Adam Ciralsky (born September 22, 1971) is an American journalist, television and film producer and attorney. Many of his original reports have been optioned and adapted for film and television through his production company P3 Media.
In 2018, Ciralsky's P3 Media signed a first-look deal with ABC Studios for scripted content.
In 2021, the company re-upped the deal. In September 2023, according to Variety, P3 Media received a seven-figure investment from Ready Entertainment,
a company led by Martin Luther King Jr.’s daughter,
Bernice A. King, and Ashley Bell. As part of the deal, Ready Entertainment and all existing and upcoming TV and film projects will be integrated into P3 Media.
Ciralsky has won many of journalism's highest honors including three
Emmys
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,
a
Peabody Award
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for Significant & Meritorious Achievement in Broadcasting & Cable,
a
Polk Award
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for Outstanding Television Reporting,
an
Alfred I. duPont–Columbia University Award
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for Breaking News and Sustained Coverage, and a Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism and a Barone Award for Excellence in National Affairs/Public Policy Journalism.
He is currently a contributing editor for ''
Vanity Fair'' and has produced investigative stories and high-profile interviews for
ABC News
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,
CBS News
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' ''
60 Minutes
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,''
NBC News
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, and''
Vice
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'' on
HBO
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.
Before embarking on a career in journalism, Ciralsky worked for the
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
(CIA)
and the
Office of the Secretary of Defense
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(OSD).
Early life and education
Ciralsky grew up in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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, and attended
University School of Milwaukee
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before attending
George Washington University
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, established =
, type = Private federally chartered research university
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, endowment = $2.8 billion (2022)
, preside ...
's
Elliott School of International Affairs
The Elliott School of International Affairs (known as the Elliott School or ESIA) is the professional school of international relations, foreign policy, and international development of the George Washington University, in Washington, D.C. It i ...
in
Washington, D.C.
)
, image_skyline =
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, from which he graduated ''
magna cum laude
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'' with a B.A. in International Affairs. His work on weapons proliferation issues landed him a research scholarship in Arms Control, Disarmament and International Security at the
University of Illinois
The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Illinois in the twin cities of Champaign and Urbana. It is the flagship institution of the University ...
where, in 1996, he received his Juris Doctor (J.D.).
Career
As a student at
George Washington University
, mottoeng = "God is Our Trust"
, established =
, type = Private federally chartered research university
, academic_affiliations =
, endowment = $2.8 billion (2022)
, preside ...
, Ciralsky began work in the Pentagon's Office of Non-Proliferation Policy where, among other things, he served as a representative to interagency working group on the
United Nations Special Commission on Iraq
United Nations Special Commission (UNSCOM) was an inspection regime created by the United Nations to ensure Iraq's compliance with policies concerning Iraqi production and use of weapons of mass destruction after the Gulf War. Between 1991 and 199 ...
(UNSCOM).
CIA
Described as "a wunderkind of the national security establishment" Ciralsky's work caught the attention of the
Central Intelligence Agency
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gathering, processing, ...
, which offered him a slot in its Legal Honors Program.
During his tenure at the CIA, Ciralsky handled a variety of sensitive matters involving
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...
operations and officers and was honored with an Exceptional Performance Award from Director of Central Intelligence
George Tenet
George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the P ...
.
Lawsuit
In July 1997,
Richard Clarke, then
President Clinton
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's Counter-Terrorism Czar, offered Ciralsky a rotational position at the
National Security Council
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(NSC). However, the CIA's Counterespionage Group (CEG) blocked the rotation citing concerns about Ciralsky's “Jewish roots”. Ciralsky fought the allegations and, in so doing, unearthed many documents, including, an incendiary memorandum from a top CIA official: " I'd like to know if he admits his family has actual contacts with right wing politicians like Prime Minister Netanyahu. If not contacts, then maybe his family has donated money to Israeli government causes. From my experience with rich Jewish friends from college, I would fully expect Adam’s wealthy daddy to support Israeli political or social causes in some form or other, perhaps though the United Jewish Appeal.”
While under investigation by the CEG, Ciralsky was subjected to a polygraph test which – one of the Agency's own documents suggests – was rigged: "
IA DirectorTenet says this guy is out of here because of his lack of candor…subject is scheduled for a poly…Once that's over, it looks like we'll be waving goodbye to our friend." Ciralsky subsequently passed a polygraph test administered by the former chief of the FBI polygraph lab.
Ciralsky subsequently sued the CIA for discrimination. The case prompted a CIA investigation of the CEG and led the Agency to hire the
Anti-Defamation League
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to provide "sensitivity training" to CEG employees. During the case, it was revealed that Ciralsky's CIA
polygraph
A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators such as blood pressure, pulse, respiration, and skin conductivity while a person is asked an ...
administrator referred to him as “that little Jew bastard” when speaking to a colleague. Tenet conceded that the Agency's actions were “insensitive, inappropriate and unprofessional,” and could be construed as anti-Semitic.
Ciralsky's 2010 deposition of CIA director
George Tenet
George John Tenet (born January 5, 1953) is an American intelligence official and academic who served as the Director of Central Intelligence (DCI) for the United States Central Intelligence Agency, as well as a Distinguished Professor in the P ...
is considered unprecedented.
Victoria Toensing, the former chief counsel for the
Senate Select Committee on Intelligence
The United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (sometimes referred to as the Intelligence Committee or SSCI) is dedicated to overseeing the United States Intelligence Community—the agencies and bureaus of the federal government of ...
, said that she had not heard of any such thing happening before. “Usually the agency tries to
circle the wagons
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and protect the director from ever having to provide facts,” she said, “The fact that he was privy to the gross violations that occurred here is what is significant.”
After 12 years, Ciralsky withdrew his lawsuit. He said that he was not concerned about financial compensation, but wanted merely to bring facts into the public eye and to use them to spur changes in the
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...
. He said that he was still “proud of
isservice with the CIA and” had “a deep and abiding respect for the organization and its mission.”
60 Minutes
Following his departure from the
CIA
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA ), known informally as the Agency and historically as the Company, is a civilian intelligence agency, foreign intelligence service of the federal government of the United States, officially tasked with gat ...
in December 1999, Ciralsky was hired by the CBS Newsmagazine ''
60 Minutes
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''. His first story, "Death by Denial", which dealt with the scourge of HIV/AIDS in Africa, won a
Peabody Award
The George Foster Peabody Awards (or simply Peabody Awards or the Peabodys) program, named for the American businessman and philanthropist George Peabody, honor the most powerful, enlightening, and invigorating stories in television, radio, and ...
for Significant & Meritorious Achievement in Broadcasting & Cable.
While he was at ''
60 Minutes
''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
'', Ciralsky's stories were nominated for three
Emmy Award
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s.
During that time, he also helped track down and interview the only participant in the
1993 World Trade Center bombing
The 1993 World Trade Center bombing was a terrorist attack on the World Trade Center in New York City, U.S., carried out on February 26, 1993, when a van bomb detonated below the North Tower of the complex. The urea nitrate–hydrogen gas en ...
to remain at large.
NBC News
In 2004, Ciralsky joined
NBC News
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where his work covering the
2006 Lebanon War
The 2006 Lebanon War, also called the 2006 Israel–Hezbollah War and known in Lebanon as the July War ( ar, حرب تموز, ''Ḥarb Tammūz'') and in Israel as the Second Lebanon War ( he, מלחמת לבנון השנייה, ''Milhemet Leva ...
earned him his first
Emmy
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.
His multi-part series entitled ''Trophy'', about
U.S. Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army of the United States in the U.S. Constitution.Article II, section 2, cl ...
efforts to scuttle an
Active Protection System
An active protection system is a system designed to actively prevent certain anti-tank weapons from destroying a vehicle.
Countermeasures that either conceal the vehicle from, or disrupt the guidance of an incoming guided missile threat are design ...
designed to shoot down
rocket-propelled grenades
A rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) is a shoulder-fired missile weapon that launches rockets equipped with an explosive warhead. Most RPGs can be carried by an individual soldier, and are frequently used as anti-tank weapons. These warheads are ...
(RPGs),
earned Ciralsky his second
Emmy
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as well as the
George Polk Award
The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York in the United States. A writer for Idea Lab, a group blog hosted on the website of PBS, described the award ...
for special achievement in journalism; specifically for “investigative and enterprise work that is original, requires digging and resourcefulness, and brings results.”
The ''Trophy'' series also went on to win the
Gerald Loeb Award for Distinguished Business and Financial Journalism in the Television Daily category and the Barone Award from the Radio and Television Correspondent Association (RTCA) for excellence in Washington-based reporting on national affairs and public policy.
Ciralsky followed ''Trophy'' with another multi-part series about the
U.S. Army
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's decision to ban
Dragonskin, a flexible form of body armor, and instead force soldiers to wear Army-issue body armor called
Interceptor
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Vehicles
* Interceptor aircraft (or simply "interceptor"), a type of point defense fighter aircraft designed specifically to intercept and destroy enemy aircraft
* Ford Crown Victoria Police Interceptor, a police car
* ...
.
The body armor series won Ciralsky his third
Emmy
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award.
While at
NBC News
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, Ciralsky earned an additional four Emmy nominations.
''Vanity Fair''
Ciralsky became a contributing writer at
Vanity Fair in 2009, later joining the masthead as contributing editor in 2018.
He has written numerous high-profile, long-form investigatory pieces for
Vanity Fair, including:
*
Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy” an in-depth profile of
Blackwater founder
Erik Prince
Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group ...
. (January 2010)
*
Will It Fly?, a detailed exposé of the mismanaged development of the
Joint Strike Fighter
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, also known as the
F-35 Lightning II
The Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II is an American family of single-seat, single-engine, all-weather stealth multirole combat aircraft that is intended to perform both air superiority and strike missions. It is also able to provide ele ...
. (September 2013)
*
Did Israel Avert a Hamas Massacre? on how
Israel
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i intelligence officials “may have narrowly averted their nation’s own 9/11.” (October 2014)
*
Documenting Evil: Inside Assad’s Hospitals of Horror about a military crime-scene photographer and archivist from
Syria
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who amassed and defected with photographic and archival evidence of war crimes by the
Assad
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People
Among prominent people named ''Asad'', ...
regime. (June 2015)
*
Man of Her Dreams" recounting a relationship between world-renowned surgeon
Paolo Macchiarini
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and
NBC News
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producer
Benita Alexander, which began on a professional level, became romantic, and later unearthed widespread fraudulent claims by the surgeon. (January 2016)
*
Frenemy of the State” about billionaire
Peter Thiel
Peter Andreas Thiel (; born 11 October 1967) is a German-American billionaire entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and political activist. A co-founder of PayPal, Palantir Technologies, and Founders Fund, he was the first outside investor in Fac ...
’s national security work for the
Trump Administration
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. (November 2017)
*
Harveygeddon: Inside Harvey Weinstein’s Frantic Final Days (February 2018),
which was chosen as one of the "Best Vanity Fair Stories of 2018."
*
The Y Squad” chronicling the secret history of the world's most elite and elusive counter-terror force. (November 2018)
*
How a High-Tech Dragnet Nabbed the Alleged Financier of the Rwandan Genocide—After He’d Spent 26 Years on the Lam” examining how sophisticated intelligence gathering—and the COVID-19 lockdown pause—led to indicted war criminal Félicien Kabuga’s capture in a dawn raid north of Paris. (May 2020)
P3 Media
In 2008, Ciralsky started his own production company, Physics Package Productions, which in 2008 became P3 Media.
In addition to developing original concepts for film and television, the company adapts Ciralsky's original reporting and investigative work for the screen. In 2018, Ciralsky's P3 Media signed a first-look deal with
ABC Studios
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for scripted content.
The company's first project was a primetime docu-series on
NBC
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, titled ''The Wanted''. The series was canceled because of bad ratings after two episodes domestically and six episodes internationally.
The show's premiere focused on
Mullah Krekar
Najmuddin Vahid Faraj Ahmad ( ku, نەجمەدین وەحید فەرەج ئەحمەد, July 7, 1956), better known as Mullah Krekar ( ku, مهلا کرێکار), is an Iraqi Kurdish Sunni Islamic scholar and militiant who was the founder and f ...
, an Iraqi refugee living in
Norway
Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t ...
since 1991 who is also one of the founders and early leaders of the
Ansar al-Islam
Ansar al-Islam in Kurdistan ( ku, ئەنسارولئیسلام له کوردستان),Chalk, Peter, ''Encyclopedia of Terrorism'' Volume 1, 2012, ABC-CLIO simply called Ansar al-Islam ( ku, ئەنسارولئیسلام), also nicknamed the Kurdi ...
organization, an Islamist group considered a terrorist organization by
U.N.
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authorities as well as by the
European Union
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.
In 2003, the deportation of Krekar from
Norway
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to
Iraq
Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...
was ordered, but the order was suspended due to concerns about the human rights situation in Iraq, particularly the risk that Krekar would be tortured or executed.
In November 2014, a motion picture adaptation of Ciralsky's “Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy” was announced, with Ciralsky,
Nicolas Chartier
Nicolas Chartier () is a French film producer and sales agent. In 2005, he founded Voltage Pictures, the Los Angeles-based international financing, sales and production company.
Early life
Chartier, during his time as a Disneyland Paris janit ...
, and
Craig Flores as producers. Two months later,
Stuart Beattie
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signed on to write the script.
Ciralsky's ''
Vanity Fair'' piece, "Harveygeddon: Inside Harvey Weinstein’s Frantic Final Days," was optioned in March 2018 by
Ryan Murphy and
Fox 21 Television Studios
The second incarnation of Touchstone Television (formerly known as Fox 21 Television Studios) was an American television production company that is a subsidiary of Disney Media Networks' Walt Disney Television owned by The Walt Disney Company. It ...
.
In 2019, it was announced that Ciralsky's ''Vanity Fair'' piece,
Tycoon, Contractor, Soldier, Spy" will serve as the basis for the script of the forthcoming film ''Prince of War'' about the controversial life of
Erik Prince
Erik Dean Prince (born June 6, 1969) is an American businessman, former U.S. Navy SEAL officer, and the founder of the private military company Blackwater. He served as Blackwater's CEO until 2009 and as its chairman until its sale to a group ...
, an ex-Navy SEAL and founder of the private military contracting firm
Blackwater.
The Somali Project
Ciralsky co-directed and co-executive produced the feature-length documentary film, ''The Somali Project'' (originally titled ''The Project'') along with his former ''
60 Minutes
''60 Minutes'' is an American television news magazine broadcast on the CBS television network. Debuting in 1968, the program was created by Don Hewitt and Bill Leonard, who chose to set it apart from other news programs by using a unique styl ...
'' colleague
Shawn Efran.
The documentary profiles the
Puntland Maritime Police Force
The Puntland Maritime Police Force (PMPF) is a security force based in Puntland, an autonomous region in northeastern Somalia. As of March 2012, the PMPF had around 500 personnel. The force is eventually expected to comprise 10,000 personnel.
Ac ...
(PMPF) as it takes "the hijacking of the African waterways and the kidnapping of innocent citizens into their under-trained hands" and "face mutiny, death and a loss of corporate funding in their dangerous quest to free the Middle East shipping industry from terror."
The film's world premiere took place at the
Tribeca Film Festival
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in 2013.
It was also shown that year at film festivals in
Vancouver
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,
Bergen
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and
Austin
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of Texas, as well as the seat and largest city of Travis County, with portions extending into Hays and Williamson counties. Incorporated on December 27, 1839, it is the 11th-most-populous city ...
, where it was nominated for the award for Best Documentary Feature.
''The Recruit''
Ciralsky is an executive producer and inspiration for the
Netflix
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series ''
The Recruit __NOTOC__
Recruit can refer to:
Military
* Military recruitment
* Recruit training, in the military
* ''Rekrut'' (English: Recruit), a military recruit or low rank in German-speaking countries
* Seaman recruit Books
*''Le Réquisitionnaire'' (En ...
'' (2022), which was created by Alexi Hawley and directed by fellow executive producer
Doug Liman
Douglas Eric Liman (; born July 24, 1965) is an American film director and producer. He is known for directing the films '' Swingers'' (1996), '' Go'' (1999), '' The Bourne Identity'' (2002), '' Mr. & Mrs. Smith'' (2005), ''Jumper'' (2008), ''Edg ...
.
''The Recruit'' follows a lawyer (
Noah Centineo
Noah Gregory Centineo ( ; born May 9, 1996) is an American actor. He began his career performing on television and had a main role in the television series '' The Fosters'' from 2015 to 2018. He achieved wider recognition by starring in the Net ...
) who starts working for the CIA and immediately gets in over his head. According to ''
Variety
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* Variety (radio)
* Variety show, in theater and television
Films
* ''Variety'' (1925 film), a German silent film directed by Ewald Andre Dupont
* ''Variety'' (1935 film), ...
'', the series “centers on Centineo’s Owen Hendricks, a rookie attorney at the CIA who quickly realizes that if he wants to succeed in the Office of the General Counsel, he must learn how to navigate the complicated, overlapping worlds of law and espionage.”
According to ''Vanity Fair:'' “Ahead of the premiere, Ciralsky set up a meeting at the real CIA headquarters in Virginia, where Centineo met real CIA attorneys and analysts and peppered them with questions about their jobs.” For Ciralsky, the visit to the CIA felt like a “homecoming.”
In January 2023 Netflix announced that it had renewed ''The Recruit'' for a second season.
See also
*
List of George Polk Award Winners
The George Polk Awards in Journalism are a series of American journalism awards presented annually by Long Island University in New York.
Awards
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