Lee Harold Smith (born April 10, 1962) is an American journalist and author. He is a senior fellow at

Hudson Institute The Hudson Institute is a conservative American think tank based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1961 in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, by futurist, military strategist, and systems theorist Herman Kahn and his colleagues at the RAND Co ...

and was a senior editor at ''

The Weekly Standard ''The Weekly Standard'' was an American neoconservative political magazine of news, analysis and commentary, published 48 times per year. Originally edited by founders Bill Kristol and Fred Barnes, the ''Standard'' had been described as a "re ...

''. Smith was formerly editor-in-chief of ''

The Village Voice ''The Village Voice'' is an American news and culture paper, known for being the country's first alternative newsweekly. Founded in 1955 by Dan Wolf, Ed Fancher, John Wilcock, and Norman Mailer, the ''Voice'' began as a platform for the cr ...

Literary Supplement'', a national monthly literary review. He has written for publications including ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Atheneum'', '' Grand Street'', '' GQ'', and '' Talk''. At the time of the

9/11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerci ...

, Smith was working as an editor at ''The Village Voice'' and a contributor to ''

Artforum ''Artforum'' is an international monthly magazine specializing in contemporary art. The magazine is distinguished from other magazines by its unique 10½ x 10½ inch square format, with each cover often devoted to the work of an artist. Notably ...

''. By his own account in his book, '' The Strong Horse'', Smith was dissatisfied with the Orientalist explanations of the Muslim world as presented by

Edward Said Edward Wadie Said (; , ; 1 November 1935 – 24 September 2003) was a Palestinian-American professor of literature at Columbia University, a public intellectual, and a founder of the academic field of postcolonial studies.Robert Young, ''Whit ...

, whom he had met and spoken with about the region. As a result, he took a job as a foreign correspondent for ''The Weekly Standard'' and spent years reporting from the region. His 2019 book ''The Plot Against The President'' is an account of the 2016 US presidential election, and the roles played by the Russian government, US media, and US government agencies in the subsequent allegations of Russian collusion. A documentary film, ''The Plot Against the President'', was created based on Smith's book. His follow-up book, ''The Permanent Coup: How Enemies Foreign and Domestic Targeted the American President'', was published in 2020.

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