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The Intercept
April 20, 2018
The Syrian president was an eager accomplice in the Bush administration's “extraordinary rendition” program, and Syria became one of the “most common” destinations for rendered suspects. To quote former CIA agent Robert Baer: “If you want a serious interrogation, you send a prisoner to Jordan. If youÃâà...
UConn Daily Campus
March 26, 2018
The CIA purposefully designed the program so that no one involved in any black site's operation would be held accountable for the treatment of prisoners. Robert Baer, a case officer who was once Gina Haspel's supervisor, was correct when he claimed, “an individual CIA officer does not get to decide whatÃâà...
NPR
March 23, 2018
... reported comments on African nations would push them closer to China; from experts who argued Trump needs to appoint a senior envoy to represent him in talks with North Korea; and from Robert Baer, a former CIA case officer who once supervised Gina Haspel, Trump's nominee to run the agency.
The Intercept
March 9, 2018
Robert Baer, a former CIA operative stationed in Beirut at the time, later said, “I can guarantee you, and I have seen every bit of intelligence, that Fadlallah had no connection. … He knew the people carrying out the terrorism acts, but he had no connection in ordering them.” Officially the U.S. was engaged inÃâà...
StopFake.org
March 1, 2018
While this model of helicopter is not used by the U.S. military, it is quite possible that it is being used by the CIA, State Department, or some other U.S. agency. However, there is no reason to assume the helicopter is evacuating Islamic State militants. Robert Baer, a retired 20-year veteran of the CIA whoÃâà...
The Dickinson Press
February 7, 2018
The Stark County Spelling Bee was sponsored by Dr. Robert Baer, Worshipful Master of the Dickinson Masonic Lodge. "I wanted to get the lodges involved in the local spelling bees. That's why I'm here, to get us more involved so that people in the community can see that Masonic Lodges are doingÃâà...
New York Magazine
February 4, 2018
There's also the concern that agents might become reluctant to report information related to the president in light of these partisan attacks, as former CIA agent Robert Baer suggested during a CNN appearance on Friday. And will a juror who watches a lot of Sean Hannity now be willing to believe an FBIÃâà...
Media Matters for America
February 2, 2018
ROBERT BAER (CNN INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ANALYST): Well, I'm worried about the FBI. If I were an FBI agent in the field now and picked up some information on Russia that was damaging to the president, or even helpful, I would not report it. I would think twice about it. I left the CIA, same thing.
Raw Story
February 2, 2018
Former CIA officer Robert Baer on Friday slammed the release of the “piece of trash” memo, drafted by staffers for House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA), arguing if he “were an FBI agent in the field right now” he would “think twice” about reporting information on Russia and DonaldÃâà...
Task & Purpose
January 31, 2018
If the United States continues to dismiss our enemies' fears, count on it that our miscalculation will continue to pile up, making things look more and more like a plague than a proper war. Forgetting that people governed by fear want to be governed by faith is a cardinal political error. Robert Baer was a CIAÃâà...
CBC.ca
January 17, 2018
The question of how these sources ended up in the hands of the Chinese authorities loomed over the agency. Now, two small books with classified information that were found in Lee's luggage in 2012 may be the key. Robert Baer is a former CIA officer who served for 21 years, mostly in the Middle East.
CNN International
December 27, 2017
Former CIA operative Robert Baer says that GOP Rep. Rooney's comment calling for a "purge" of the FBI is disloyal. Source: CNN. CNN Original Series on CNNgo. Watch Full episode on. Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown. HFR SEPTEMBER 13 -- USE FOR MACEDONIA PROJECT ONLY Ãâ÷ Fake newsÃâà...
STLtoday.com
November 13, 2017
The St. Louis region lost a longtime civic and business leader Sunday (Nov. 12, 2017) when Robert J. Baer died at the age of 80. Much of Mr. Baer's career was with Fenton-based UniGroup, one of the largest transportation corporations in the United States. But he also dedicated his life to public work,Ãâà...
Newsweek
June 21, 2017
In the History Channel's new documentary series JFK Declassified, former CIA officer Robert Baer describes a meeting in Mexico City between Oswald and Valery Kostikov, a Soviet diplomat, six weeks before JFK was killed. On the program, Baer identifies Kostikov as “the head of KGB assassin operations.
Aljazeera.com
June 2, 2017
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has appointed a senior counterterrorism officer with a strong background in the Middle East to lead the US administration's handling of Iran, signalling a new hardline approach to Tehran, sources tell Al Jazeera. Known as the "Dark Prince", "Ayatollah Mike", and theÃâà...
The Independent
May 16, 2017
President Trump told Russia's Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov and ambassador Sergey Kislyak top secret information regarding a highly sensitive intelligence operation against the extremist group Isis, the Washington Post reported, citing government officials. The information came from a third country thatÃâà...
Chicago Tribune
April 28, 2017
Although he spent decades in and around Syria, former Central Intelligence Agency operative Robert Baer said he still has trouble figuring out the problems in that country. Baer, who spent 21 years in the CIA, was the guest speaker Thursday at Benedictine University's Center for Civic Leadership springÃâà...
NPR
January 10, 2015
Robert Baer was a CIA officer for decades, before coming in from the cold in the late 1990s. He's written a series of memoirs, including Sleeping with the Devil, The Company We Keep, and See No Evil, which was the basis for the George Clooney movie Syriana. His latest book is called The Perfect Kill: 21Ãâà...
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