Was Elizabeth O'Bagy even a PhD candidate?

Sept. 11, 2013 | Matthew Vadum

[vadum]

Elizabeth O'Bagy, whose WSJ column was relied on by John Kerry and John McCain to justify Obama's proposed Syria intervention was fired from her job for falsely claiming to hold a Ph.D. degree.

Was she even enrolled as a Ph.D. candidate somewhere? It is unclear.

A web page for Georgetown's Center for Contemporary Arab Studies indicates that "Elizabeth (Bailey) O'Bagy" graduated with an Master of Arts in Arab Studies.

She is fifth from the bottom of the list at http://ccas.georgetown.edu/story/1242708341083.html.

Was she even a doctoral candidate? Dunno.

[thoughtomator 2.0]

My concern is that "Elizabeth O'Bagy" didn't seem to exist before the Syria advocacy. As in no background whatsoever, less documentation than Obama himself. Where are the traces of online activity that accompany every other 26-year-old in America (and beyond)? How can any student go to a top college without leaving a digital trace? And how does this person with zero job experience end up as a "senior" researcher, get to author Washington Post articles, and get the ear of the Secretary of State and one of the most powerful Senators?

I don't think that's her real identity. Who is she really, and who does she really work for? Everything about her screams "covert ops". But whose operative is she?

[CMB_polarization]

Let’s work on it.

[CMB_polarization]

Her maiden name appears to be Bailey:

Elizabeth (Bailey) O'Bagy

http://ccas.georgetown.edu/story/1242708341083.html

[thoughtomator 2.0]

I’m searching for anything on the maiden name, but all the people who come up are definitely not she. Still lacking any pre-2012 verification of her identity.

[JoeFromSidney]

Still lacking any pre-2012 verification of her identity.

Or even her existence?

[thoughtomator 2.0]

Correct. Can’t find any mention of a husband, either. You’d think he’d be at least mentioned somewhere in one of her bios, but there is no reference. Every person I find who is connected to her is past or present part of the national security apparatus.

I’m getting more and more confident in saying that Elizabeth O’Bagy is a fake identity. Many of her connections trace to high level State Department people, so my best guess at the moment is that she is CIA.