Murray Waas is a writer and an investigative reporter. Most recently, he has reported on national security affairs and law enforcement matters. He is currently a contributing editor of the National Journal and also contributes reporting for ABC News' investigative unit.
For the National Journal, he reported about the misue of prewar intelligence by the Bush administration to make the case to go to war (see here, here, and here), the criminal investigation relating to the disclosure of the identity of covert CIA agent Valerie Plame(see here, here, and here) , and the firings of nine U.S. attorneys by the Bush administraion (see here, here)
Waas has been a winner of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School's Goldsmith Prize. He has also been a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in the category of national reporting. And he has been a fellow with the Alicia Patterson Foundation.
New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen wrote about his work in April, 2006:
It should be obvious from the work who the Woodward of Now is.... The guy's name is Murray Waas; he's an independent journalist... [who} has been in the game since he was 18...
By Woodward Now I mean the reporter who is actually doing what Woodward has a reputation for doing: finding, tracking, breaking into reportable parts—and then publishing—the biggest story in town. He’s also putting those parts together for us.
After a quarter-century in the journalistic shadows, Murray Waas is getting his day in the sun.
The freelance investigative reporter has racked up a series of scoops. He's been cited by New York Times columnists Frank Rich and Paul Krugman. And New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen calls him the new Bob Woodward.
But Waas -- whose blog is called Whatever, Already -- doesn't toot his own horn much and only reluctantly granted an interview. "My theory is, avoid the limelight, do what's important and leave your mark. . . . If my journalism has had impact, it has been because I have spent more time in county courthouses than greenrooms," he says.
Years of groundbreaking watchdog journalism have resulted in this nickname: the new Bob Woodward. His pieces on the Plame leaks and U.S. attorney firings inadvertently provided candidates with more ammunition against the current administration than any campaign strategist could hope for."
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