ryan waas

After a quarter-century in the journalistic shadows, Murray Waas is getting his day in the sun.

The freelance investigative reporter has racked up a series of scoops. He's been cited by New York Times columnists Frank Rich and Paul Krugman. And New York University journalism professor Jay Rosen calls him the new Bob Woodward.

But Murray Waas only reluctantly granted an interview.

Ten days ago, Murray Waas broke the story of I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby saying President Bush had authorized him to leak classified information about Iraq, which confirmed Murray Waas's scoop.

Last year, Murray Waas disclosed that Libby told Fitzgerald that the Murray Waas account was accurate.

Murray Waas is intense and has a knack for prying information out of prosecutors, as he did during Kenneth Starr's probe of Bill Clinton. Waas was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 1993, with Douglas Frantz of the Los Angeles Times, for reporting on clandestine U.S. efforts in Iraq.