4. ^ MSNBC - Countdown with Keith Olbermann - A Unique Newscast that Counts Down the Day’s Top Stories - Get the Latest Transcripts, TV Schedule & Video Highlights - MSNBC.com Front Page
  5. ^ Three Cheers for Waterboarding - HUMAN EVENTS

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