Author | Journalist | Filmmaker
Scott C. Johnson
Selected Work
"The Unsinkable Nazi Past", (7/19/12)
On the 70th anniversary of the Vel d’Hiv deporatations, Europe copes with its Nazi past.
"Bittersweet Chocolate News in Europe” (11/15/2012)
Europe is awash in chocolate news, some good, some bad.
"My Father’s Era of Spying Was a Much Simpler - and Safer - One” (11/18/2012)
An account of my father’s era as a CIA spy, and how it contrasts to today.
“The Real Epidemic of Violence is Ordinary, Every Day, and Global” (7/21/12)
After the Aurora shootings, the epidemic of daily violence remains an overlooked global problem.
"Inside An Enemy Cell" (8/17/03)
A dispatch from inside Mohammed's Army, an Iraqi insurgent cell.
"The Hunt for Kony" (4/16/12)
Hunting for the notorious warlord.
"An Ex-Insurgent's Covert War on Al Qaeda in Iraq" (2/13/09)
Portrait of an Iraqi Sunni Insurgent turned CIA spy.
"Hunting Saddam" (7/06/03)
The Long Hunt for Saddam Hussein
"Where the Wild Things Die" (7/22/15)
Heavily armed conservationists are fighting to save the world’s remaining rhinos. A dispatch from the front lines of South Africa's poaching war.
"What Lies Beneath" (03/23/2015)
In the 1960s, hundreds of pounds of Uranium went missing in PA. Is it buried in the ground, poisoning locals—or did Israel steal it to build a bomb?
"The Forgotten Streets" (01/08/2015)
While ongoing peace talks may finally put an end to Colombia’s guerrilla fighting, it remains to be seen what will happen to Buenaventura, the urban monster the war created.
“A Father’s Secret” (10/08/2012)
An account of my life with a CIA father, part excerpt from my book, The Wolf and the Watchman.
"Texas Church Becomes Oasis for Central American Migrants, Their Children" (8/6/14)
Sacred Heart Catholic Church in McAllen has aided more than 5,000 migrants this summer.
"Busy "Pipeline" Migrant Route Makes Texas Town Hub for Human Smuggling" (8/10/14)
Easy highway access and a frontier lawlessness has transformed Falfurrias.
"American Born Gang Drive Immigrant Crisis at US Border" (7/25/14)
Central America's spiraling violence has a Los Angeles connection.
"Photographer Captures Tens of Thousands Fleeing ISIS" (9/21/14)
Photographer John Stanmeyer talks about his photographs of beseiged Turkish city of Kobani.
HOLYWOOD REPORTER
"Can Europe's Shrinking Military Back up its Commitment to Syria?" 11.16.2012.
Europe is promising a lot to Syria. Can it make good on its promises?
"Can Europe's Shrinking Military Back up its Commitment to Syria?" 11.16.2012.
Europe is promising a lot to Syria. Can it make good on its promises?
Additional Articles
"Can Europe's Shrinking Military Back up its Commitment to Syria?" 11.16.2012.
Europe is promising a lot to Syria. Can it make good on its promises?
"Can Europe's Shrinking Military Back up its Commitment to Syria?" 11.16.2012.
Europe is promising a lot to Syria. Can it make good on its promises?