https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/17/state-dept-expert-on-syrian-rebel-moderates-never-was-in-doctorate-program/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usSun, 28 Jun 2026 05:23:19 -0400<![CDATA[That would be 26-year-old Elizabeth O&#8217;Bagy, who worked her way up from intern at the Institute for the Study of War to the house expert on Syrian rebels &#8212; providing helpful analyses to those arguing for American intervention on their behalf against Bashar al-Assad.  Both John Kerry at State and John McCain in the Senate relied on &#8220;Dr.&#8221; O&#8217;Bagy&#8217;s conclusions that al-Qaeda affiliates comprised only &#8220;15-20 percent&#8221; of the Syrian &#8220;oppositionists.&#8221;  After the discovery last week that O&#8217;Bagy had misrepresented her doctoral status, ISW fired her, but Josh Rogin gets O&#8217;Bagy to admit that she&#8217;d never been accepted in the doctoral program at Georgetown at all (via Mediaite):]]>Tue, 17 Sep 2013 12:01:03 -0400<![CDATA[Ed Morrissey]]>https://hotair.com/ed-morrissey/2013/09/17/state-dept-expert-on-syrian-rebel-moderates-never-was-in-doctorate-program-n209648