Jack Anderson

Jack Anderson (Jackson Northman Anderson), (born October 19, 1922, Long Beach, California), is a former United States newspaper columnist, and is considered one of the fathers of investigative reporting. Anderson won a 1972 Pulitzer Prize for his reporting on secret relations between the US and Pakistan.

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October 19 - 1922 - Long Beach, California - United States - Investigative reporting - 1972 - Pulitzer Prize - Pakistan

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Anderson was a key, and often controversial, figure in reporting on J. Edgar Hoover's apparent ties to the Mafia, the Watergate scandal, the Kennedy assassination, the search for Nazis in South America, and the Savings and Loan scandal. Anderson even discovered a CIA plot to kill Fidel Castro. Anderson has also been credited for breaking the Iran arms for hostages scandal, though he has said the scoop was spiked because he had become too close to President Ronald Reagan. Anderson was a crusader against corruption, dedicated to exposing fraud, waste and abuse. At the age of 81, in July, 2004, Anderson retired from his nationally syndicated column, the 'Washington Merry-Go-Round'.

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J. Edgar Hoover's - Mafia - Watergate - Kennedy assassination - Nazis - Savings and Loan scandal - Fidel Castro - Iran - Arms for hostages scandal - Ronald Reagan - Corruption - Fraud - 2004

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