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NBC reporter Michael Isikoff to speak on torture and its history Sept. 15

CHAMPAIGN,Ill. – Michael Isikoff, national investigative correspondent for NBC News, will speak on “Torture: A Global History” on Sept. 15 at the University of Illinois.

Michael Isikoff

Michael Isikoff

The lecture, sponsored by the U. of I history department, will begin at 8 p.m. on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center, 919 W. Illinois St., Urbana. It is free and open to the public.

Isikoff, previously with Newsweek magazine, has written extensively on the war on terror, the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, CIA interrogation practices, U.S. intelligence failures preceding 9/11, and other national issues. He will draw from that experience in his talk.

Isikoff came to national attention in 1998 with his reporting on the Monica Lewinsky scandal, which he chronicled in his first book, “Uncovering Clinton: A Reporter’s Story.” His second book, “Hubris: The Inside Story of Spin, Scandal, and the Selling of the Iraq War,” co-written with David Corn, dealt with the lead-up to that war.

Poster for Sept. 15 lecture

Poster for Sept. 15 lecture

His reporting has earned him numerous national awards, among them the Investigative Reporters and Editors’ top prize for investigative reporting and a National Magazine Award for reporting.

The Isikoff lecture is the first in a history department series titled “Bodies and Evidence,” related to trends such as the use of DNA, gene analysis, and torture.

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