Given his vigorous rebuttals and claims that he has faked nothing and that he is the victim of a conspiracy, it's worth pointing out that Debat was still presenting himself in academic/journalistic/policy circles as actively with ABC more than a month after he was forced to resign.

Below a redacted email removing identifying details from a post he sent to a list in which he portrayed himself as an active consultant with ABC's Brian Ross unit more than a month after he was forced to resign from the network for misrepresenting his CV, as several officials there have confirmed to me:

Date: Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:04:09 -0400
From: Alexis Debat
In response to [redacted]

while I do not disagree with him on the strong ideological bent of [redacted], the investigative unit at ABC News (for which I am a consultant on terrorism issues, although I do not deal with [redacted], only uses her to provide [redacted]. We do not ask her for comment, analysis, or information other than when and where [redacted].

We conduct our own translation and our own analysis on the documents. I
and others at ABC are very aware of [redacted], and the Brian Ross unit always goes to great length to avoid being partisan in its reporting.

All the best,
Alexis Debat

An ABC executive says there could have been no question in Debat's mind about his status at the point of the above email. "Crystal clear. ... [He was asked to resign] in early to mid june. His work had been suspended immediately on may 31."

Posted by Laura at September 16, 2007 09:54 PM