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To: TideGlider who wrote (738781)	9/11/2013 2:18:29 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By TideGlider Respond to of 1576725

This is the evidence that John Kerry cited as 'proof' that Assad was behind the gas attack.Consider the tens of billions of dollars that are spent each year by our intelligence agencies, $57 billion by our 'black' program alone. Yet with all that backing, the Secretary of State relies on an op-ed from a writer who lied on her resume to land her current job. We are so screwed. ........................................................................................................................................................................ WSJ op-ed writer Elizabeth O’Bagy fired for resume lie ................................................................................ Politico ^ September 11, 2013 The Syria researcher whose Wall Street Journal op-piece was cited by Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. John McCain during congressional hearings about the use of force has been fired from the Institute for the Study of War for lying about having a Ph.D., the group announced on Wednesday. “The Institute for the Study of War has learned and confirmed that, contrary to her representations, Ms. Elizabeth O’Bagy does not in fact have a Ph.D. degree from Georgetown University,” the institute said in a statement. “ISW has accordingly terminated Ms. O’Bagy’s employment, effective immediately.” O’Bagy told POLITICO’s Kate Brannen in an interview Monday that she had submitted and defended her dissertation and was waiting for Georgetown University to confer her degree. O’Bagy’s Aug. 30 op-ed piece for the Journal, “On the Front Lines of Syria’s Civil War,” was cited by both Kerry and McCain last week. McCain read from the piece last Tuesday to Kerry, calling it “an important op-ed by Dr. Elizabeth O’Bagy.” The next day, Kerry also brought up the piece before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing and described it as a “very interesting article” and recommended that members read it. . . . (Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ... ................................................................................................................................................................................. This is the evidence that John Kerry cited as 'proof' that Assad was behind the gas attack.Consider the tens of billions of dollars that are spent each year by our intelligence agencies, $57 billion by our 'black' program alone. Yet with all that backing, the Secretary of State relies on an op-ed from a writer who lied on her resume to land her current job. We are so screwed. 1 posted on Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:37:42 PM by Hoodat

To: TideGlider who wrote (738781)	9/11/2013 2:27:05 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1576725

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