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Dana Louise Priest (born May 23, 1957) is an American journalist, writer and teacher. She has worked for nearly 30 years for ''The Washington Post'' and became the third John S. and James L. Knight Chair in Public Affairs Journalism at the University of Maryland's Philip Merrill College of Journalism in 2014. Before becoming a full-time investigative reporter at the Post, Priest specialized in intelligence reporting and wrote many articles on the U.S. "War on terror" and was the newspaper's Pentagon correspondent. In 2006 she won the Pulitzer Prize for Beat Reporting citing "her persistent, painstaking reports on secret "black site" prisons and other controversial features of the government's counter-terrorism campaign."〔("The 2006 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Beat Reporting" ). The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-19. With short biography and reprints of nine works (''Post'' articles January 2 to December 30, 2005).〕 In 2008 ''The Washington Post'' won the annual Pulitzer Prize for Public Service, citing the work of reporters Priest and Anne Hull and photographer Michel du Cille "exposing mistreatment of wounded veterans at Walter Reed Hospital, evoking a national outcry and producing reforms by federal officials."〔("The 2008 Pulitzer Prize Winners: Public Service" ). The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2013-11-13. With short biographies, reprints of ten 2007 articles, and gallery of 2007 photographs.〕 In February 2006, Priest was awarded the George Polk Award for National Reporting for her November 2005 article on secret CIA detention facilities in foreign countries.〔(George Polk Awards for Journalism press release )〕 Priest also revealed the existence of the Counterterrorist Intelligence Centers (CTIC) in a November 17, 2005, front page article, which are counter-terrorist operations centers run jointly by the CIA and foreign intelligence services.〔("Foreign Network at Front of CIA's Terror Fight" ). ''The Washington Post''. November 17, 2005.〕 The Alliance Base in Paris, involving the DGSE and other foreign intelligence agencies, is one of the most important CTIC. == "Black sites" == Titled "CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons", the article, published by ''The Washington Post'' above the fold on November 2, 2005, asserts the existence of clandestine, extraterritorial, CIA interrogation sites.〔("CIA Holds Terror Suspects in Secret Prisons" ). ''The Washington Post''. November 2, 2005.〕 This article triggered a worldwide debate on these "black sites." The article updated one-year-old revelations by Priest and investigative reporter Joe Stephens. Priest's article states that in addition to the 750 Guantanamo Bay detainees in military custody, the CIA held approximately 30 senior members of the al Qaeda and Taliban leadership and approximately 100 foot soldiers in their own facilities around the world. She wrote that several former Soviet Bloc countries had allowed the CIA to run interrogation facilities on their territory. On April 21, 2006, ''The New York Times'' claimed that a European Union investigation, under the direction of the Swiss senator Dick Marty, has not proved the existence of secret CIA prisons in Europe.〔(No Proof of Secret C.I.A. Prisons, European Antiterror Chief Says ), ''The New York Times,'' April 21, 2006〕 But, Dick Marty's report, published in June 2006, showed that 14 European countries had participated in the CIA's extraordinary renditions, using various airports and military bases (i.e. Ramstein Air Base in Germany, Lajes Field in the Azores, etc.).〔("Secret CIA jail claims rejected" ). BBC. June 7, 2006.〕 US President George W. Bush later acknowledged the existence of secret prisons operated by the CIA during a speech on September 6, 2006. Priest said that President Bush, former vice president Cheney and other National Security Council members personally tried to persuade the ''Post'' not to publish the story in a White House meeting, but that executive editor Leonard Downie made the decision to proceed. In an interview, Priest confirmed that the CIA had referred her story to the Justice Department, and that various Congressmembers have called for an inquiry, to determine whether she or her sources had broken any laws.〔("Interview: Dana Priest on secret gulags, CIA and war" ). ''Pulse of the Twin Cities''. December 1, 2005.〕 The ''Post'' reported on April 21, 2006, that a CIA employee, Mary O. McCarthy, was fired for allegedly leaking classified information to Priest and other journalists. The allegation has been disputed by McCarthy and by the ''Post''.〔("Dismissed CIA Officer Denies Leak Role: Official Says Agency Is Not Asserting She Told of Secret Prisons" ). ''The Washington Post''. April 25, 2006.〕 In an extended interview with ''Frontline'', Priest responded to criticism that her ''Post'' reporting could have damaged national security by saying, "There's no floodgate of information out there in the realm of intelligence; there just isn't. That defies looking at the newspapers every day. People who say that, they're just taking the word of the government. I think we did do a very responsible job at what we did. We tried to figure out a way to get as much as information to the public as we could without damaging national security."Replying to a follow-up question about the possibility of damaging U.S. interests by publicizing or alluding to various intelligence capabilities, sources and methods, Priest said, "Does that make sense to you? Letting the bad guys know that we can eavesdrop on them, they don't know that? I think one of the revealing facts about the NSA () case, if you take the government on the face value, is the extent to which they are underestimating the enemy, which is not a good thing if you want to defeat the enemy." 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「Dana Priest」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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