Aram Roston

Aram Roston is the winner of the 2010 Daniel Pearl Award for Outstanding International Investigative Reporting. He is the author of The Man Who Pushed America to War: The Extraordinary Life, Adventures, and Obsessions of Ahmad Chalabi (Nation Books 2008). He's covered crime, corruption, conflicts, politics and national security for more than seventeen years. He has worked as a CNN correspondent, an NBC News investigative producer and a NY city police reporter, and he's written for The Nation, Playboy, GQ and other magazines and newspapers.

How Bloomberg Does Business

How Bloomberg Does Business How Bloomberg Does Business

The mayor's company created a “coalition” to promote its interests in the Comcast-NBC merger, proving itself an agile peddler of influence in Washington.

Feb 10, 2011 / Feature / Aram Roston

After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud

After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud After David Rohde’s Escape, a Taliban Feud

Pakistan's ISI served as an arbiter in the Taliban dispute over the New York Times reporter's kidnapping.

Nov 17, 2010 / Feature / Aram Roston

GAO: Iraq’s Government, Requesting Billions, Has Billions in Surplus

GAO: Iraq’s Government, Requesting Billions, Has Billions in Surplus GAO: Iraq’s Government, Requesting Billions, Has Billions in Surplus

A GAO report suggests that Iraq is not broke. Instead, Iraq’s rulers have been sitting on a vast pile of cash while begging for billions of dollars from the US and the i...

Sep 10, 2010 / Aram Roston

The Televangelist and the Warlord The Televangelist and the Warlord

Why did American televangelist Pat Robertson make a mining deal with accused war criminal and deposed Liberian President Charles Taylor?

Aug 11, 2010 / Aram Roston

US Funds the Taliban, II

US Funds the Taliban, II US Funds the Taliban, II

A Congressional investigation confirms what The Nation reported: US taxpayer funds are paying off Afghan warlords.

Jun 24, 2010 / Aram Roston

Afghan dust

Congressional Investigation Confirms: US Military Funds Afghan Warlords Congressional Investigation Confirms: US Military Funds Afghan Warlords

Security for key US military supply routes in Afghanistan is in the hands of a small group of powerful Afghan warlords who may be paying off the Taliban, finds a Congressional repo...

Jun 21, 2010 / Aram Roston

Fueling the Afghan War

Fueling the Afghan War Fueling the Afghan War

The effort to keep fuel flowing for the American military has led to questionable alliances in Kyrgyzstan and allegations of corruption entangling the US government.

Apr 22, 2010 / Feature / Aram Roston

Banking on Chalabi Banking on Chalabi

 What is the secret to Ahmad Chalabi's success in Iraq? Some say it lies in his close family ties to the country's leading banks.

Apr 16, 2010 / Aram Roston

Afghan Lobby Scam Afghan Lobby Scam

Has a major military contractor in Afghanistan created an Astroturf organization to promote long-term US engagement?

Dec 22, 2009 / Aram Roston

How the US Funds the Taliban

How the US Funds the Taliban How the US Funds the Taliban

With Pentagon cash, contractors bribe insurgents not to attack supply lines for US troops

Nov 11, 2009 / Feature / Aram Roston

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