Jane Mayer is an American investigative journalist who is a staff writer for The New Yorker. In recent years, she has written extensive articles for that publication on Dick Cheney, the bin Laden family, and the US government's controversial policy of extraordinary rendition. This article does not cite its references or sources. ... The New Yorkers first cover, which is reprinted most years on the magazines anniversary. ... Richard Bruce Cheney (born January 30, 1941), widely known as Dick Cheney, is the 46th and current Vice President of the United States under President George W. Bush. ... The name bin Laden may refer to: the bin Laden family Osama bin Laden This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with the same title. ... Extraordinary rendition is a United States government euphemism for an extra-judicial (i. ...

Mayer has also contributed to the New York Review of Books and American Prospect. The New York Review of Books (or NYRB) is a biweekly magazine on literature, culture, and current affairs published in New York which takes as its point of departure that the discussion of important books is itself an indispensable literary activity. ... The American Prospect is a monthly magazine which focuses on US politics and public policy. ...

Mayer has also written several books. She is the author, with Jill Abramson, of Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas (1994) is a study of controversy-laden nomination and appointment of Clarence Thomas to the US Supreme Court. Mayer also wrote, with Doyle McManus, of Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984–1988 (1989), an account of Ronald Reagan's second term in the White House. Justice Clarence Thomas Justice Clarence Thomas (born June 23, 1948) is an American jurist and has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1991. ... The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C. The Supreme Court Building, Washington, D.C., (large image) The Supreme Court of the United States, located in Washington, D.C., is the highest court (see supreme court) in the United States; that is, it has ultimate judicial authority within the United States... Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981–1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967–1975). ... The southern side of the White House The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States of America. ...

Reference

• Strange Justice: The Selling of Clarence Thomas (1994) ISBN 0395633184
• Landslide: The Unmaking of the President, 1984–1988 (1989) ISBN 039545185X

External links

• "Clarence Thomas's Revenge" (American Prospect, 30 July 2001)
• The House of bin Laden: A family's, and a nation's, divided loyalties" The New Yorker, November 12 2001)
• "Contract Sport: What did the Vice-President do for Halliburton?" The New Yorker, February 16/23 2004)
• "Outsourcing Torture: The secret history of America’s 'extraordinary rendition'" program (The New Yorker, February 14 2005)
• Interview on Democracy Now (February 17 2005)