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Jeffrey Goldberg - Jeffrey Goldberg is a national correspondent for The Atlantic and a recipient of the National Magazine Award for Reporting. Author of the book Prisoners: A Story of Friendship and Terror, Goldberg also writes the magazine's advice column.
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Before joining The Atlantic in 2007, Goldberg was a Middle East correspondent, and the Washington correspondent, for The New Yorker. Previously, he served as a correspondent for The New York Times Magazine and New York magazine. He has also written for the Jewish Daily Forward, and was a columnist for The Jerusalem Post.

His book Prisoners was hailed as one of the best books of 2006 by the Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, The Progressive, Washingtonian magazine, and Playboy. Goldberg rthe recipient of the 2003 National Magazine Award for Reporting for his coverage of Islamic terrorism. He is also the winner of the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists prize for best international investigative journalist; the Overseas Press Club award for best human-rights reporting; and the Abraham Cahan Prize in Journalism. He is also the recipient of 2005's Anti-Defamation League Daniel Pearl Prize.

In 2001, Goldberg was appointed the Syrkin Fellow in Letters of the Jerusalem Foundation, and in 2002 he became a public-policy scholar at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C.
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Another Terrorist Caught by TSA

By Jeffrey Goldberg

Oct 22 2008, 12:19 PM ET Comment

From the mail:

After a non flying hiatus of 6 years, I took the plunge again in 2004.  Since that time I have flown quite frequently.  I am always detained either for a "random" alarm I trigger or for my baggage.  Whereas I am stopped every time, the term "random" does not really apply to me.  After reading your article in the current Atlantic, I now understand the profile I fit.  I am a middle aged (59) white woman, with moderate arthritis, usually traveling alone to visit my family or attend a conference.  I carry a small bag and tote bag filled with all the personal things a middle aged woman need for 2 or 3 days.  I am stopped and searched because my profile is least threatening.  I am not going to run away. I surely possess nothing other than hair gel and nail clippers (which have been confiscated) that are threatening.  I am the perfect passenger to stop to ensure the safety of the TSA employees.  I have even met the drug sniffing dogs, who knew I was not a threat, because I carry the scent of my own dogs. So, if you want to meet all the interesting airport people I have come to know, maybe you should travel with me.


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