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January 21, 2008, The New Yorker
The new director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, has a controversial plan to tighten national security.
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Audio Interview with Lawrence Wright for the New Yorker website.
Wright talks with Matt Dellinger about McConnell’s ideas for reform, his views on privacy issues and torture, and the threats the intelligence community may confront in the future.
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"Lady Bird’s Lost Legacy"
July 20, 2007, New York Times Op-Ed
The best chance to restore Lady Bird Johnson’s original vision of American roadways will be when Congress takes up the 2009 highway bill.
"Orwell
on Writing: 'Clarity Is the Remedy'"
September 22, 2006, NPR:
All Things Considered
Wright attests to the importance of Orwell's essay, "Politics and the English
Language." Also a link to hear the author read his essay.
"The Trials
of the Century"
September 22, 2006, The
New York Times
Op-Ed about what to do if Osama bin Laden is caught.
"The Master
Plan" [PDF]
September 11, 2006, The
New Yorker
For the new theorists of jihad, al-Qaeda is just the beginning.
"The Agent"
[PDF]
July 10 & 17, 2006, The
New Yorker
Did the C.I.A. stop an F.B.I. detective from preventing 9/11?
(Adapted from The Looming Tower)
"The Terrorist"
June 19, 2006, The
New Yorker
From "The Talk of the Town": With Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's
death, where does that leave Al Qaeda?
"Captured on Film"
[PDF]
May 15, 2006, The
New Yorker
Letter from Damascus: Can dissident filmmakers effect change
in Syria?
Related media:
Audio
Slideshow featuring commentary by Lawrence Wright and photos
by Kate Brooks.
"The Terror Web"
August 2, 2004, The
New Yorker
Were the Madrid bombings part of a new, far-reaching jihad being
plotted on the Internet?
Related interviews:
"Audio
Q&A w/ Lawrence Wright" from New Yorker site
Appearance
on the Lenny Lopate show (7/27/04)
"New Global Jihad"
May 22, 2004, Voice of America's "On
the Line"
"Al Qaeda and Terrorism"
February 14, 2004, Voice of America's "On
the Line"
"The Kingdom of Silence"
January 5, 2004, The
New Yorker
In the spring of 2003, Lawrence Wright went to Jeddah, Saudi
Arabia, to work for an English-language newspaper and do research
for a book on the September 11 tragedy. But he found that the experience
abroad and the cultural exchanges involved were deserving of their
own piece. This is an account of the people he met and the things
they learned from each other, as well as a rare glimpse into the
contradictions and attitudes of this shrouded kingdom.
Related interviews:
"Day to Day" (NPR)
Atlanta Constitution media column:
"Kingdom of silence: As an editor for three months at the English-language
Saudi Gazette, reporter Lawrence Wright was able to view Saudi Arabia
from a unique vantage point. He trained young Saudi journalists,
shopped at malls, met Osama bin Laden's son and saw citizens being
chased by the religious police. Wright reports these and other observations
in a compelling cover story in this week's The New Yorker
(Jan. 5). At one political salon Wright attended, the men complained
that their children's hatred of America terrified them. Many young
people admire bin Laden, Wright was told. One man said his daughter
listens to Britney Spears, but her wall is covered with pictures
of Palestinian girl martyrs. The most unnerving aspect of Saudi
life, Wright says, was the treatment of women. "I could go
through an entire day without seeing any women. . . . Almost all
public space, from the outdoor terrace at the Italian restaurant
to the sidewalk tables at Starbucks, belonged to men."
Keith Kelly, NYPost:
Just when you'd think there's nothing much new to say
about the madness of the Middle East, The New Yorker comes up with
another winner. Its cover story delves into the two widely different
realities of Saudi Arabia. One of its writers, Lawrence Wright,
spent three months there, teaching young Saudi journalists at the
Saudi Gazette, and instead learned how schizophrenic the country
truly is. For example: Despite laws banning satellite TV, the Saudis
are the region's biggest consumers of the medium, and bankroll plenty
of satellite ventures themselves. Some 90 percent of the country's
banking is interest-based - a forbidden practice - and the religious
police who lurk everywhere reportedly blocked rescuers from entering
a blazing girls-school fire to save 15 students trapped inside.
Robert
S. Boynton, Chronicle of Higher Education:
The New New Journalists range widely over the area of experience
they choose to render. Lawrence Wright's respect for the evangelical
impulse, combined with his grounding in psychology and Arabic culture,
have made him one of the most insightful commentators on the class
of convictions that have led to war and terrorism, as in his New
Yorker article from Saudi Arabia last year, "The Kingdom
of Silence."
"Author discusses al Qaeda tape"
May 23, 2003, Austin
American-Statesman
Interview with Sharyn Wizda
Vane of the Statesman.
"The Next War"
November 18, 2002, The
New Yorker On-Line
On September 28, 2002, Richard Holbrooke, the former United
States Ambassador to the United Nations, moderated a discussion
on the possibilities of war after September 11th with the New Yorker
writers Jeffrey Goldberg, Isabel Hilton, and Lawrence Wright, and
Leslie Gelb, who is the president of the Council on Foreign Relations.
The panel was part of the New Yorker Festival; here are some excerpts
from the conversation.
"The Man Behind Bin Laden"
September 16, 2002, The
New Yorker
A profile of Dr. Ayman al-Zawahiri, Bin Laden's supposed right-hand
man, and perhaps the "brains" behind Al Qaeda.
Related interviews:
C-SPAN (9/18/2002) [Real
Audio]
"The Second Man"
September 16, 2002, The New Yorker On-Line
A Q&A with Lawrence Wright about Zawahiri's background,
his path toward terrorism, and the future of Islamic extremism.
The San Francisco Chronicle:
Remnick now dabbles in what he calls the "heresy of
enormous ambition." By that he means stories like the one Lawrence
Wright wrote for the September 16 issue, "The Man Behind Bin
Laden." "People convince themselves no one will read 20,000
words on Ayman al-Zawahiri," Remnick said. "It's not short,
there are no movies coming out about it, and yet you do it and you
hear about nothing else for weeks."
The Washington Times:
"The Man Behind Bin Laden" tells in elaborate and convincing
detail the turns and travels of both al-Zawahiri and bin Laden,
ever in quest of more violent means against the West.
"Lives of the Saints"
January 21, 2002, The
New Yorker
A look at the religion, lives and culture of Mormons.
"The Counter-Terrorist"
January 14, 2002, The
New Yorker
A profile of one victim in the World Trade Center on 9/11, John
O'Neill, whose prior experience in the FBI had made him all too
wary of the possibility of such a terrorist attack.
The Dallas Morning News:
Don't miss Austin author/screenwriter Lawrence Wright's spellbinding
story, 'The Counter-Terrorist.' It's all about John O'Neill, an
FBI agent with a longtime obsession-the growing threat of al-Qaeda.
"Letter from Jerusalem: Forcing
the End"
July 20, 1998, The
New Yorker
In a city of utter contradiction and strife, what could a cattle
rancher in Mississippi possibly do?
"One Drop of Blood"
July 24, 1994, The
New Yorker
A look at the question, "what is race?" through the
lens of the census.
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