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David Freed

David Freed

David Freed Biography

David Freed is an instrument rated pilot, screenwriter and a former Pulitzer Prize winning journalist for the Los Angeles Times. His work appears regularly in The Smithsonian's Air and Space Magazine and The Atlantic, where he was honored in 2011 as a finalist in Feature Writing by the American Society of Magazine Editors. David has also worked extensively within the U.S. intelligence community. He lives in Santa Barbara, California.

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