Joby Warrick (born August 4, 1960) is an American journalist who has worked for ''

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'' since 1996, mostly writing about the Middle East, diplomacy, and national security. He has also written about the intelligence community, the proliferation of

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and the environment, and has also served as a member of the ''Post''s investigation branch. His work has been recognized with two

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Career

Warrick was given the 2003 Bob Consadine Award for best interpretation of international affairs in a newspaper by the

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of America, for his articles about proliferation threats. In September 2002, Warrick was one of the first journalists to publish reports casting doubt on the Bush administration's claims that aluminum tubes discovered in Iraq were appropriate for use in uranium centrifuges. Prior to his work at ''The Washington Post'', Warrick reported for ''

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'' of

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. The newspaper received the

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for a series of articles by Warrick, Melanie Sill and Pat Stith "on the environmental and health risks of waste disposal systems used in North Carolina's growing hog industry". The North Carolina native was previously an Eastern Europe correspondent for UPI and also worked for ''

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'' and the ''

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''. Warrick is the author of ''The Triple Agent: The al-Qaeda Mole who Infiltrated the CIA'', a narrative culminating in the December 30, 2009,

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in Afghanistan, which resulted in the murder of seven CIA employees by a suicide bomber. Warrick credits

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for helping him structure the book's manuscript. Warrick was awarded the

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for his book '' Black Flags: The Rise of ISIS'' which recounts the characters and events behind the emergence of the Islamic State. His third book, '' Red Line: The Unraveling of Syria and America's Race to Destroy the Most Dangerous Arsenal in the World'' is a narrative account of Syria's chemical-weapons crisis and the effort to remove the country's chemical weapons arsenal in the middle of a

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Personal life

An alumnus of

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, Warrick lives in Washington, D.C., and has two children with his wife Maryanne Jordan Warrick.

Books

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References

External links

Washington Post biography

Temple University notable alumni page

Joby Warrick speaks at Foster-Foreman Conference, Penn State University, March 14, 2012 - video

Radio interview
discussing ''Black Flags'' and ISIS on ''

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