Michael Isikoff, October 2007

Michael Isikoff (born 1952) is an investigative journalist for the United States-based magazine Newsweek. Born in Syosset, New York. He joined the magazine as an investigative correspondent in June, 1994, and has written extensively on the US government’s War on Terrorism, the Abu Ghraib torture and prisoner abuse, campaign finance and congressional ethics abuses, presidential politics and other national issues. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 453 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (547 × 723 pixels, file size: 309 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Michael Isikoff in October, 2007. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 453 × 599 pixelsFull resolution‎ (547 × 723 pixels, file size: 309 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Michael Isikoff in October, 2007. ... Investigative journalism is a branch of journalism that usually concentrates on a very specific topic, and typically requires a lot of work to yield results. ... The Newsweek logo Newsweek is a weekly news magazine published in New York City and distributed throughout the United States and internationally. ... Syosset is a hamlet (and a census-designated place) in Nassau County, New York, within the Town of Oyster Bay. ... Year 1994 (MCMXCIV) The year 1994 was designated as the International Year of the Family and the International Year of the Sport and the Olympic Ideal by the United Nations. ... This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11 2001. ... Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse Beginning in 2004, accounts of abuse, torture, rape[1] and homicide[2][3] of prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq (also known as Baghdad Correctional Facility) came to public attention. ... Campaign finance refers to the means by which money is raised for election campaigns. ...

Isikoff had been prepared to break the Monica Lewinsky scandal, but several hours before going to print, the article was killed by top Newsweek executives. As a result, the story broke first on Matt Drudge's Drudge Report the following morning. His book on the subject, Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story, was named Best Non-Fiction Book of 1999 by the Book of the Month Club. In January 2007, Isikoff married DC political gossip columnist Mary Ann Akers, who currently writes "The Sleuth" for WashingtonPost.com. Monica Samille Lewinsky (born July 23, 1973) is an American woman with whom the former United States President Bill Clinton admitted to having had an inappropriate relationship[1] while Lewinsky worked at the White House in 1995 and 1996. ... Matthew Drudge (born October 27, 1966) is an American Internet journalist and a talk radio host. ... The Drudge Report is a U.S.-based news website run by Matt Drudge. ... The Book of the Month Club (founded 1923) is a United States mail-order business where consumers are offered a new book each month. ... The Washington Post is the largest newspaper in Washington, D.C.. It is also one of the citys oldest papers, having been founded in 1877. ...

Career

Isikoff received his A.B. from Washington University in 1974, and obtained a masters in journalism from Northwestern University in 1976. He graduated from Syosset High School on Long Island in 1970. Isikoff is the co-author, with The Nation reporter David Corn, of Hubris, a 2006 book about the selling of the 2003 Invasion of Iraq to the US public and the ensuing Plame scandal. Washington University in St. ... Journalism is a discipline of gathering, writing and reporting news, and broadly it includes the process of editing and presenting the news articles. ... Northwestern University (NU) is a selective private, nonsectarian, coeducational research university with campuses located in Evanston, Illinois and downtown Chicago, Illinois. ... Year 1976 Pick up sticks(MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article is about the island in New York State. ... The Nation (ISSN 0027-8378) is a weekly [1] U.S. periodical devoted to politics and culture, self-described as the flagship of the left. ... David Corn is a political correspondent for The Nation and author of the book as well as the political novel Deep Background and the biography Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIAs Crusades. ... This article is about the 2003 invasion of Iraq. ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...

His online column with fellow journalist Mark Hosenball, “Terror Watch,” won the 2005 award from the Society of Professional Journalists for best investigative reporting online. Isikoff was a part of the Newsweek team that won the Overseas Press Club’s most prestigious award, the 2001 Ed Cunningham Memorial Award for best magazine reporting from abroad for Newsweek’s coverage of the war on terror. SPJ logo, taken from a cropped photo of a sign at the Region 10 SPJ Conference, March 2006 The Society of Professional Journalists (SPJ, formerly known as Sigma Delta Chi) is one of the oldest organizations representing journalists in the United States, debuting in 1909. ... An investigative report is a document that is meant to provide information on a certain topic that is not easily obtained. ... -1... This article is about U.S. actions, and those of other states, after September 11, 2001. ...

In the May 9, 2005 issue of Newsweek, Isikoff wrote an article that stated that interrogators at Guantanamo Bay "in an attempt to rattle suspects, flushed a Qur'an down a toilet." Detainees had earlier made similar complaints but this was the first time a government source had appeared to confirm the story. The article caused widespread rioting and massive anti-American protests throughout some parts of the Islamic world (causing at least 17 deaths in Afghanistan). The magazine later retracted the story after enormous pressure, noting that their sole anonymous source could not remember important details. is the 129th day of the year (130th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Camp X-Ray, shown here under construction, was a temporary holding facility for detainees held at U.S. Naval Base Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. ... The Qur’ān [1] (Arabic: , literally the recitation; also sometimes transliterated as Quran, Koran, or Al-Quran) is the central religious text of Islam. ... Islam (Arabic: ; ( ▶ (help· info)), the submission to God) is a monotheistic faith, one of the Abrahamic religions and the worlds second-largest religion. ... “Anonymous” redirects here. ...

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An Interview with Newsweek Journalist Michael Isikoff on Hubris

On Brookline Access Television with host and executive producer Daniel Berman will be talking with Michael Isikoff about his new published book Hubris (word history). The interview will begin taping this November on Daniel's TV program A Time to Review. Isikoff's featured interview will be discussing about what is happening with the White House, the CIA, and the intelligence community. In the future, with Isikoff will be inviting Co-Author David Corn to continue further discussion on this New York Times Bestselling book. Hubris is a look into what is happening with our government and the war in Iraq. Hubris or hybris (Greek ), according to its modern usage, is exaggerated self pride or self-confidence (overbearing pride), often resulting in fatal retribution. ... For other uses, see White House (disambiguation). ... The CIA Seal The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an American intelligence agency, responsible for obtaining and analyzing information about foreign governments, corporations, and individuals, and reporting such information to the various branches of the U.S. Government. ... The Intelligence Community of the United States is an organization of several executive branch agencies within the federal government that are responsible for foreign and domestic intelligence, military planning, and espionage. ... David Corn is a political correspondent for The Nation and author of the book as well as the political novel Deep Background and the biography Blond Ghost: Ted Shackley and the CIAs Crusades. ...

On Friday November 30th at 11am Daniel will be sitting down with Michael for a one-on-one interview.

Project Klebnikov

Isikoff is a member of Project Klebnikov, which was founded by investigative journalist Richard Behar to probe the July 2004 death of Paul Klebnikov, editor of the Russian edition of Forbes magazine. Richard Behar is an investigative journalist who has written on the staffs of leading magazines including Forbes, Time and Fortune over a twenty-two year period from 1982-2004. ... Paul Klebnikov Paul Klebnikov (June 3, 1963 – July 9, 2004) was an American journalist of Russian descent. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ...

See also

• Desecration of the Qur'an at Guantánamo Bay
• Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya

The Quran desecration controversy of 2005 captured international attention in April 2005 when Newsweek published an article which appeared to confirm several previous allegations that U.S. personnel at the Guantánamo Bay prison camp had damaged a copy of the Quran by putting it in a toilet... Anna Stepanovna Politkovskaya (Russian: ; 30 August 1958 – 7 October 2006) born in the U.S. and U.S. citizen[1] Russian journalist and political activist well known for her opposition to the Chechen conflict and Russian authorities. ...

External links

• MSNBC/Newsweek - Meet Newsweek - Michael Isikoff, Investigative Correspondent
• The Crown Publishing Group - Michael Isikoff profile
• MSNBC/Newsweek - National News - Column: Terror Watch
• The Press and the Death of Vincent Foster (link dead - maybe available at Internet Archive)
• Michael Isikoff at the Internet Movie Database