James Risen (born April 27, 1955) is an American journalist for The New York Times who previously worked for the Los Angeles Times. He has written or co-written many articles concerning U.S. government activities and is the author or co-author of two books about the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) and a book about the American public debate about abortion. Risen is a Pulitzer Prize winner. Bio from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. By Miller Center (RS3J7284) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons.