Aram Roston is an American

investigative journalist Investigative journalism is a form of journalism in which reporters deeply investigate a single topic of interest, such as serious crimes, political corruption, or corporate wrongdoing. An investigative journalist may spend months or years rese ...

, and author of ''The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi'' He is a correspondent for

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. Roston has written for ''

Newsweek ''Newsweek'' is an American weekly online news magazine co-owned 50 percent each by Dev Pragad, its president and CEO, and Johnathan Davis, who has no operational role at ''Newsweek''. Founded as a weekly print magazine in 1933, it was widely ...

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Mother Jones Mary G. Harris Jones (1837 (baptized) – November 30, 1930), known as Mother Jones from 1897 onwards, was an Irish-born American schoolteacher and dressmaker who became a prominent union organizer, community organizer, and activist. She h ...

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The Nation ''The Nation'' is an American liberal biweekly magazine that covers political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis. It was founded on July 6, 1865, as a successor to William Lloyd Garrison's ''The Liberator'', an abolitionist newspaper tha ...

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The Observer ''The Observer'' is a British newspaper Sunday editions, published on Sundays. It is a sister paper to ''The Guardian'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', whose parent company Guardian Media Group, Guardian Media Group Limited acquired it in 1993. ...

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New Statesman The ''New Statesman'' is a British political and cultural magazine published in London. Founded as a weekly review of politics and literature on 12 April 1913, it was at first connected with Sidney and Beatrice Webb and other leading members o ...

'' and other publications. In 2020 Roston’s reporting on U.S. evangelical leader Jerry Falwell Jr., a key supporter of Donald Trump, preceded Falwell’s resignation from Liberty University. In 2020, Roston published an exclusive interview with Giancarlo Granda, a former business partner of evangelical leader and university president Jerry Falwell Jr, Granda alleged a multiyear sexual relationship with Falwell and his wife, even as the couple led the nation’s largest Christian university, Liberty University. Falwell stepped down the day after the report. In 2019, Roston reported that Donald Trump’s fixer Michael Cohen had helped Falwell fix a problem related to “racy photos” in 2015 months before encouraging Falwell to endorse Donald Trump from President. Falwell's 2016 endorsement of Trump during the Iowa caucus helped Trump lock up Evangelical support. In 2010, Roston was awarded the Daniel Pearl Award by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, for a story called "How the US Funds the Taliban." The expose, which ran in November 2009 in The Nation Magazine, sparked a congressional investigation, and disclosed how a web of Pentagon contractors in Afghanistan routinely pay millions of dollars in protection money to the Taliban. The Daniel Pearl Award is named after the ''Wall Street Journal'' correspondent murdered in 2002 in Pakistan and recognizes outstanding international investigative journalism. In 2016 Roston and his colleague Jeremy Singer-Vine were awarded the Scripps Howard investigative journalism Farfel Award for a BuzzFeed News story called
Fostering Profits
" exposing abuses and deaths at the largest for-profit foster care company in the United States, The Mentor Network. The series sparked a U.S. Senate investigation. Other journalism awards include a 2011 Investigative Reporters and Editors prize, two Emmy awards for investigative business reporting, and a merit award from the Society of Silurians. He has been a correspondent for

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News from 2014 to 2018, was a correspondent for CNN from 1998 through 2001, a producer for the investigative unit at

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from 2003 through 2008, ''

'' in 2011 and 2012, and a police reporter for

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in New York City, and has reported from around the world, including assignments in Iraq, Colombia, Liberia and Afghanistan.

Works

* * * * * ''The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi'', ''Nation Books'' (2008) , (2009)
Meet the 'Prince of Marbella' - is he really supporting Iraq's insurgency?
Aram Roston, ''

'', October 1, 2006
Crossing Jordan: Iraq fuel deal sparks lawsuit
Aram Roston, investigative producer ''

NBC News NBC News is the news division of the American broadcast television network NBC. The division operates under NBCUniversal Television and Streaming, a division of NBCUniversal, which is, in turn, a subsidiary of Comcast. The news division's ...

'', June 18, 2008
Former Iraq security contractors say firm bought black market weapons
T. Christian Miller,

ProPublica ProPublica (), legally Pro Publica, Inc., is a nonprofit organization based in New York City. In 2010, it became the first online news source to win a Pulitzer Prize, for a piece written by one of its journalists''The Guardian'', April 13, 2010 ...

, and Aram Roston, September 18, 2009
How the US army protects its trucks – by paying the Taliban
Aram Roston, ''

'', November 13, 2009

References

External links

Aram Roston archive
from "

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Aram Roston archive
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AlterNet AlterNet is a left-leaning online news outlet. It was launched in 1997 by the Independent Media Institute. In 2018, the website was acquired by owners of '' Raw Story''. Coverage Coverage is divided into several special sections related to prog ...

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Aram Roston archive
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The Huffington Post ''HuffPost'' (formerly ''The Huffington Post'' until 2017 and sometimes abbreviated ''HuffPo'') is an American progressive news website, with localized and international editions. The site offers news, satire, blogs, and original content, and ...

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Aram Roston archive
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Democracy Now! ''Democracy Now!'' is an hour-long American TV, radio, and Internet news program hosted by journalists Amy Goodman (who also acts as the show's executive producer), Juan González (journalist), Juan González, and Nermeen Shaikh. The show, whi ...

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The Man Who Pushed America to War; The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, And Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi
official book website
Writer Aram Roston, Parsing Ahmad Chalabi's Past
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Fresh Air ''Fresh Air'' is an American radio talk show broadcast on National Public Radio stations across the United States since 1985. It is produced by WHYY-FM in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The show's host is Terry Gross. , the show was syndicated t ...

'' from WHYY at

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, March 17, 2008, interview and book excerpt
Aram Roston interview
on ''

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, April 10, 2008
The Man Who Conned the Pentagon
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'', December 2009 (about Dennis L. Montgomery)
'The Man Who Conned The Pentagon'
, Guy Raz, ''

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