"Tom Ricks":http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2013/09/12/a_word_in_semi_defense_of_e_obagy and "Dave Weigel":http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2013/09/12/in_partial_defense_of_the_disgraced_syria_scholar_with_the_fake_degree.html partially defend Elizabeth O'Bagy, the
"Thomas Ricks":http://ricks.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2011/10/04/the_air_force_once_again_is_leaving_the_field_of_strategic_discourse_to_others posts a disturbing - if not exactly surprising