Aaron Glantz

He has reported on the opioid epidemic, the quality of care for U.S. military veterans, and the FBI's international war crimes office.

[9] In November 2002, when the Anglo-American invasion of Iraq appeared imminent, Glantz traveled to Istanbul to cover regional reaction to the crisis.

When Saddam Hussein was overthrown on April 9, 2003, Glantz traveled to Baghdad as an unembedded journalist to cover Iraqi experience of U.S.

[10] He spent parts of three years in the county, covering the Abu Ghraib[11] prison scandal, the attack on radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr,[12] and the April 2004 U.S. military siege of Fallujah.

[22] In 2011, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors issued a proclamation to honor to Glantz for his "extraordinary efforts as a critically acclaimed author... who through word and deed is saving lives."