Susan Lindauer
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Susan Lindauer (born 17th July 1963), of Takoma Park, Maryland, is an American journalist accused of spying for Iraq.
She was accused of conspiring to act as a spy for the Iraqi Intelligence Service and engaging in prohibited financial transactions involving the government of Iraq under Saddam Hussein. The prosecution claims that she accepted $10,000 for the work.
Employment
Lindauer worked at Fortune, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, and U.S. News & World Report before beginning a career as a political publicist. She then worked for Representative Peter DeFazio, D-Oregon (1993) and then Representative Ron Wyden, D-Oregon (1994) before joining the office of Senator Carol Moseley Braun, D-Illinois, where she worked as a press secretary for 9 months.
From March to May 2002, she worked for Representative Zoe Lofgren, D-California.
Lindauer faces up to 10 years in prison on the most serious charge and five years on the lesser charge if convicted.
Quotes
I'm an anti-war activist and I'm innocent...I did more to stop terrorism in this country than anybody else. I have done good things for this country. I worked to get weapons inspectors back to Iraq when everyone else said it was impossible. I'm very proud and I'll stand by my achievements. Statement to media March, 2004
I am deeply proud of my expertise on international conflict resolution, and my regrettably extraordinary gift for counterterrorism ... I have identified a dozen bombings before they happened with a high degree of accuracy and a number of assassination attempts on world leaders. Letter addressed to President-elect Bush on Dec. 22, 2000.
External links
- Ex-Aide in Congress Charged As Iraq Spy (http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-iraq-spy-case,0,4648941.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines)
- U.S. woman charged with spying for Iraq (http://edition.cnn.com/2004/LAW/03/11/iraq.spy.case.ap/index.html) from CNN
- "Woman Accused Of Spying For Saddam (http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/0311041lind1.html)". The Smoking Gun.
- Susan Lindauer's Mission to Baghdad - New York Times August 29, 2004 (http://www.nytimes.com/2004/08/29/magazine/29LINDHAUER.html?ei=5006&en=764f729c6262d7b5&ex=1094702400&partner=ALTAVISTA1&pagewanted=all&position=)