Michael Getler

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Michael Getler is an American journalist and currently the ombudsman for the Public Broadcasting System in the United States. He is the first holder of this post, and the first ombudsman to be appointed at any of the major American television networks. His previous posts include ombudsman at the Washington Post from 2000 to 2005 and executive editor at the International Herald Tribune from 1996 to 2000. Prior to his administrative jobs, he was a correspondent for the Washington Post covering defense and military affairs.

According to the Family Jewels documents, he was under surveillance by the CIA in 1971 for having "run a story which was an obvious intelligence leak".[1]

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  1. ^ Memo of conversation, January 3, 1975, between President Gerald Ford, William Colby, etc., made available by the National Security Archive

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