Thomas evan and personal biography

American journalist, historian, author, and lawyer

For other uses, see Evan Thomas (disambiguation).

Evan Welling Thomas III^[2][3] (born April 25, 1951) is an American journalist, historian, lawyer, and author.

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He is the author of 11 books, including two New York Times bestsellers.

Early life and career

Thomas was born in Huntington, New York, and raised in nearby Cold Spring Harbor. A graduate of Phillips Academy, Harvard University (B.A.), and the University of Virginia School of Law (J.D.), from 1991 he was a reporter, writer, and editor at Newsweek for 24 years.

Prior to that, he was at Time.Thomas began his reporting career at The Bergen Record in northeastern New Jersey.

In 1992, DCI Robert Gates granted Thomas historical access to view classified Central Intelligence Agency files.^[4] The fundamental authority for this policy is Executive Order 12356 (April 1982), as implemented in HR 10–24(c)4.

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