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WSJ op-ed writer Elizabeth O’Bagy fired for resume lie
Politico ^

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. . . .

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To: Hoodat

Unreal.


141 posted on 09/11/2013 7:36:18 PM PDT by fatima (Free Hugs Today :))
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To: lentulusgracchus

Bruce Lindsey is the one who knows where all the bodies are buried. Within hours of Clinton’s team losing an appeal before the Supreme Court (9-0) which paved the way for Lindsey to appear under oath before the court, Clinton settled the Jones civil case for $850,000. Clinton was willing to pay out that sum of money just so Lindsey would never had to testify.


142 posted on 09/11/2013 7:37:21 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: VerySadAmerican

McCain is a collaborator.


143 posted on 09/11/2013 7:37:46 PM PDT by Hoodat (BENGHAZI - 4 KILLED, 2 MIA)
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To: thouworm
Listed as Elizabeth (Bailey) O’Bagy

married? couldn’t find anything

https://www.facebook.com/bailey.obagy
some Baileys, but no O’Bagys

That Facebook page labeled Baily O'Bagy certainly appears to be hers. So, "Baily" must be a nick or something.

More about her alleged "resume lie" can be found on the Right Planet blog. It seems that, in the light of what was on the ISW site in June, Politico questioned ISW founder Kimberly Kagan further as to the timing:

When asked further about the timing of O’Bagy’s academic claim, Kagan told POLITICO that O’Bagy “misrepresented to me in May that she had successfully defended her dissertation.” Kagan said she then started to call her Dr. O’Bagy, but that the website change only came later this summer when ISW did a broad staff update.

“I began calling her Dr. O’Bagy at that time in internal official communications,” she said. “ISW updates staff bios in intervals. We had a batch of staff changes in June and July, and I expect that we changed it around that time. ISW therefore presented Elizabeth as Dr. O’Bagy on the website quite a bit later than in our internal documents. I have confidence that the public change transpired in accordance with records at internet archival sites.”

Georgetown University’s office of communications, meanwhile, said in a statement that “Georgetown University confirms that Elizabeth O’Bagy received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 2009 and a Master of Arts degree in 2013. At this time she is not a registered student.”

According to Kagan, O’Bagy in May led her to believe she had successfully defended her dissertation when she had actually failed her defense.


144 posted on 09/11/2013 8:31:04 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: ken5050
I've heard a lot of Irish names, but nary an O'Bagy..

According to her Facebook page, she is from Utah, a 2005 graduate of Olympus High School in Holladay. O'Bagy is a quite unusual name.

145 posted on 09/11/2013 8:42:54 PM PDT by cynwoody
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To: PowderMonkey

Man, what is wrong with Lurches face? It looks plastic like Max Headroom. Every time I see a picture of him, it creeps my out more and more.


146 posted on 09/11/2013 9:00:15 PM PDT by esoxmagnum (The rats have been trained to pull the D voting lever to get their little food pellet)
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To: LucyT

He looks more like LURCH every day.Almost has a Boris Karloff stare does he not?


147 posted on 09/11/2013 9:37:32 PM PDT by HANG THE EXPENSE (Life's tough.It's tougher when you're stupid.)
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To: hoosiermama

The State Department.


148 posted on 09/12/2013 4:14:23 AM PDT by VA40
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To: Atlantan
"This may be deeper than you think. O’bagy was working for Syrian Emergency Task Force headed by Mouaz Moustafa."

She claims that she never denied she worked for them. So the question becomes is she lying or did the Wall Street Journal know this and not let it's readers know the affiliations of it's op ed writers. The WSJ's only motivations could be that they don't care and want to influence the public to go to war in Syria. Perhaps William Hearst has been resurrected and is currently running the WSJ.
149 posted on 09/12/2013 5:33:52 AM PDT by Old Teufel Hunden
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To: Hoodat
Look at the bright side, Elizabeth. You're still "PHD enough" to run for President as a DemocRAT.

Be forewarned, though. You're likely to run into some stiff opposition from Anthony Wiener and Elliot Spitzer.

150 posted on 09/12/2013 6:28:45 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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To: ken5050

Thank you for the info. Talk radio believed she was the same one. Hm.


151 posted on 09/12/2013 6:58:25 AM PDT by Arthur Wildfire! March (George Washington: [Government] is a dangerous servant and a terrible master.)
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To: Arthur Wildfire! March

My FRiend..I was attempting to make a joke...


152 posted on 09/12/2013 7:59:58 AM PDT by ken5050 (According to Dick Lugar, I'm a "random outlier." Woo Hoo!!!!)
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To: tennmountainman

“I am sure Obama has a job for her in his administration.”

Surprised no one has mentioned CLINTON yet! (Either one, really/s;)


153 posted on 09/12/2013 9:24:37 AM PDT by Frank_2001
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To: Hoodat

The real reason that O’bagy got fired was due to her conflict of interest with the Syrian Emergency Group, which is an advocacy group for the extremists in Syria.

Her employer knew that she had not completed her PhD.


154 posted on 09/12/2013 9:36:45 AM PDT by Thunder90 (All posts soley represent my own opinion.)
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To: Paine in the Neck

Hey, it worked for Sandra Fluke!


155 posted on 09/12/2013 9:36:51 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: MIchaelTArchangel

Plenty of places would require a certified transcript be sent from your university’s registrar’s office.


156 posted on 09/12/2013 9:40:02 AM PDT by FreedomPoster (Islam delenda est)
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To: RetroSexual
It really doesn't seem to take much to be called an "expert" these days.

Even more damning than O'Bagy's lies about her credentials is the fact that she posed as an objective scholar studying the conflict in Syria, when in fact she was in bed with the rebels and their propaganda moutpieces from the get-go.

157 posted on 09/12/2013 9:46:07 AM PDT by ek_hornbeck
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To: PowderMonkey

Returning back to what I’ve said, we need positive reinforcement in this war we’re fighting. When soldiers go into battle, they’re not told “we’re so screwed.” They’re told to get their butts out there and fight. This is the point I want to make. Let’s save the solution subject for another time.


158 posted on 09/12/2013 11:10:41 PM PDT by itssme
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