James Risen
James Risen covers national security for The New York
Times. He writes regularly on the intelligence community
and how it is used in U.S. foreign policy. Most recently,
he has covered the use of U.S. intelligence capabilities in
the Afghanistan (2002) and Iraq (2003) wars. He was a
member of the reporting team that won the Pulitzer Prize in
2002 for explanatory reporting for coverage of Sept. 11 and
terrorism, and is coauthor of Wrath of Angels. Among the stories Risen has broken for his readers: approval by the U.S. of covert weapons shipments from Iran
to Bosnian Muslims in the 1990's
investigation of a Chinese-American citizen for espionage
at the Los Alamos weapons laboratory
misuse of classified computer files by former CIA Director
John Deutch
Risen is co-author, with former CIA intelligence officer
Milt Beardon, of The Main Enemy, published in May, 2003. He
lives outside Washington, D.C. with his wife and three sons.
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Series
Books:Pay Any Price, October 2014
Hardcover / e-Book
State of War, January 2006
Hardcover
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