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Clayton Swisher is an award-winning American journalist and Manager of Investigative Journalism with Al Jazeera Media Network in Doha, Qatar. Swisher is also author of two nonfiction books on the Arab-Israeli conflict. Swisher began working for Al Jazeera English at their headquarters in Doha, Qatar in 2007. In 2011 Swisher delivered the disclosure of the so-called “Palestine Papers,” the largest ever leak of confidential documents related to Israeli-Palestinian negotiations, which led to the temporary resignation of Dr. Saeb Erekat, Chief PLO Negotiator. In 2012 he delivered a documentary investigation, “What Killed Arafat,” which won the 2013 CINE Golden Eagle Award for “Best Investigative Journalism," and was nominated for the most prestigious awards in broadcast television, including the 2013 British Academy of Film and Television Arts (Best TV Current Affairs Documentary), 2013 Royal Television Society “Scoop of the Year," Monte Carlo Television Festival (Best News Documentary) and was a finalist for the Investigative Reporters and Editors (IRE) long-form documentary film. The nine month investigation revealed high levels of radioactive Polonium 210 in articles left behind by Yasser Arafat, the first President of the Palestinian National Authority, which led to a French criminal investigation and the exhumation of Arafat’s body. In 2004, Swisher’s first book, The Truth About Camp David was published receiving favorable reviews in Foreign Affairs and Israeli newspaper Haaretz. In 2011, Swisher’s second book, “The Palestine Papers: The End of the Road?” was released, examining themes of the more the 1,600 leaked documents that Swisher had obtained for Al Jazeera on Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.