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from RawStory: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/11/kerry-and-mccains-favorite-syria-expert-fired-for-faking-credentials/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
A prominent pro-Syrian intervention expert, cited by both Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sec. of State John Kerry, lied about her academic credentials and failed to disclose her ties to rebel groups in the embattled republic. According to Buzzfeed, the Institute for the Study of War, a non-partisan Washington think tank, fired Elizabeth OBagy on Tuesday after finding out she lied about earning a Ph.D. from Georgetown, University in Washington.
On Wednesday, the Institute for the Study of War website said, The Institute for the Study of War has learned and confirmed that, contrary to her representations, Ms. Elizabeth OBagy does not in fact have a Ph.D. degree from Georgetown University. ISW has accordingly terminated Ms. OBagys employment, effective immediately.
OBagy wrote to Buzzfeeds Susannah George via email, I was just fired from ISW and Im no longer legally allowed to discuss my employment with them or affiliate it any way.
An op-ed piece by OBagy published in the Wall Street Journal drew fire over OBagys failure to disclose her ties to rebel groups in Syria. In the Journal piece, she wrote that she has spent hundreds of hours in Syria in the company of various rebel factions arrayed against Pres. Bashar al-Assad.
Contrary to many media accounts, the war in Syria is not being waged entirely, or even predominantly, by dangerous Islamists and al Qaeda die-hards, OBagy asserted.
Sen. McCain read a portion of her op-ed piece aloud on the Senate floor to advocate for U.S. intervention. Sec. of State Kerry called her argument in the piece very interesting and urged members of Congress to read it.
read more: http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/09/11/kerry-and-mccains-favorite-syria-expert-fired-for-faking-credentials/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)I swear, you can't make this shit up.
DirkGently
(12,151 posts)... if that's the whole issue, why is a degree-faking lobbyist being cited by the administration?
Looking more pre-texty all the time.
grasswire
(50,130 posts)bigtree
(85,918 posts). . . don't talk about circular reporting.
(read on twitter)
ProSense
(116,464 posts)"favorite Syria expert"?
Kerry said the piece was interesting. That doesn't make the author his "favorite Syria expert."
bigtree
(85,918 posts). . . inspiring.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)Desperation?
I mean, is that your characterization of Kerry saying the report was "interesting"?
bigtree
(85,918 posts)I'm not responding to such subjective comments.
ProSense
(116,464 posts)nashville_brook
(20,958 posts)Every war has it's Judith Miller...er, or...Jayson Blair.
bvar22
(39,909 posts)and the System and Personnel on our "Intelligence" Agencies that "Stove Piped" the "intelligence" used to start the Iraq WAR
are STILL running the show.
The White House has Circled-the-Wagons to protect known LIAR General Clapper.
"Heck of a Job, Clappy!"
If Obama had cleaned house after the election
I would be more inclined to believe them,
but it IS the Same-Old-Shit as last time.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18560_162-3440577.html
Hey!
We can name John Kerry's phony intelligence source [font size=3]"Knuckle Ball".[/font]
MisterP
(23,730 posts)MNBrewer
(8,462 posts)so that I don't appear "overqualified", in order to obtain employment.