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Kerry and McCain's favorite Syria 'expert' fired for faking credentials

Posted: Tue Sep 17, 2013 5:16 pm
by katsung47
Kerry and McCain�s favorite Syria �expert� fired for faking credentials



By David Ferguson

Wednesday, September 11, 2013

A prominent pro-Syrian intervention expert, cited by both Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) and Sec. of State John Kerry, lied about her academic credentials and failed to disclose her ties to rebel groups in the embattled republic. According to Buzzfeed, the Institute for the Study of War, a non-partisan Washington think tank, fired Elizabeth O�Bagy on Tuesday after finding out she lied about earning a Ph.D. from Georgetown, University in Washington.

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