Gabriel Schoenfeld

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Gabriel Schoenfeld
Born1955 (age 6667)
Education Sarah Lawrence College (BA)
Harvard University (MA, PhD)
Political party Republican
Website Official website

Gabriel Schoenfeld (born 1955) is an American author, editor, political advisor and commentator.

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Early life and education

Schoenfeld earned a PhD from Harvard University's Department of Government in 1989; his dissertation was titled "Uses of the Past: Bolshevism and the French Revolutionary Tradition." [1] [ non-primary source needed ]

Career

Schoenfeld is a senior fellow at the Niskanen Center and a contributing editor at the American Purpose.[ citation needed ] W.W. Norton published his second book, Necessary Secrets: National Security, the Media, and the Rule of Law, in May 2010. [2] [ non-primary source needed ] His third book, A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign: An Insider's Account was published by Penguin in May 2013. [3]

In the March 2006 issue of Commentary, Schoenfeld called for the government to consider prosecution of a number of reporters and editors at The New York Times under the espionage statutes after it broke the story of the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance of people within the United States. [4] In June of that year he testified before Congress on the responsibilities of the press in wartime. [5] [ non-primary source needed ]

From 2011 through December 2012, he was a Senior Adviser to the Mitt Romney for President campaign. [6]

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References

  1. Schoenfeld, Gabriel (1989). Uses of the past: Bolshevism and the French revolutionary tradition (Thesis). OCLC   23873549.
  2. http://www.gabrielschoenfeld.com
  3. "BOOK REVIEW: 'A Bad Day on the Romney Campaign'". The Washington Times. Retrieved 2019-05-27.
  4. Gabriel Schoenfeld, "Has the 'New York Times' Violated the Espionage Act?", Commentary, March 2006.
  5. Statement of Gabriel Schoenfeld before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
  6. Gabriel Schoenfeld, working for Romney, Politico , November 17, 2011