David Rohde, ASU Future Security Fellow, is the executive editor for news of NewYorker.com and a global affairs analyst for CNN. As a fellow, he will work on his book, In Deep: The FBI, the CIA and the Truth about America’s Deep State, which examines growing fears on the left and right of an American "Deep State," the effectiveness of government oversight of the bureau and the agency, and Donald Trump's use of the FBI, CIA, and other intelligence agencies. A two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting, he is a former reporter for Reuters, the New York Times, and the Christian Science Monitor. The author of three books, he lives in New York with his wife and two daughters.
Select Work:
- Donald Trump’s Unprecedented Assault on the Power of Congress: Does President Trump's Flouting of Congressional Oversight Threaten American Democracy? (New Yorker, 2019)
- Is President Trump Silencing America's Intelligence Agencies?: A piece on a central topic in Rohde’s book about attacking the president attacking dissent in the intelligence community and sowing public distrust. (New Yorker, 2019)
- William Barr and Why Democrats Shouldn’t Expect This Era to Be Anything Like Watergate: A piece on William Barr, a central character in Rohde’s book. Is Barr using the Justice Department to protect Trump and punish the President's enemies? (New Yorker, 2019)
