Robert Parry
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Robert Parry is an American investigative journalist.
During the 1980s, Parry worked for Associated Press and Newsweek, and was credited with breaking a number of stories about the Reagan administration's actions in what came to be known as the Iran-Contra Affair. Along with his AP partner, Brian Barger, he was the first journalist to report on Lt. Colonel Oliver North's activities in the White House basement, and the first to describe the Nicaraguan Contras' involvement with cocaine traffickers. His reporting garnered the George Polk Award for National Reporting in 1984.[1]
In 1995, he established ConsortiumNews.com as an online ezine dedicated to investigative journalism. In 2000, shortage of revenue forced him to continue it on a part-time basis. From 2000 to 2004, he worked for the financial wire service Bloomberg.
Together with Norman Solomon, Parry examined General Colin Powell's past.[2] Other articles which ConsortiumNews.com has published report on the “October Surprise” controversy of the 1980 election, [3] the Contra-cocaine connection, [4] the war in Kosovo, [5], the impeachment of President Clinton. [6], how the Nazi exodus to South America contributed to the region’s bloody repression in the 1970s and 1980s [7], and Sun Myung Moon and his plans for world domination. [8]
Parry has written several books, including Lost History: Contras, Cocaine, the Press & "Project Truth." (1999) and Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq (2004).
