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Nada Bakos | |
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Born | May 1969 |
Citizenship | United States |
Occupation(s) | National security, foreign policy expert |
Known for | Intelligence analysis |
Nada Bakos (born May 1969) is an American author, expert in United States foreign policy and national security, and a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst and officer. She is a senior fellow in national security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and the author of Targeter: My Life in the CIA, and the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS (2017).
Bakos is a native of Montana [1] and is a fourth-generation Montanan. [2]
Bakos served an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, from 2000 to 2010. [2] Bakos began her career at the CIA as an intelligence analyst, later joining the National Clandestine Service as a targeting officer. [3] As a targeting officer, she worked to track al-Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. [4] [5] She was featured prominently in HBO's 2013 documentary film, Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden. [6]
After leaving the CIA, she worked as a security and business consultant for a variety of organizations and companies, including Starbucks. [4]
Bakos's memoir, Targeter: My Life in the CIA, and the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS, is forthcoming. [1]