Seth Hettena

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Seth Hettena is a freelance writer and author based in San Diego.

A former reporter and correspondent for The Associated Press, Hettena has exposed the torture death of an Iraqi prisoner in CIA custody, the only known case of its kind. His first book, Feasting on the Spoils: The Life and Times of Randy "Duke" Cunningham, History's Most Corrupt Congressman was published in 2007.

Hettena grew up in New York, attended The Fieldston School and spent his summers in high school working on oil tankers and coal carriers running to Panama, Alaska and the Netherlands.

He is a graduate of The Johns Hopkins University and holds a Master's Degree in journalism from Columbia University in 1994. Before joining the AP in 1997, he worked for two Iowa newspapers.

Recent posts and comments

U.S. Slow to Join Global Wave of Mobile TV Growth

A new study released yesterday says half a billion people around the world are expected to tune in to mobile TV by 2013—a market that is estimated at, oh, $50 billion... Read more »
Service-now Finds Hard Economic Times Are Good for Business

A private software company that arose following the implosion of San Diego’s scandal-ridden Peregrine Systems says its business is booming despite the recession, because its innovative model for offering Software as... Read more »
From the Valley of the Green Giant, Google Energy Czar Lowers the Heat

Bill Weihl, Google’s green energy czar, says the computer you’re likely using now is a bit like a toaster. It takes in energy and produces heat. A typical network server... Read more »
Proclaiming the iPod is Dying, MP3.com’s Founder Launches A Web Site for Downloading Music to Your Cell Phone

San Diego’s MP3.com founder Michael Robertson says the iPod is dying and in a few years, “it will be just a footnote in history.”

Robertson recently predicted the passing of the... Read more »