Robert baer was a case officer in the directorate of operations for the central intelligence agency from 1976 to 1997. Saudi arabia is more and more an irrational statea place that spawns global terrorism even as it succumbs to an ancient and deeply seated isolationism, a kingdom led by a royal family that cant get out of the way of its own greed. Aug 25, 2009 dealing with iran robert baer author and former cia operative conversations host harry kreisler welcomes former cia operative robert baer for a discussion of his book on iranthe devil we know. In his explosive new york times bestseller, top cia operative robert baer paints a chilling picture of how terrorism works on the inside and provides startling evidence of how washington politics sabotaged the cias efforts to root out the worlds deadliest terrorists, allowing for the rise of osama bin laden and al qaeda and the continued entrenchment of. Now in his powerful new book, sleeping with the devil, b. Robert is times intelligence columnist and has also contributed to vanity fair, the wall street journal, and the washington post. He is times intelligence columnist and has contributed to vanity fair, the wall street journal, and the washington post. Robert baer talked about his book the devil we know. Robert baer, born as robert booker baer, is an american author and a former cia case officer who was primarily assigned to the middle east. Funeral home services for robert are being provided by thomas j.
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Robert baer is one of the most accomplished agents in cia history. Robert baer passed away on january 1, 2020 at the age of 94 in boston, massachusetts. His overseas assignments included stints in locations such as northern iraq, dushanbe, rabat, paris, beirut, khartoum, new delhi, and elsewhere, handling agents that infiltrated hizballah, pflpgc, psf, libyan intelligence, fatahhawari, and al qaeda. Robert baers new book blow the house down abc news. Hersh, the new yorker from the preface this book is a memoir of one foot soldiers career in the other cold war, the one against terrorist networks. Baers new book is, unsurprisingly, about his life as a cia operative.
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