“Georgetown University confirms that Elizabeth O’Bagy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2009 and a Master of Arts degree in 2013. At this time she is not a registered student." The Syria researcher whose Wall Street Journal op-ed piece was cited by Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. John McCain during congressional hearings about the use of force has been fired from the Institute for the Study of War for lying about having a Ph.D., Paul Gigot, editorial page editor of The Wall Street Journal, told POLITICO "...we were not aware of Elizabeth O’Bagy’s academic claims or credentials when we published her Aug. 31 op-ed, and the op-ed made no reference to them. We also were not aware of her affiliation with the Syrian Emergency Task Force...” (KERRY & McCAIN GETTING THEIR INFORMATION FROM A BIASED EMPLOYEE OF THE SYRIAN EMERGENCY TASK FORCE PAID BY "the Bureau of Conflict and Stabilization Operations, a State Department-funded organization.)
Posted on: Wed, 11 Sep 2013 22:50:32 +0000