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Alexis Debat (born 1977)〔Nicolas Bourcier et Corine Lesnes, (L'« affaire Debat », un bluff américain ), ''Le Monde'', September 22, 2007 〕 is a French commentator on terrorism and national security issues, formerly based in Washington D.C., USA. He worked as a reporter, consultant, and source for ABC News for six years, as a senior fellow at the Nixon Center, and was a contributing editor to ''The National Interest''.〔Howard Kurtz, (Consultant Probed in Bogus Interview ), ''The Washington Post'', September 13, 2007 〕 According to ''Mother Jones'', he was the Director of the Terrorism and National Security Program at the Nixon Center.〔Laura Rozen, (Subject to Debat: Did ABC Know About Its Expert's Sourcing Problem? ), ''Mother Jones'', September 14, 2007 〕 He was also part of the Consulting Committee of the French magazine ''Politique Internationale'', headed by Patrick Wajsman,〔According to (''Politique Internationale'' However, he resigned from ABC News in June 2007, after some ABC officials raised questions about his credentials.〔 ==Background== An in-depth inquiry into his work as a consultant cleared his reporting, according to ABC News President David Westin. That investigation found no instances of false reporting, ABC said, but did uncover four details about operations and meetings in Pakistan that could not be confirmed. "None of these discrepancies would rise to the level of a formal, on-air retraction because none of them was material to the substance of our report," Mr. Westin wrote in an internal memo〔 〕〔 〕 ABC has however deleted articles by Alexis Debat, replaced by the notice "This story has been removed from our Web site because of questions raised about the credibility of one of its authors, Alexis Debat."〔(abcnews.go.com )〕 Kerry Smith, ABC's senior vice president for editorial quality, who headed up the inquiry, described the process as "particularly sensitive" because it involved re-reporting on confidential sources, belonging not just to Mr. Debat but to other, current ABC reporters—reflecting the collective nature of investigative work. At one point, Ms. Smith sent a three-person team, which included an Urdu speaker and producer Rhonda Schwartz, to Pakistan to determine whether Mr. Debat went to the hotels he said he did, and to confirm that he met with the people he said he met with.〔Felix Gillette, (Debat Debate ), ''The New York Observer'', October 30, 2007 〕 In an interview with ''The New York Observer'' in 2007, Debat said he felt cautiously pleased for himself and for his former colleagues by the results of the inquiry. "I'm very happy that their collective reputation is salvaged," said Mr. Debat.〔 In September 2007, the French news media ''Rue 89'' alleged that two interviews, one of Barack Obama and the other of former US Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, both published in the French magazine ''Politique Internationale'', had been fabricated.〔Pascal Riché, (Une fausse interview d'Obama dans Politique Internationale ) / (A fake interview with Barack Obama in a French well-regarded review ) , ''Rue 89'', September 5, 2007〕〔Pascal Riché, (Après la fausse interview d'Obama, celle de Greenspan ), ''Rue 89'', September 13, 2007 〕〔Brian Ross and Justin Rood (Obama Claims Interview in French Magazine Faked ), ABC News, September 12, 2007 〕 These allegations in turn led to Debat's voluntary resignation, allegedly for "personal reasons",〔 from ''The National Interest'' and the Nixon Center. Many other personalities also since stated that ''Politique Internationale'' published bogus interviews of them. The list included former US President Bill Clinton, US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, former US Secretary of State Colin Powell, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Microsoft founder Bill Gates, and former U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.〔Brian Ross: (Clinton, Pelosi, Greenspan, Powell, Bloomberg, Gates, Annan Also Say Interviews 'Fakes' ), ABC News, September 13, 2007 〕 Alexis Debat has denied ''Rue 89'' Alexis Debat does not respond anymore at his phone number, and he has left the United States.〔〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Alexis Debat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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