Stephen Grey

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Stephen Grey (b. 1968 in Rotterdam, Netherlands) is a British journalist and author famous for accusing the CIA of running a "gulag" in works such as his book "Ghost Plane".

[edit] Career

Grey was educated at the British School of Brussels, St Alban's School, Windsor Boys School, and Oxford University where he studied politics, philosophy and economics.

In the summer of 2003, Stephen began investigating reports of the CIA's secret system of Extraordinary renditions (transfer of terror suspects to foreign jails, where many faced torture). He has contributed to the Sunday Times, several front page news articles to the New York Times about rendition and security issues, as well as to Newsweek, CBS 60 Minutes, Le Monde Diplomatique, BBC Radio 4 'File on Four'.

In 2005 he got the Amnesty International Media Awards 2005, best periodical article, for "America's Gulag",in New Statesman (May 04).

In 2007 Grey researched and presented a TV documentary about the drug business and informants in the UK.