Washington Post Columnist Speculates on Identity of Iraq Memo Writer

april 26, 2004  07:47 am
Washington Post Columnist Speculates on Identity of Iraq Memo Writer
Richard Leiby
Writing in "The Reliable Source," Richard Leiby (pictured) presents evidence to support the theory that Michael Rubin wrote the memo that was the subject of Jason Vest's story for the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies last week. Leiby describes Rubin as "a thirty-something neocon intellectual" who served as a Coalition Provisional Authority political officer in Iraq for nine months. He is now a scholar at the "hawkish American Enterprise Institute." Rubin wouldn't confirm or deny that he wrote the memo.