Journalist
Seymour Hersh
Notes from Evan Smith
"Seymour Hersh is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist. Hersh rose to prominence in 1969 for uncovering the My Lai massacre, for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting.
Hersh has become well-known for his investigative reporting on military and security matters, including CIA domestic spying, Israeli nuclear policy, and Gulf War Syndrome. Most recently, he has covered the abuses in the Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq.
Hersh is a regular contributor to the New Yorker. He has also written for the New York Times and the Associated Press, among others, and has published eight books. His most recent book, Chain of Command: The Road from 9/11 to Abu Ghraib, was published in 2004." - Evan Smith, Texas Monthly Talks, Broadcast 11.18.04
