Scott Johnson

Scott Johnson is the author of the recently published memoir, "The Wolf and the Watchman," an account of life with his CIA spy father. A former Newsweek Bureau Chief, he was written for Foreign Policy, the New York Times, Granta and many others.

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Michael Hastings In Baghdad

The reporter died Tuesday morning at 33. His friend and bureau chief remembers an era that shaped him.

Scott Johnson 10 years ago

How A War Hero Became A Serial Bank Robber

Army medic Nicholas Walker returned home from Iraq after 250 combat missions, traumatized and broken. His friends and family couldn’t help him. Therapy couldn’t help him. Heroin couldn’t help him. Pulling bank heists helped him.

Scott Johnson 10 years ago