Peter Van Buren, a 24-year veteran of the US State Department, spent a year in Iraq. Following his book, “We Meant Well: How I Helped Lose the Battle for the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People,” the Department of State began proceedings against him. Through the efforts of the Government Accountability Project and the ACLU, Van Buren instead retired from the State Department on his own terms. His commentary has been featured in The New York Times, Reuters, Salon, NPR, Al Jazeera, The Huffington Post, TomDispatch and others, He has appeared on the BBC World Service, Huff Post Live and more.