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Gerald Posner
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Gerald Posner is The Daily Beast's Chief Investigative Reporter. He's the award-winning author of 10 investigative nonfiction bestsellers, ranging from political assassinations, to Nazi war criminals, to 9/11, to terrorism. His latest book, Miami Babylon: Crime, Wealth and Power—A Dispatch from the Beach, was published in October. He lives in Miami Beach with his wife, the author Trisha Posner. Chief investigative reporter at The Daily Beast and author of Miami Babylon |
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 The Amnesty International report is spot on. The Saudis, who used to pay extortion money to al Qaeda in order to avoid the terror threat, now have institutionalized one of the most brutal justice systems under the guise of counterterrorism. Hardcore Islamists earn their freedom through a suspect rehab program while political dissidents to the royal family earn years of harsh prison life without charges. The Western silence about the Saudi human-rights abuses is a shameful but not surprising sellout for oil. |
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