Robert Baer bio

1. Name: Robert Baer
2. Title: Former CIA Officer in the Directorate of Operations
3. Biography Robert “Bob” Baer is an American journalist and author. He is the Intelligence Columnist for Time.com, and regularly contributes articles to many publications. 

He has written four books on U.S.-Middle East affairs, pulling much of his information from many years of experience working as a CIA case officer assigned to the Middle East. He is fluent in Arabic, Persian, French, German, Russian, and English, and he is conversant in Chinese.
4. Involvement/ Affiliations:
  • Intelligence Columnist, Time.com
  • Contributor, Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post
  • Case Officer, CIA Directorate of Operations (now the National Clandestine Service), 1976-1997
5. Education:
  • B.A., School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, 1976
  • Attended University of California at Berkeley, year unknown
  • Attended Culver Military Academy, year unknown
6. Published Works:
  • “Why bin Laden Isn’t Worth Worrying About,” Time, Jan. 26, 2010
  • “The Khost CIA Bombing: Assessing the Damage in Afghanistan,” Time, Jan. 8, 2010
  • “Why the CIA Can’t Be Picky About Afghan Partners,” Time, Oct. 28, 2009
  • “The CIA Has Secrets. Hello?” Time, July 27, 2009
  • “Don’t Forget Mousavi’s Bloody Past,” Time, June 18, 2009
  • “When Will Obama Give Up the Bin Laden Ghost Hunt?,” Time, Nov. 18, 2008
  • “Justice Served: Killing Mugniyah,” Time, Feb. 13, 2008
  • “A Coming Hamas-Israel War?,” Time, Feb. 5, 2008
  • The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower, 2008
  • Blow the House Down: A Novel, 2006
  • “The Fall of the House of Saud,” The Atlantic, May 2003
  • Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude, 2003
  • See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA’s War on Terrorism, 2002
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