Rachel Schneller

I've been scooped on a story I should have owned. 

 

On February 23rd a US foreign service officer named Rachel Schneller appeared on a panel with Hamas spokesman Osama Hamdan, right here in Doha, at a Forum I attended that was hosted by the Al Jazeera Cente for Strategic Studies. 

 

According to today's Wall Street Journal, she acknowledged sitting with Hamdan afterwards for a friendly cup of tea, in a meeting that had the blessing of her superiors back at the US state department.

Now that is news. 

 

Below is what I submitted that night from Dubai (I had to travel from Doha that afternoon on business and could not finish the discussion).