More recently, Murray Waas has been national correspondent of National Journal.

Summarizing the stories that Murray Waas wrote for National Journal during 2005 and 2006 about the second Bush administration's policies that led up to war with Iraq, Washington Post online White House columnist Dan Froomkin, wrote on March 31, 2006:

Slowly but surely,investigative reporter Murray Waas has beenputting together a compelling narrative about how President Bush and his top aides contrived his bogus case for war in Iraq; how they succeeded inkeeping charges of deceptiofrom becoming a major issue in the 2004 election; and howthey continue to keep most of the press off the trailever since. More information on this can be found in this portfolio of articles, this articles collection, and this one. All in all, the work is an example of