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'''Peter van Buren''' is a former [[United States Foreign Service]] employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction [[books]] about military affairs.
  
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Van Buren served in the [[U.S. Department of State]] for 24 years, including a year in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] as a team leader for two [[Provincial Reconstruction Team]]s (PRTs).<ref>https://www.thenation.com/authors/peter-van-buren/</ref>
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'''Peter van Buren''' (born 1960) is a former [[United States Foreign Service]] employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs.
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After his [[book]], ''We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People'', was published in 2012 Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions.<ref>http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/the_man_the_state_dept_wants_silenced/</ref><ref name="WashDiplomat1">https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134507/http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428</ref> His former employer, the U. S. State Department, claimed van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and that the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material.<ref name="WaPoDavidson">https://web.archive.org/web/20180624060718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost daily."<ref name="WaPoRein">https://web.archive.org/web/20180624064113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html</ref> The [[Government Accountability Project]] and the [[ACLU]] helped defend van Buren, and the State Department eventually allowed him to retire with his standard pension and benefits.<ref>http://diplopundit.net/category/peter-van-buren/</ref><ref name="WaPoRein" /><ref>https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/us-envoy-peter-van-buren-takes-caustic-pen-to-iraq-war.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all</ref><ref name="FP1">https://web.archive.org/web/20180206092942/https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/09/29/how-the-state-department-came-after-me/</ref>
  
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Van Buren was associate producer for the film ''Silenced'' (2014) by [[James Spione]].<ref>http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/53208997c07f5df7d2000113-silenced</ref><ref>http://nakededgefilms.com/films/silenced/</ref>
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Peter van Buren was born in [[New York City]].
 
  
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In August 2018, Twitter banned Van Buren for life for writing that "harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence someone else's voice."<ref name="PVBsuspension">https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042328/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/ </ref>
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Van Buren served in the [[U.S. Department of State]] for 24 years, including a year in [[Iraq War|Iraq]] as a team leader for two [[Provincial Reconstruction Team]]s (PRTs).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/authors/peter-van-buren/|title=Peter Van Buren|date=May 16, 2011|website=The Nation|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>
 
  
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After his book, ''We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People'', was published in 2012 Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/the_man_the_state_dept_wants_silenced/|title=The man the State Dept. wants silenced|website=Salon|date=12 April 2012|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="WashDiplomat1">{{cite web |url=http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428#.UBvzWsf_Hx4.twitter |title=U.S. Foreign Service Officer Blacklisted for Scathing Exposé |last1=Seminara |first1=Dave |date=July 31, 2012 |website=The Washington Diplomat |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134507/http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428 |archivedate=March 27, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> His former employer, the U. S. State Department, claimed van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and that the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material.<ref name="WaPoDavidson">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html |title=State's actions against Peter Van Buren offer a few lessons on use of classified info, power |last1=Davidson |first1=Joe |date=October 27, 2011 |website=The Washington Post |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624060718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html |archivedate=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> ''[[The Washington Post]]'' noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost daily."<ref name="WaPoRein">{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Lisa | last=Rein | title=State Dept. moves to fire Peter Van Buren, author of book critical of Iraq reconstruction effort | date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624064113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html |archivedate=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The [[Government Accountability Project]] and the [[ACLU]] helped defend van Buren, and the State Department eventually allowed him to retire with his standard pension and benefits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diplopundit.net/category/peter-van-buren/|title=Diplopundit.net|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="WaPoRein" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/us-envoy-peter-van-buren-takes-caustic-pen-to-iraq-war.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|title=U.S. Envoy, Peter Van Buren, Takes Caustic Pen to Iraq War|date=7 October 2011|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="FP1">{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/09/29/how_i_became_a_state_department_outcast |title=How the State Department Came After Me (For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq) |last1=Van Buren |first1=Peter |date=September 29, 2011 |website=Foreign Policy |publisher=FP Group (Graham Holdings Company) |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206092942/https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/09/29/how-the-state-department-came-after-me/ |archivedate=February 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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==Bibliography==
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*Hooper's War: A Novel of WWII Japan, Luminis Books, May 15, 2017, ISBN 978-1941311127
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*Ghosts of Tom Joad: A Story of the #99 Percent, Luminis Books, April 25, 2014, ISBN 978-1935462910
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*We Meant Well, Metropolitan Books, September 27, 2011, ISBN 9780805094367
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*Why Peace (as a contributor), Marc Guttman, April 23, 2012
  
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Van Buren was associate producer for the film ''Silenced'' (2014) by [[James Spione]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/53208997c07f5df7d2000113-silenced|title=Silenced |website=Tribeca Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nakededgefilms.com/films/silenced/|title=Silenced|first=Mattia |last=Viviani |website=Naked Edge Films}}</ref>
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* [[Commondreams]] - [https://www.commondreams.org/views/2015/12/14/goodnight-american-dream-middle-class-now-minority Goodnight American Dream: The Middle Class Is Now a Minority]
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In August 2018, Twitter banned Van Buren for life for writing that "harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence someone else's voice."<ref name="PVBsuspension">{{cite web |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/ |title=I Was Banned for Life From Twitter |last1=Van Buren |first1=Peter |date=August 9, 2018 |website=The American Conservative |publisher=American Ideas Institute |access-date=August 10, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042328/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/ |archivedate=August 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
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Revision as of 01:07, 27 January 2022

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(Government official, Whistleblower)
Born1960
New York City
NationalityUS
Member ofVeteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity
Interests2003 Iraq War
Foreign Service official who exposed the extremely wasteful and ineffective spending during the reconstruction effort after the 2003 Iraq War.

Peter van Buren is a former United States Foreign Service employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs.

Career

Van Buren served in the U.S. Department of State for 24 years, including a year in Iraq as a team leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs).[1]

"We Meant Well" by Peter Van Buren - U.S. Army Heritage and Education Center

After his book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, was published in 2012 Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions.[2][3] His former employer, the U. S. State Department, claimed van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and that the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material.[4] The Washington Post noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost daily."[5] The Government Accountability Project and the ACLU helped defend van Buren, and the State Department eventually allowed him to retire with his standard pension and benefits.[6][5][7][8]

Van Buren was associate producer for the film Silenced (2014) by James Spione.[9][10]

In August 2018, Twitter banned Van Buren for life for writing that "harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence someone else's voice."[11]

Bibliography

  • Hooper's War: A Novel of WWII Japan, Luminis Books, May 15, 2017, ISBN 978-1941311127
  • Ghosts of Tom Joad: A Story of the #99 Percent, Luminis Books, April 25, 2014, ISBN 978-1935462910
  • We Meant Well, Metropolitan Books, September 27, 2011, ISBN 9780805094367
  • Why Peace (as a contributor), Marc Guttman, April 23, 2012

External links

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References

  1. ↑ https://www.thenation.com/authors/peter-van-buren/
  2. ↑ http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/the_man_the_state_dept_wants_silenced/
  3. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134507/http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428
  4. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180624060718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html
  5. ↑ a b https://web.archive.org/web/20180624064113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html
  6. ↑ http://diplopundit.net/category/peter-van-buren/
  7. ↑ https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/us-envoy-peter-van-buren-takes-caustic-pen-to-iraq-war.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all
  8. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180206092942/https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/09/29/how-the-state-department-came-after-me/
  9. ↑ http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/53208997c07f5df7d2000113-silenced
  10. ↑ http://nakededgefilms.com/films/silenced/
  11. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042328/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/
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