Russ Baker (born 1958[1]) is an American author and investigative journalist. Baker is the editor-in-chief and founder of the nonprofit news website WhoWhatWhy. Earlier in his career he wrote for a variety of publications, including The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Esquire, Vanity Fair, The Christian Science Monitor, The Nation, The Guardian, Wired, and The Village Voice.[2][3][4]
Baker is the author of the nearly 600 page 2008 investigative history book Family of Secrets that alleges that a young future president George H.W. Bush served secretly in the CIA in the 1950s and 1960s and investigates his network and activities in Dallas at the time of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy and later in Washington during the Watergate scandal.[3][5][6]
- ^ Library of Congress (December 5, 2023). Family of secrets : the Bush dynasty, the powerful forces that put it ... Library of Congress. ISBN 9781596915572. LCCN 2008037433. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
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- ^ "WhoWhatWhy". Business Insider. November 21, 2012. Retrieved November 22, 2016.
- ^ "Family of Secrets", review by Lev Grossman, Time Magazine, December 17, 2008.
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