He taught English literature, journalism, grammar, and history at a small private school before joining the staff of the non-profit news organization Truthout.
[2] It was an in-depth examination of the Bush administration's false WMD arguments set against testimony and data from a weapons inspector who oversaw the destruction of Iraq's stockpiles in the 1990s.
In reviewing this book, The Guardian called it "the most comprehensive independent analysis of the state of knowledge about Iraq's weapons programmes until the new team of inspectors went back.
It is an analysis of U.S. politics in areas outside the push for war in Iraq, covering topics such as the Enron collapse, the media and Fox News, but primarily concentrates on the aftermath of the attacks of September 11.
[1] It serves as a second volume to Pitt's first book by compiling the myriad ways the Bush administration lied the U.S. into an invasion of Iraq, and documents the steep cost in blood, treasure and reputation brought by the war.