Phil Brennan, a veteran
investigative journalist, writes for NewsMax.com and edits and publishes
Wednesday on the Web (http://www.pvbr.com).
A native New Yorker, he moved to
Washington in 1956 where he worked in the public relations field, handling such
assignments as the Washington end of the successful Alaska Statehood campaign.
After working on the Nixon campaign staff in 1960 he was named director of
public relations and special projects of the House Republican Policy Committee.
During his years on Capitol Hill he
also wrote the "From Washington Straight" column for Bill Buckley's National
Review. He was responsible for uncovering the Bobby Baker scandal which resulted
in the jailing of the secretary of the Senate, a close confidant of Lyndon
Johnson. In 1964 during the Goldwater campaign he organized the GOP Truth Squad
and served as its PR director.
In 1968 after working as an
administrative assistant for a member of Congress, he moved to Boca Raton,
Florida where he continued his journalism career and wrote two unpublished
novels and a series of non-fiction books, the last being a history of the Shroud
of Turin.
Phil is a veteran of World War II,
having served in the US Marine Corps from 1943 to 1946. He is a widower and the
father of seven children. He served as sacristan at St. Joan of Arc Catholic
Church in Boca Raton and is a trustee of the Lincoln Heritage Institute. He is a
member of the Association of Former Intelligence Officers.
