we're very excited to have with us this evening washington post journalist craig whitlock, who's here to talk about his new book, fat leonard how one man bribed, bilked and, seduced the u.s. navy. craig is an investigative reporter who specializes in national security issues. he came to the washington post about 26 years ago after stints at a couple of newspapers in south at the post. he went from covering local and state stories to serving as a foreign correspondent, a pentagon reporter and national security specialist. he's won a bunch of awards and been a pure surprise finalist three times. so anytime and any year now. he's bound to get what his previous book, three years ago, the afghanistan papers provided a searing account of america's mistakes, mismanagement and missed opportunities in what became our country's longest war. when it comes to military scandals, though, it's to rival in scope outright brazenness. the fat leonard saga and craig overcoming navy resistance to letting the whole story out has nonetheless managed his own dogged reporting to expose the the full extent of

that, let's thank secretarywe're very excited to h us this evening washington post journalist craig whitlock, who's here to talk about his new book, fat leonard how one man bribed, bilked and, seduced the u.s. navy. craig is an investigative