Follow the money: A ruthless guide for Mark Savaya, America’s envoy to Iraq

There is a whispered line within the corners of American history, which was delivered inside a parking garage to The Washington Post journalist duo Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein from Deep Throat, Deputy FBI Director Mark Felt: “Follow the money.” It was more than investigative advice. It was a revelation. It was a roadmap to power, to corruption, and to the foul core of political institutions that clothe themselves in flags while feeding on rot. If there is any advice that the new United States Special Envoy to Iraq, Mark Savaya, must hold onto if he is to survive this theatre of illusions that is Baghdad, it is: look at who is making the money. Savaya is a 1985-born diplomat […]