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'''Peter van Buren''' is a former ] employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs. '''Peter van Buren''' (born 1960) is a retired ] employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs.


==Early life== ==Early life==
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==Career== ==Career==
Van Buren served in the ] for 24 years, including a year in ] as a team leader for two ] (PRTs).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/authors/peter-van-buren/|title=Peter Van Buren|date=2011-05-16|website=The Nation|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref> Van Buren served in the ] for 24 years, including a year in ] as a team leader for two ]s (PRTs).<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenation.com/authors/peter-van-buren/|title=Peter Van Buren|date=May 16, 2011|website=The Nation|language=en-US|access-date=2018-04-04}}</ref>

⚫ After his book, ''We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People'', was published in 2012 Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salon.com/2012/04/12/the_man_the_state_dept_wants_silenced/|title=The man the State Dept. wants silenced|website=Salon|date=12 April 2012|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="WashDiplomat1">{{cite web |url=http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428#.UBvzWsf_Hx4.twitter |title=U.S. Foreign Service Officer Blacklisted for Scathing Exposé |last1=Seminara |first1=Dave |date=July 31, 2012 |website=The Washington Diplomat |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134507/http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428 |archivedate=March 27, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> According to his former employer, the U. S. State Department, van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material.<ref name="WaPoDavidson">{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html |title=State's actions against Peter Van Buren offer a few lessons on use of classified info, power |last1=Davidson |first1=Joe |date=October 27, 2011 |newspaper=The Washington Post |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624060718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html |archivedate=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> '']'' noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost daily."<ref name="WaPoRein">{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html | newspaper=The Washington Post | first=Lisa | last=Rein | title=State Dept. moves to fire Peter Van Buren, author of book critical of Iraq reconstruction effort | date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624064113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html |archivedate=June 24, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> The ] and the ] helped defend van Buren, and the State Department eventually allowed him to retire with his standard pension and benefits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://diplopundit.net/category/peter-van-buren/|title=Diplopundit.net|publisher=}}</ref><ref name="WaPoRein" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/us-envoy-peter-van-buren-takes-caustic-pen-to-iraq-war.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|title=U.S. Envoy, Peter Van Buren, Takes Caustic Pen to Iraq War|date=7 October 2011|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="FP1">{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/09/29/how_i_became_a_state_department_outcast |title=How the State Department Came After Me (For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq) |last1=Van Buren |first1=Peter |date=September 29, 2011 |website=Foreign Policy |publisher=FP Group (Graham Holdings Company) |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206092942/https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/09/29/how-the-state-department-came-after-me/ |archivedate=February 6, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>


⚫ Van Buren was associate producer for the film ''Silenced'' (2014) by ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tribecafilm.com/filmguide/53208997c07f5df7d2000113-silenced|title=Silenced |website=Tribeca Film Festival}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://nakededgefilms.com/films/silenced/|title=Silenced|first=Mattia |last=Viviani |website=Naked Edge Films}}</ref>
⚫ After he released his book in 2012, ''We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People'', Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions after the book release.<ref></ref><ref name="WashDiplomat1">{{cite web |url=http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428#.UBvzWsf_Hx4.twitter |title=U.S. Foreign Service Officer Blacklisted for Scathing Exposé |last1=Seminara |first1=Dave |date=July 31, 2012 |website=washdiplomat.com |publisher=The Washington Diplomat |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327134507/http://washdiplomat.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=8467:us-foreign-service-officer-blacklisted-for-scathing-expose&catid=1491&Itemid=428 |archivedate=March 27, 2016 |deadurl=no }}</ref> He had been at the State Department for 23 years. The State Department had claimed van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and that the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material.<ref name="WaPoDavidson">{{cite web |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html |title=State’s actions against Peter Van Buren offer a few lessons on use of classified info, power |last1=Davidson |first1=Joe |date=October 27, 2011 |website=washingtonpost.com |publisher=The Washington Post |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624060718/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/states-actions-against-peter-van-buren-offer-a-few-lessons-on-use-of-classified-info-power/2011/10/27/gIQAdAcHNM_story.html?utm_term=.f5a4ff5fd706 |archivedate=June 24, 2018 |deadurl=no }}</ref> The '']'' noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost daily."<ref name="WaPoRein">{{cite news| url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html | work=The Washington Post | first=Lisa | last=Rein | title=State Dept. moves to fire Peter Van Buren, author of book critical of Iraq reconstruction effort | date=March 14, 2012 |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624064113/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/state-dept-moves-to-fire-peter-van-buren-author-of-book-critical-of-iraq-reconstruction-effort/2012/01/31/gIQAiXNSCS_blog.html?utm_term=.045c6f947d94 |archivedate=June 24, 2018 |deadurl=no }}</ref> The ] and the ] help defend van Buren and the State Department eventually allowed him to retire with his standard pension and benefits.<ref></ref><ref name="WaPoRein" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/08/world/us-envoy-peter-van-buren-takes-caustic-pen-to-iraq-war.html?_r=1&pagewanted=all|title=U.S. Envoy, Peter Van Buren, Takes Caustic Pen to Iraq War|date=7 October 2011|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="FP1">{{cite web |url=https://foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/09/29/how_i_became_a_state_department_outcast |title=How the State Department Came After Me (For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq) |last1=Van Buren |first1=Peter |date=September 29, 2011 |website=foreignpolicy.com |publisher=FP Group (Graham Holdings Company) |access-date=June 24, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206092942/https://foreignpolicy.com/2011/09/29/how-the-state-department-came-after-me/ |archivedate=February 6, 2018 |deadurl=no }}</ref>


In August 2018, Twitter banned Van Buren for life for writing that "harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence someone else's voice."<ref name="PVBsuspension">{{cite web |url=https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/ |title=I Was Banned for Life From Twitter |last1=Van Buren |first1=Peter |date=August 9, 2018 |website=The American Conservative |publisher=American Ideas Institute |access-date=August 10, 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810042328/https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/i-was-banned-for-life-from-twitter/ |archivedate=August 10, 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref>
⚫ Van Buren was associate producer for the film SILENCED (2014) by ].<ref></ref><ref></ref>


==Bibliography== ==Bibliography==
*{{cite book|title=Hooper's War: A Novel of WWII Japan)|publisher= Luminis Books|date= May 15, 2017 |isbn= 978-1941311127}} *{{cite book|title=Hooper's War: A Novel of WWII Japan|publisher= Luminis Books|date= May 15, 2017 |isbn= 978-1941311127}}
*{{cite book|title=Ghosts of Tom Joad: A Story of the #99 Percent|publisher= Luminis Books|date= April 25, 2014|isbn= 978-1935462910}} *{{cite book|title=Ghosts of Tom Joad: A Story of the #99 Percent|publisher= Luminis Books|date= April 25, 2014|isbn= 978-1935462910}}
*{{cite book|title=We Meant Well|publisher= Metropolitan Books|date= September 27, 2011 |isbn=9780805094367}} *{{cite book|title=We Meant Well|url=https://archive.org/details/wemeantwellhowih0000vanb|url-access=registration|publisher= Metropolitan Books|date= September 27, 2011 |isbn=9780805094367}}
*{{cite book|title=Why Peace (as a contributor)|publisher= Marc Guttman|date= April 23, 2012 |asin=B007WTUR6E}} *{{cite book|title=Why Peace (as a contributor)|publisher= Marc Guttman|date= April 23, 2012 |asin=B007WTUR6E}}


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==External Links== ==External links==
* ''(wemeantwell.com)'' * ''(wemeantwell.com)''
* ''(@wemeantwell)'' * ''(@wemeantwell)'' - '''account suspended August 2018'''


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Peter van Buren
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Peter van Buren (born 1960) is a retired United States Foreign Service employee, and the author of two novels and two non-fiction books about military affairs.

Early life

Peter van Buren was born in New York City.

Career

Van Buren served in the U.S. Department of State for 24 years, including a year in Iraq as a team leader for two Provincial Reconstruction Teams (PRTs).

After his book, We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People, was published in 2012 Van Buren claims to have experienced a series of escalating, adverse actions. According to his former employer, the U. S. State Department, van Buren had not properly cleared his book for publication under Department rules, and the book contained unauthorized disclosures of classified material. The Washington Post noted that "Van Buren has tested the First Amendment almost daily." The Government Accountability Project and the ACLU helped defend van Buren, and the State Department eventually allowed him to retire with his standard pension and benefits.

Van Buren was associate producer for the film Silenced (2014) by James Spione.

In August 2018, Twitter banned Van Buren for life for writing that "harasses, intimidates, or uses fear to silence someone else's voice."

Bibliography

References

  1. "Peter Van Buren". The Nation. May 16, 2011. Retrieved 2018-04-04.
  2. "The man the State Dept. wants silenced". Salon. 12 April 2012.
  3. Seminara, Dave (July 31, 2012). "U.S. Foreign Service Officer Blacklisted for Scathing Exposé". The Washington Diplomat. Archived from the original on March 27, 2016. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  4. Davidson, Joe (October 27, 2011). "State's actions against Peter Van Buren offer a few lessons on use of classified info, power". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  5. ^ Rein, Lisa (March 14, 2012). "State Dept. moves to fire Peter Van Buren, author of book critical of Iraq reconstruction effort". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on June 24, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  6. "Diplopundit.net".
  7. "U.S. Envoy, Peter Van Buren, Takes Caustic Pen to Iraq War". The New York Times. 7 October 2011.
  8. Van Buren, Peter (September 29, 2011). "How the State Department Came After Me (For telling the truth about what I saw in Iraq)". Foreign Policy. FP Group (Graham Holdings Company). Archived from the original on February 6, 2018. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  9. "Silenced". Tribeca Film Festival.
  10. Viviani, Mattia. "Silenced". Naked Edge Films.
  11. Van Buren, Peter (August 9, 2018). "I Was Banned for Life From Twitter". The American Conservative. American Ideas Institute. Archived from the original on August 10, 2018. Retrieved August 10, 2018.

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