Jim LaPorta

James "Jim" LaPorta is an American investigative reporter covering national security, the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community for Rolling Stone. His work has appeared in major outlets including The New York Times, The Washington Post, and Newsweek. A Marine, LaPorta served two tours in the Afghanistan as an infantry squad leader and intelligence cell chief. He has written extensively on the veteran community, and the social impacts of the war on terror. He has also served as a technical consultant in the film industry. His controversial firing by the Associated Press following a rare retraction from the wire service regarding a missile explosion in Poland initially reported to be a Russian attack was widely reported.