Thomas Rowland

I ama fact checker and reasearcher or various non-fiction and political books. Among the books I have worked on:

Readers fascinated by politics and the law will want to pick up this book about I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney's chief of staff, who was convicted of obstruction of justice for the outing of CIA agent Valerie Plame. Opening and closing statements provide a good summary of the issues.. While this holds limited appeal for all but the most diehard politicos, it makes an excellent resource for anyone who wants to understand the scandal in general and Libby's case in particular.

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“Slowly but surely…Murray Waas has been putting together a compelling narrative about how President Bush and his top aides contrived their bogus case for war in Iraq.”—Dan Froomkin, WashingtonPost.com
“Murray Waas is pretty impressive….he just keeps whaling away with discrete fact after discrete fact.“—Steve Lovelady, Columbia Journalism Review
“Murray Waas is getting his day in the sun…The freelance investigative reporter has racked up a series of scoops.”—Howard Kurtz, Washington Post columnist