Robert Baer life and biography

Robert "Bob" Baer is an American author and a former CIA case officer assigned to the Middle East. He is TIME.com's intelligence columnist and has contributed to Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post. Baer is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, espionage and U.S. foreign policy.

Robert Baer is a retired CIA operative who now acts as a journalist and author. He claimed to be working with beheaded journalist Daniel Pearl on a joint project, investigating Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and not "shoe bomber" Richard Reid as everyone seems to think.

He occasionally appears as a talking head on cable news programs and in documentaries like Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War.

Author of Books:

See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism, Crown Publishing Group (January 2002)
Sleeping With the Devil: How Washington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude, Crown Publishing Group(July 2003)
Blow the House Down: A Novel, Crown Publishing Group(2006)
The Devil We Know: Dealing with the New Iranian Superpower(2008)
The Company We Keep: A Husband-and-Wife True-Life Spy Story (2011)

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