Name Tom Squitieri | ||
Born August 25, 1953 (age 70) ( 1953-08-25 ) Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Alma mater Washington & Jefferson College Occupation Journalist; educator, public speaker, author, news show guest Education Washington & Jefferson College | ||
Tom Squitieri (born August 25, 1953) is an American journalist, public speaker, and public relations specialist.
Squitieri was a reporter with USA Today. After the September 11, 2001 attacks, he reported from the Pentagon as well as Iraq, Uzbekistan, Turkey and Italy. Other experience included presidential and congressional campaigns in 2000 and 1996, Capitol Hill, various Bill Clinton and political scandals, crime, drugs, arms smuggling and lead reporting on breaking news stories. Foreign assignments include an array of conflicts around the world, including the 1989 Panama invasion, Haiti (1991–1997), Northern Ireland, 1991 Gulf War (Iran, Iraq, Turkey), Moldova (1992), former Yugoslavia (1992–1996), Burundi and Rwanda (1993–1994), Central Asia and Afghanistan (2001–2003), Iraq (2003–2004).
Squitieri was forced to resign from USA Today in May 2005 after a dispute over attribution of quotes he reported in a story revealing Pentagon failures to properly up-armor vehicles in Iraq.
Since leaving USA Today, Squitieri has written columns for the Foreign Policy Association, The Hill and articles for Newsmax magazine.
Squitieri wrote three articles for the Huffington Post in 2011 that were later deleted for "not adequately disclos[ing] a material conflict of interest." The action was taken after a controversial article that supported Bahrain's governmental crackdown on protests in the country; Salon later reported that he had obfuscated his employment with Qorvis Communications, a company that is registered as a pro-Bahrain lobbyist in the US.