After leaving ABC, Salinger moved back to Washington, D.C., and became an executive with the Burson Marsteller public relations firm before returning to France in 2000. Until the late 80s, Salinger had been a popular TV pundit in France, and was a frequent guest on French news and public affairs shows when someone was needed to explain or interpret American events for French viewers. Salinger even hosted a program for the cable network A&E in the early 1990s called Dining in France.

Salinger later became known for his claims in November 1996 that friendly fire from the United States Navy was the cause of the TWA Flight 800 crash, based on what was later explained to him as being part of a widespread Internet hoax. Salinger's fervent initial belief in this information has led to the coining of a new term, which refers to the belief in the veracity of all information found on the Internet: "Pierre Salinger Syndrome".^[5]

In November 2000, he became exasperated when he was denied permission to give exonerating evidence as part of his testimony before the Scottish Court in the Netherlands to try two Libyans for the downing on December 21, 1988, of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland. Salinger stated that he knew who the real bombers were, but was told by trial judge, Lord Sutherland: "If you wish to make a point you may do so elsewhere, but I'm afraid you may not do so in this court."^[6]

He later made a permanent move to France, making good on his promise that, "If Bush wins, I'm going to leave the country and spend the rest of my life in France."

Salinger died in October 2004 of heart failure in Cavaillon hospital near his home in Le Thor, France, at the age of 79.^[7] He is buried in the Arlington National Cemetery across the Potomac River from Washington, DC.

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Bibliography

• With Kennedy (2000) ISBN 0385043325
• America Held Hostage
• Secret Dossier: The Hidden Agenda Behind the Gulf War
• Je Suis un Americain
• La France et le Nouveau Monde
• P.S.: A Memoir, 1995

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External links

• Poppy And Pierre Salinger Foundation
• Pierre Salinger Museum

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