Born: c. 1952

Gender: Male
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Spy, Author

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: Sleeping with the Devil

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.

    University: School of Foreign Services, Georgetown University (c. 1976)

    CIA employee 1976-97
    CIA Career Intelligence Medal 1997

    FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
    Syriana (23-Nov-2005) · CIA Security Officer #2
    Uncovered: The Whole Truth About the Iraq War (3-Nov-2004) · Himself
    Uncovered: The War on Iraq (20-Aug-2004) · Himself

Author of books:
See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism (17-Jan-2002, nonfiction)
Sleeping with the Devil (15-Jul-2003, nonfiction)

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