 Kubva paakabatana nevashandi veThe Dallas Morning News muna 1984, Leeson akafukidza nhau dzenzvimbo nedzenharaunda nenyaya, dzakadai sokushaya pokugara uye njodzi dzinongoitika dzoga; nyaya dzenyika dzevasungwa vakaurayiwa muUnited States yose; kurwisana kwenyika dzakawanda muEl Salvador, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Sudan, Angola, Kuwait neIraq muhondo yokutanga neyechipiri yeGulf; kudengenyeka kwenyika muTurkey; uye rusaruraganda muSouth Africa. Nyaya dzaakanyora muna 1985 dzaitaura nezvokushaya pokugara dzakaita kuti apiwe mubairo unonzi Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award, uye akawanazve mubairo uyu muna 1994 paakanyora nezvokurwisana kwaiitika muAngola. Gore ra1985 rakaonawo kusarudzwa kwake kwekutanga kwePulitzer, kwekufukidzwa kwehutongi hwehutongi muSouth Africa; akadzokera kaviri kurudzi irworwo, nguva yekupedzisira muna 1994, paakanyora chiitiko chenhoroondo yesarudzo dzekutanga dzematongerwe enyika dzeSouth Africa. 