Scott Armstrong is the current director of Information Trust, a former journalist for ''

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'', and founder of the

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. He was a staff member of the Senate Watergate Committee. With

Bob Woodward Robert Upshur Woodward (born March 26, 1943) is an American investigative journalist. He started working for '' The Washington Post'' as a reporter in 1971 and now holds the title of associate editor. While a young reporter for ''The Washingt ...

, he co-authored the 1979 book '' The Brethren'', an inside account of the

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. Before that he was research assistant with Woodward on the latter's co-authored 1976 endeavor ''

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''.

Works

* Scott Armstrong and Bob Woodward, ''The Brethren: Inside the Supreme Court'', (New York: Simon & Schuster, 1979). * Scott Armstrong, Malcolm Byrne, and Tom Blanton, ''The Chronology: The Documented Day-by-Day account of the Secret Military Assistance to Iran and the Contras'', (New York: Warner Books, 1987). * Scott Armstrong and Paul Grier, ''Strategic Defense Initiative: Splendid Defense or Pipe Dream?'', (New York: Foreign Policy Association, 1986).

References

External links

Information Trust
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Testimony by Scott Armstrong Director, Information Trust to the United States House of Representatives Committee on Homeland Security Subcommittee on Intelligence, Information Sharing and Terrorism Risk Assessment; March 22, 2007
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