The "Axis of Evil" was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

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Colleagues Andrew McCarthy and Mark R. The theory has since been attacked by various authors and journalists including Washington Post reporter Michael Dobbs who initially believed the story. His first wife was Jenny Ledeen of St.

In 1980 Ledeen worked for the Italian military intelligence service as a "risk assessment" consultant. In 1977 he went to Washington to join the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) (then affiliated with Georgetown University).