Robert Baer, New York Times best-selling author of See
No Evil, was a case officer in the Directorate of Operations
for the CIA from 1976 to 1997. His overseas assignments
included stints in locations such as northern Iraq, Dushanbe,
Rabat, Beirut and Khartoum. He speaks Arabic, Farsi,
French and German.
George Clooney won an Oscar for best supporting actor
for his portrayal of Bob Baer in Syriana (based on Bob’s
book,
See No Evil ). Bob himself has a cameo in the film
playing an FBI man who interrogates Clooney.
Bob Baer is the presenter of The Cult of the Suicide Bomber series and Car Bomb. Baer lost colleagues in the April 1983 suicide bombing of the US Embassy in Beirut.
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