born April 8, 1937, Chicago, Ill., U.S.
U.S. journalist.
He graduated from the University of Chicago in 1954. He began his journalistic career in 1959 as a police reporter, and he later worked for UPI and The New York Times and as a national correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly. His report on the My Lai incident won him a 1970 Pulitzer Prize; he also wrote about domestic spying by the CIA and produced many other investigative reports. His The Dark Side of Camelot (1997) was a controversial, negative look at John F. Kennedy ; Against All Enemies (1998) discussed the ailments suffered by Persian Gulf War veterans.