Matthew Rosenberg

Matthew Rosenberg (born Aug. 2, 1974) is an American journalist who covers Afghanistan and Pakistan for The Wall Street Journal. Among his most notable work was a 2010 interview with the leader of a major Taliban faction, Sirajuddin Haqqani,^[1] and a detailed account of how massive amounts of cash flow daily through Kabul’s airport, a story that resulted in the temporary suspension of $3.9 billion in U.S. aid to Afghanistan.^[2][3]

Rosenberg is currently based in Washington, DC.

Previously, he was a correspondent for The Associated Press in India, East Africa and the Caribbean.

He holds a Bachelor's degree from McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Controversies

On November 5, 2009, The Nation newspaper in Pakistan printed a front page story that falsely accused Rosenberg of being spy. The story claimed that Rosenberg worked for the CIA, the U.S. security contractor formerly known as Blackwater and had ties to Israeli intelligence.”^[4]

Wall Street Journal Managing Editor Robert Thomson wrote to the editor the Nation, Shireen Mazari, to protest the false story about Rosenberg soon after the article appeared.^[5] The Wall Street Journal’s Daniel Pearl, kidnapped and killed in 2002 in Pakistan, was labelled a Jewish spy in a similar manner by some sections of Pakistani media before his death.

Twenty-one editors from the world's major international news organizations also signed a letter of protest, criticizing the unsubstantiated article for compromising Rosenberg's security.^[6]

References

1. ^ "New Wave of Warlords Bedevils U.S." Wall Street Journal, 20 January 2010
2. ^ "Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions in Cash From Kabul" Wall Street Journal, 28 June 2010
3. ^ "Afghan Aid on Hold as Corruption Is Probed" Wall Street Journal, 29 June 2010
4. ^ “Journalists as spies in FATA?” The Nation, 5 November 2009
5. ^ "Letter from WSJ to Mazari", "Committee to Protect Journalists", 6 November 2009
6. ^ "Letter about The Nation article" "Committee to Protect Journalists", 16 November 2009

External links

• "New Wave of Warlords Bedevils U.S."
• "Corruption Suspected in Airlift of Billions in Cash From Kabul"
• "Afghan Aid on Hold as Corruption Is Probed"
• “Journalists as spies in FATA?”
• "Letter from WSJ to Mazari"
• "Letter about The Nation article"