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Gina Chon

Boo hoo

Journalist at center of McGurk scandal says she's the victim


Disgraced Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon maintains that she is a victim of the growing row over the nomination of her husband Brett McGurk to be the next ambassador to Iraq, according to an email she recently sent to friends.

GOP Senators: Withdraw McGurk

GOP Senators Call For Withdrawal of McGurk's Nomination in letter to President Obama


President Obama is being pressed by a delegation of prominent Republican Senators on the Foreign Relations Committee to “withdraw” his nomination of Brett McGurk as the next ambassador of Iraq.

Baghdad Booty Call

Leaked emails of embattled Iraq ambassador nominee raise questions over reporter’s access, coverage


Wall Street Journal reporter Gina Chon’s repeated use of anonymous, high-level sources in her dispatches from Iraq has raised further concerns that her sexual relationship with former National Security Council member Brett McGurk—now President Obama’s nominee for ambassador to Iraq—won her unprecedented insider access.

Nomination Interruptus

Leaked emails put Obama Nomination in Jeopary


Revelations that the Obama administration’s choice to be the next ambassador to Iraq engaged in a torrid extramarital affair with a Wall Street Journal reporter have put his nomination in serious jeopardy according to multiple sources close to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, which is currently considering the appointment.

Arabian Nights

Leaked Emails Endanger Obama Nominee


President Obama’s ambassadorial nominee to Iraq appears to have conducted a lascivious extramarital affair with a Wall Street Journal reporter while the duo were stationed in Iraq, according to a collection of often-explicit emails posted on the website Cryptome earlier this week.