Jim Lobe (born January 4, 1949) is an American

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and the Washington Bureau Chief of the international news agency

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Bio

In 1970, Lobe graduated

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from

Williams College Williams College is a Private college, private liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts college in Williamstown, Massachusetts. It was established as a men's college in 1793 with funds from the estate of Ephraim Williams, a col ...

in Williamstown (Massachusetts). He received his

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from

Boalt Hall School of Law The University of California, Berkeley, School of Law (commonly known as Berkeley Law or UC Berkeley School of Law) is the law school of the University of California, Berkeley, a public research university in Berkeley, California. It is one of 1 ...

at the

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in 1974.

Journalist

Lobe has served as the Washington D.C.

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and Bureau Chief of

(IPS) from 1980 to 1985, and again from 1989 to the present. Since 2001, Lobe has served on the Foreign Policy in Focus Board of Advisors.

Coverage

After the

Oklahoma City bombing The Oklahoma City bombing was a domestic terrorist truck bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States, on April 19, 1995. Perpetrated by two anti-government extremists, Timothy McVeigh and Terry N ...

in 1995, Inter Press Service released its analysis that said the perpetrators were most likely homegrown militia and pointed to the end date of feds'

Waco siege The Waco siege, also known as the Waco massacre, was the law enforcement siege of the compound that belonged to the religious sect Branch Davidians. It was carried out by the U.S. federal government, Texas state law enforcement, and the U.S. mi ...

against the Branch Davidians and the attack of a

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. At the time, competitors were looking at Middle East terrorists. Lobe said IPS had scooped its media competitors on the point by 48 hours. Lobe covered the ties between the post-9/11 agenda pursued by the Bush administration and the recommendations of the neoconservative-led Project for the New American Century.

Publications

* Lobe, Jim and Oliveri, Adele; eds. (2003) I Nuovi Rivoluzionari: Il Pensiero dei Neoconservatori Americani. Milan: Feltrinelli. (Co-editor) * Feffer, John; ed. (2003) Power Trip: U.S. Unilateralism and Global Strategy After September 11. New York: Seven Stories Press. (Contributor) * Ackerman, S., Arkin, W., Marthoz, J., Wery, M.; eds., (2004) Les Etats-Unis a Contre-Courant: Critiques Americaines a L'Egard d'une Politique Etrangere Unilateraliste. Brussels: GRIP. (Contributor)

References

External links

* Jim Lobe's blo
Lobelog.com

by Jonathan Holmes for the ABC public affairs program ''Four Corners'' on 17 February 2003 * Lobe o
“What is neo-conservative anyway?”
Asia Times (August 13, 2003) * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lobe, Jim 1949 births Living people American male journalists Writers from Seattle UC Berkeley School of Law alumni Williams College alumni