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Robert Baer

Robert Booker Baer (born July 11, 1952) is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East. He is ''Time'''s intelligence columnist and has contributed to ''Vanity Fair'', ''The Wall Street Journal'', and ''The Washington Post''. Baer speaks eight languages, won the CIA Career Intelligence Medal and is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, espionage, and U.S. foreign policy. He hosted the History reality television series ''Hunting Hitler''. He is an Intelligence and Security Analyst for CNN. His book ''See No Evil'' was adapted by the director Stephen Gaghan and used as the basis for the film ''Syriana'', with George Clooney playing Baer's character. Provided by Wikipedia