Craig Unger (b. March 25, 1949) is an American journalist and writer. He has served as deputy editor of ''

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'' and was editor-in-chief of

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. He has written about George H. W. Bush and

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for ''

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'', ''

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'', and '' Vanity Fair''. He has written about the

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and

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Early life and education

Unger grew up in

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, Texas, and attended Harvard University.

Career

On April 11, 2004, Unger wrote an op-ed for ''

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'' demanding answers from the 9/11 Commission on who had given permission for Saudi nationals to leave the United States. He repeated the theme in his 2004 book, ''

House of Bush, House of Saud ''House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties'' is a 2004 book by Craig Unger that explores the relationship between the Saudi Royal Family and the Bush extended political family. Unger ...

'', that was also featured in Michael Moore's film '' Fahrenheit 9/11'': "Is it possible that President Bush himself played a role in authorizing the evacuation of the Saudis after 9/11?" Unger reportedly traced $1.4 billion in investments by the Saudis to friends and business organizations closely associated with the

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. Unger's 2007 book ''The Fall of the House of Bush'' is about the internal feud in the Bush family and the rise and collusion of the

neoconservative Neoconservatism is a political movement that began in the United States during the 1960s among liberal hawks who became disenchanted with the increasingly pacifist foreign policy of the Democratic Party and with the growing New Left and count ...

and

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in Republican party politics, viewing each group's

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and efforts concerning present and potential future US policy through a distinctly negative prism. In his previous work, ''House of Bush, House of Saud'' explored the relationship between the Bush family and the House of Saud. In his 2018 book, ''House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia'', Unger tells about links existing between the Russian mafia,

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and the

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. He names 59 Russians as long-term business associates of

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Signs of Trump-Putin collaboration, starting years before the campaign?
by Shane Harris,

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Books

* ''Blue Blood'' (1989). New York:

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. . . * '' House of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship Between the World's Two Most Powerful Dynasties'' (2004). New York: Scribner. . . * ''The Fall of the House of Bush: The Untold Story of How a Band of True Believers Seized the Executive Branch, Started the Iraq War, and Still Imperils America's Future'' (2007). New York: Scribner. . . * ''American Armageddon: How the Delusions of the Neoconservatives and the Christian Right Triggered the Descent of America--and Still Imperil Our Future.'' (2008) New York: Scribner. . . * ''Boss Rove: Inside Karl Rove's Secret Kingdom of Power'' (2012)''.'' New York: Scribner. . . * ''When Women Win: EMILY's List and the Rise of Women in American Politics'' (2016), with

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. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. . . * ''House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia'' (2018). New York, New York: Dutton. . . * ''American Kompromat: How the KGB Cultivated Donald Trump, and Related Tales of Sex, Greed, Power, and Treachery'' (2021). New York, New York: Dutton. . .

Notes and references

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Craig Unger
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'War president' Bush has always been soft on terror
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'', September 11, 2004
Saving the Saudis
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Early life and education

Career

Books

See also

Notes and references

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