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Robert Baer


Robert Baer was a case officer in the Directorate of Operations for the CIA from 1976 to 1997 and served in many countries in the Middle East and Africa. He was awarded the Career Intelligence Medal in 1997. He now divides his time between Washington DC and France.

Books by Robert Baer

The Company We Keep

A real-life "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" by the bestselling CIA operative Robert Baer and his CIA "shooter" wife

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See No Evil

The controversial memoir of an American soldier, that was the inspiration behind the international box office hit Syriana - by the producers of Erin Brokovich and starring Golden Globe Winner George Clooney as Robert Baer. See No Evil is a top 10 US bestseller.

'Syriana is light years from the standard Hollywood movie. It's meaty, intelligent and engrossing.' Time Magazine

'You see Syriana with the exhilarating feeling that a movie can make a difference. It's the kind of give-em-hell filmmaking that Hollywood left for dead, the kind that matters.' Rolling Stone

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