William M. Beecher (born May 27, 1933) is a former Washington correspondent for '' The Boston Globe'', '' The Wall Street Journal'' and '' The New York Times''.
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''. He spent two years as a senior official of the Defense Department and ten years as a top official of the

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. He has authored eight novels. In retirement, he is an adjunct professor at the University of Maryland.
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Education

Beecher earned a Bachelor of Arts, B.A. from Harvard University, where he was an editor of '' The Harvard Crimson'', and an

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from Columbia University. During his college career he worked as campus correspondent for '' The Boston Globe'' and '' The Boston Herald Traveler''.

Novelist

Beecher authored the following novels: ''Mayday Man'' (1990), ''Submerged Rage: The Hidden Grievance'' (2005), ''The Acorn Dossier'' (2009), ''Nuclear Revenge'' (2010), ''The KGB Hoax'' (2013), ''Arabella Undercover'' (2014), ''Double Agent Stallion'' (2015) and ''Jihadi Revenge'' (2016).

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