At the '' Times '' , Van Natta was the first investigative correspondent in the newspaper 's history to be posted overseas . He was based in the newspaper 's London , England bureau for nearly three years , from January 2003 until September 2005 . While at the '' Times '' , he has also covered the impeachment of Bill Clinton , the deadlocked 2000 election in Florida , campaign finance and the crash of TWA Flight 800 . Since September 11 , 2001 , Van Natta has covered terrorism and " extraordinary rendition , " the CIA program that kidnaps terrorism suspects abroad and sends them to third countries , where they are often tortured . In October 2005 , Van Natta was one of three reporters to write a 5,800-word article about former Times reporter Judith Miller 's 85 days in jail for refusing to testify before a grand jury led by special counsel Patrick Fitzgerald . The article focused in detail on the handling of her case by the Times publisher , Arthur Sulzberger Jr. , and top editors at the Times , including executive editor Bill Keller
TWA Flight 800
TWA Flight 800
Don Van Natta Jr.