Annie Jacobsen
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Annie Jacobsen is an American journalist who writes about business, finance and terrorism for a variety of national and international magazines and webzines and, in particular the Los Angeles Times Magazine
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In 2004, Jacobsen wrote an article about suspicious-looking passengers she saw on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles that summer. In May 2007, the Department of Homeland Security released a report about the flight, which, according to The Washington Times
, concluded that twelve Syrians, traveling as a musical group, and one Lebanese, their promoter, were on the flight. The men were reported to have been traveling on expired visas, and eight had "'positive hits' for past criminal records or suspicious behavior."
Jacobsen's account of the incident was subsequently criticized by blogger and former airline pilot Patrick Smith as being "a story about nothing." Contradicting the governmental report, the website Snopes labeled Jacobsen's account as "false".
Her 2011 book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
, about the secret U.S. military base
, addresses the Roswell UFO incident. The book was sharply criticized for extensive errors in an essay by a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists
and a senior fellow at the National Security Archive
.
Los Angeles Times Magazine
The Los Angeles Times Magazine is a monthly magazine which supplements the Sunday edition of the Los Angeles Times newspaper on the first Sunday of the month...
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In 2004, Jacobsen wrote an article about suspicious-looking passengers she saw on a flight from Detroit to Los Angeles that summer. In May 2007, the Department of Homeland Security released a report about the flight, which, according to The Washington Times
The Washington Times
The Washington Times is a daily broadsheet newspaper published in Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States. It was founded in 1982 by Unification Church founder Sun Myung Moon, and until 2010 was owned by News World Communications, an international media conglomerate associated with the...
, concluded that twelve Syrians, traveling as a musical group, and one Lebanese, their promoter, were on the flight. The men were reported to have been traveling on expired visas, and eight had "'positive hits' for past criminal records or suspicious behavior."
Jacobsen's account of the incident was subsequently criticized by blogger and former airline pilot Patrick Smith as being "a story about nothing." Contradicting the governmental report, the website Snopes labeled Jacobsen's account as "false".
Her 2011 book, Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base
Area 51: An Uncensored History of America's Top Secret Military Base is a book by American journalist Annie Jacobsen about the secret United States military base Area 51....
, about the secret U.S. military base
Area 51
Area 51 is a military base, and a remote detachment of Edwards Air Force Base. It is located in the southern portion of Nevada in the western United States, 83 miles north-northwest of downtown Las Vegas. Situated at its center, on the southern shore of Groom Lake, is a large military airfield...
, addresses the Roswell UFO incident. The book was sharply criticized for extensive errors in an essay by a senior fellow at the Federation of American Scientists
Federation of American Scientists
The Federation of American Scientists is a nonpartisan, 501 organization intent on using science and scientific analysis to attempt make the world more secure. FAS was founded in 1945 by scientists who worked on the Manhattan Project to develop the first atomic bombs...
and a senior fellow at the National Security Archive
National Security Archive
The National Security Archive is a 501 non-governmental, non-profit research and archival institution located in the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.. Founded in 1985 by Scott Armstrong, it archives and publishes declassified U.S. government files concerning selected topics of US...
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