Posted on 09/11/2013 10:37:42 AM PDT by Hoodat
The Syria researcher whose Wall Street Journal op-piece was cited by Secretary of State John Kerry and Sen. John McCain during congressional hearings about the use of force has been fired from the Institute for the Study of War for lying about having a Ph.D., the group announced on Wednesday.
“The Institute for the Study of War has learned and confirmed that, contrary to her representations, Ms. Elizabeth O’Bagy does not in fact have a Ph.D. degree from Georgetown University,” the institute said in a statement. “ISW has accordingly terminated Ms. O’Bagy’s employment, effective immediately.”
O’Bagy told POLITICO’s Kate Brannen in an interview Monday that she had submitted and defended her dissertation and was waiting for Georgetown University to confer her degree.
O’Bagy’s Aug. 30 op-ed piece for the Journal, “On the Front Lines of Syria’s Civil War,” was cited by both Kerry and McCain last week. McCain read from the piece last Tuesday to Kerry, calling it “an important op-ed by Dr. Elizabeth O’Bagy.” The next day, Kerry also brought up the piece before a House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing and described it as a “very interesting article” and recommended that members read it. . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at politico.com ...
It’s only half the story, O’bagy was McCain’s travel agent for his trip to Syria. You remember the photo McCain with the rebels/kidnappers etc.
Anyway McCain arrived at meeting with black bag and gave it to the “rebel” leader. I doubt McCain was dropping off laundry, most likely money.
The rest of the story:
http://shoebat.com/2013/09/10/was-mccain-involved-in-syrian-bag-exchange/
On Friday, **May 17, 2013,** CCAS congratulated 20 students on their graduation from the Master of Arts in Arab Studies program with an after-ceremony reception.
http://ccas.georgetown.edu/story/1242708341083.html
Listed as Elizabeth (Bailey) O’Bagy
married? couldn’t find anything
https://www.facebook.com/bailey.obagy
some Baileys, but no O’Bagys
Who funds Syrian rebel advocate O’Bagy and the Syrian Emergency Task Force? You do http://t.co/xgLCnwkKIa
Very interesting thread. Thanks to all posters, linkers, researchers, educators. BTTT!
Think tank knew about #Syria analyst Elizabeth O’Bagy’s fake PhD long before firing her.
http://t.co/Q7yCDjKBxB
I think she's from the Fukawi tribe...
Actually she hangs around with Asifat al-Shamal (rebel leader) they control the border crossing at Bab Salama.
Asifat al-Shamal is the person McCain gave bag of money to.
If not an outright liability.
Correct, liability. She is currently being scrubbed from rebel support sites as I post this.
As if this was her first lie.
McCain, Obagy, terrorist and the money bag exchange.
The money bag exchange in Syria
http://t.co/KaQSf8nTMn
So she's become a non-person? Sux to be her...
After being scrubbed, she would be a clean non-person.
This is TOO rich! She’s a fake. Quoted by McCain and many other old fools.
“This is the evidence that John Kerry cited as ‘proof’ that Assad was behind the gas attack.”
The Politico headline is designed to make it appear O’Bagy is a Wall Street Journal writer rather than the employee of a Leftist think tank that has influenced the policies of the “Smartest Person in the Room”—Barack Obama.
I've heard a lot of Irish names, but nary an O'Bagy..
That's because O'Bama was already taken. This was as close as she could get.
We are through the looking glass.
Makes a great deal of sense, thanks for the ping, pointing it out!
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