Robert Baer
| Robert Baer | |
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| Allegiance | US |
| Service | Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) |
| Active | 1976–97 |
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| Birth name | Robert Booker Baer |
| Born |
July 1, 1952 Los Angeles |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation |
CIA Officer Author Commentator |
| Alma mater |
Georgetown University University of California, Berkeley |
Robert Booker "Bob" Baer (born July 1, 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 is a frequent commentator and author about issues related to international relations, espionage and U.S. foreign policy. Currently he is a reality television host on the History Channel's program "Hunting Hitler."
Baer was born in Los Angeles, raised in Aspen, Colorado, and aspired to become a professional skier. He spent many years of his childhood with his mother and cousin in Europe before returning to the US. After a fairly poor academic performance during his first year at high school, his mother sent him to Indiana's Culver Military Academy. In 1976 he graduated from the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service (where then-future CIA director George Tenet was a classmate). While a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley, he applied to the CIA's Directorate of Operations (now the National Clandestine Service), originally as a prank. Upon admittance to the CIA after graduating, Baer engaged in a year's training, which included a four-month paramilitary course, parachute training, and several foreign language courses.
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