William Schaap


William Herman Schaap was an American lawyer, co-founder of the CovertAction Information Bulletin, and director of the Institute for Media Analysis.

Life

He was born in Brooklyn to Maurice and Leah Schaap. Dick Schaap was his older brother. He graduated from Cornell University, and from University of Chicago Law School in 1964. Most of Schaap's legal career was spent representing activists, protesters, and whistleblowers. He also advised conscientious objectors to the Vietnam War while working in Germany and Japan.
In 1976, he helped found CovertAction Information Bulletin, which was renamed the CovertAction Quarterly in 1992. Schaap was married to co-founder Ellen Ray.

Works

Books

  • Dirty Work 2: The CIA in Africa, with Ellen Ray, Karl Van Meter, and Louis Wolf. Lyle Stuart..
  • Covert Action: The Roots of Terrorism, with Ellen Ray. New York: Ocean Press..
  • Bioterror: Manufacturing Wars the American Way, with Ellen Ray. New York: Ocean Press / Institute for Media Analysis, Inc..

    Articles

  • CovertAction Information Bulletin, no. 26. pp. 25–26.
  • CovertAction Information Bulletin, no. 26, pp. 3–8.
  • with Ellen Ray. CovertAction Information Bulletin, no. 39, pp. 58–62.

    Media

  • . Interview by Our Hidden History.
  • . at The King Center.