Naji Sabri

Sabri was a professor of English literature at Baghdad University, before serving in the press office of Iraq's embassy in London.

His interactions with CNN producer Robert Wiener were dramatized in the HBO film Live From Baghdad, where his character was listed as Naji Al-Hadithi.

CNN became famous after delivering live audio and video footage from within a Baghdad hotel even as the American military was bombing the city.

His education, almost flawless English, and comfort in diplomatic circles continued to make him one of Iraq's most recognized faces in the West.

In September 2002, Sabri officially announced to Annan that Saddam Hussein had agreed to a resumption of weapons inspections in Iraq.

In March 2006, NBC Nightly News reported that Naji Sabri was, indeed, the "source who had direct access to Saddam and his inner circle" of which former United States Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) director George Tenet had once boasted.

In exchange for $100,000 paid to him by the American government, Sabri offered the CIA important details on some of Saddam's alleged weapons programs and affirmation on the discontinuance of others.

According to his LinkedIn profile, Dr Naji Sabri is now an independent Media, Translation & International Affairs Professional in Qatar.