VANCOUVER, Wash. Seymour Hersh, the investigative reporter from the “New Yorker” whose stunning reports on prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib made headlines around the world, will be available to speak with the media in the lobby of the Engineering and Life Science Building on the campus of Washington State University Vancouver, 3 to 4 p.m. April 4.
Media representatives are asked to RSVP by calling Carolyn Long at (360) 549-0737 or writing her at long@vancouver.wsu.edu. Parking passes can be e-mailed.
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Hours after the 9/11 attacks, “New Yorker” editor David Remnick told Hersh by phone to get on the story and take it as far as he could. What emerged is, in many ways, an alternative history of the last three years: one in which Saudi princes are caught in intercepts discussing bribes and the payment of what amounts to protection money to fundamentalists; an intelligence shop in the Pentagon “stovepipes” shoddy information directly to decision makers; and hawks in and around the White House deceive themselves as much as the public in their drive to war.
The presentation is the keynote for the Annual Public Affairs Distinguished Lecture series, sponsored by the Associated Students of WSU Vancouver, the WSU Foley Institute for Public Policy and Public Service, and The Columbian newspaper (official media sponsor). Additional funding and support was provided by the WSU Vancouver Office of the Chancellor. Tickets for the event cost $10 plus a one dollar service fee. To purchase, call 1-800-992-TIXX, or purchase online at https://www.ticketswest.com.
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