Scott Shane
Scott Shane | |
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 Shane at the 2018 Pulitzer Prizes | |
| Born | May 22, 1954 |
| Education | BA in English literature, Williams College, 1976; MA in English literature, Oxford University, 1978 |
| Occupation(s) | Reporter, writer |
| Notable credit(s) | The New York Times The Baltimore Sun |
Scott Shane(born May 22, 1954 inAugusta, Georgia) is an American journalist and author, employed byThe New York Timesuntil 2023, reporting principally about the United Statesintelligence community.[1]In 2023, his nonfiction bookFlee North: A Forgotten Hero and the Fight for Freedom in Slavery's Borderlandwas published by Celadon Books.[2]
Career and education[edit]
Shane received a bachelor's fromWilliams Collegeand a master's fromOxford University.He began his journalism career as a news clerk forThe Washington Star(1979–1980), then as a local news reporter for the Greensboro (NC)News & Record(1980–1983). He became a reporter forThe Baltimore Sun(1983–2004), he served for two years as their Moscow correspondent (1988–1991). Since 2004 he has been a national news reporter forThe New York Times.
Shane also made an appearance in the HBO series "The Wire" (Season 5, episode 2), playing himself. He is author ofObjective Troy: A Terrorist, A President, and the Rise of the Drone,which won the 2016Lionel Gelber Prize.This book tells the story ofAnwar al-Awlaki,who won fame as an imam outside Washington after the 9/11 attacks but eventually joined Al Qaeda in Yemen and was killed by a drone strike in 2011 on the orders of the then President Obama. He was the first U.S. citizen hunted and killed by his own government since the Civil War.
Before joiningThe New York Times,from 1983 to 2004 Shane was a reporter forThe Baltimore Suncovering a range of subjects.[3]He wasThe Baltimore Sun's Moscow correspondent from 1988 until 1991. Shane witnessed and reported on a crucial time in Russia's modern history. His bookDismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Unionprovided a brilliant insight into the root causes of the demise of the Soviet regime. One of the main protagonists in the book was a dissident and political prisonerAndrei Mironov.
In 1995, he andTom Bowmanwrote series of six articles on theNational Security Agency.This was the first major investigation of the NSA sinceJames Bamford's 1982 bookThe Puzzle Palace.[4][5]The Baltimore Sunis the home-delivery newspaper for many NSA employees working at its Ft. Meade, Maryland, headquarters.
Apart from his role as a reporter of the news, Shane became part of the news himself for his contact with former CIA officerJohn Kiriakou,who was sentenced to 30 months in prison on January 25, 2013, after entering into a plea-bargain agreement in which he accepted conviction for violation of one count of theIntelligence Identities Protection Act,in return for all other charges against him bythe governmentbeing dropped. Kiriakou's attorneys had sought todeposeShane (named as "Journalist B" in the indictment) as part of his defense, but withdrew theirsubpoenato do so.[6]The prosecution had contended that Kiriakou had been a source for Shane's 2008 report[7]that named non-covert CIA employeeDeuce Martinezas having been an interrogator ofKhalid Shaikh Mohammed,the mastermind of the attacks of September 11, 2001, although Martinez did not participate in the extensive pre-questioningwaterboardingof "KSM". Shane wrote about his relationship with Kiriakou in a rare, first-person account published byThe New York Timesof a reporter's role in a story involving national security and secrecy.[8]
Shane left The Times in 2023.[9]That same year, in September, his bookFlee North,an account ofThomas Smallwood,was published.[2]
References[edit]
- ^"Recent and archived articles by Scott Shane".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 17,2013.
- ^ab"Flee North by Scott Shane".Celadon Books.January 13, 2023.RetrievedOctober 2,2023.
- ^ Shane, Scott (May 24, 2004)."Some U.S. prison contractors may avoid charges".The Baltimore Sun.RetrievedFebruary 17,2013.
- ^"Investigative Reporting Program panelists and moderators".University of California at Berkeley Graduate School of Journalism.RetrievedFebruary 19,2013.
- ^Scott Shane and Tom Bowman (December 4, 1995)."No Such Agency Part Four – Rigging the Game".The Baltimore Sun.RetrievedFebruary 23,2013.
- ^Aftergood, Steven (October 15, 2012)."Kiriakou Not Allowed to Argue Lack of Intent to Harm U.S."Federation of American ScientistsSecrecy News.RetrievedFebruary 17,2013.
- ^Shane, Scott (June 22, 2008)."Inside a 9/11 Mastermind's Interrogation".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 17,2013.
- ^Sullivan, Margaret (January 8, 2013)."Was a Reporter's Role in a Government Prosecution a Reason to Recuse Him?".The New York Times.RetrievedFebruary 18,2013.
- ^"Scott Shane".New York Times.The New York Times Company.RetrievedMay 16,2024.
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