Bill Roggio is an American

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 commentator on military affairs.
Roggio is notable for having his opinions quoted, or criticized, by a variety of newspapers and broadcasters.
Roggio is currently the managing editor of The Long War Journal.

Prior to leading a team of online commentators Roggio published the online weblog The Fourth Rail.

Roggio was an active duty soldier in the United States Army

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 in the 1990s.

Controversy

Roggio has not reported reliable information at times. In 2006, Huffington Post commentator Stephen Kaus criticised Roggio as a sensationalist who likes to get people to read his articles by distorting the news. After Baitullah Mehsud was killed in August of 2009, Roggio claimed on August 6, 2009 that a US intelligence official told him US officials thought Mehsud was still alive. This was not accurate, as Pentagon spokesman Jeff Morrell and National Security Advisor James Jones claimed that US officials were 90% certain he was killed and they had yet to see any evidence offered by the Taliban to assume otherwise, and the Pakistan Taliban later confirmed he was killed.

External links

• Articles published at The Weekly Standard
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• Articles published at Counterterrorism Blog