brief - Iran 911 Case

2. THE ROBERT BAER PUBLICATIONSFormer CIA case officer Robert Baer 19 has written extensively on Iran, Hizballah,and Middle East terrorism. 20 Baer‘s writings provide important information concerning,inter alia, an August 1996 meeting between an Iranian intelligence officer and Osama binLaden in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, at which an agreement (beyond the 1993 Khartoumagreement, see infra, pp. 56-57, 92-93) was reached to engage in joint terrorismoperations, and other evidence showing that 9/11 was not an al Qaeda operation actingalone. Baer‘s writings address the Iranian government‘s thirty-year war against America,its involvement in a long history of terrorist acts against the United States and Americansabroad, Iran‘s historical, religious, and geopolitical motivations and aspirations, and thenature of the Iranian state and its government apparatus, including Iran‘s SupremeLeader, the IRGC and its Qods Force, and MOIS. The Baer publications also discusshow and why Iran surmounted the Sunni-Shi‘a theological divide, Iran‘s modus operandiof working through terrorist proxies, including not only its own creation, Hizballah andits master terrorist Imad Mughniyah, but also many Sunni terror organizations. Finally,Baer has challenged the conventional wisdom by refuting the veracity of the ―A to Z‖19 Fluent in Farsi (Persian) and Arabic, Robert Baer worked in the CIA‘s Directorate of Operationsrunning agents (i.e., recruited sources) in the Middle East, including extensive experience in Lebanon,Asia, and Europe. He received the CIA‘s ―Career Intelligence Medal‖ in 1998. Baer, See No Evil, p.267. After his career in the CIA, Baer became a writer, journalist, and documentary film maker, andhe is widely considered to be one of the foremost experts in the world on Middle East terrorism andIran. Baer has appeared on numerous television news and discussion programs, including on the majornetworks, CNN, MSNBC, HBO, BBC, both in the U.S. and in Europe, and on radio. In 2000, Baerworked with CBS‘ 60 MINUTES on an overseas investigation involving an Iranian intelligence defector.20 Robert Baer is the author of three non-fiction books and one novel: See No Evil: The True Story of aGround Soldier in the CIA‟s War on Terrorism (Crown 2002); Sleeping With The Devil: HowWashington Sold Our Soul for Saudi Crude (Crown 2003); Blow The House Down (Crown 2006), anovel which contains a non-fiction ―Author‘s Note‖ at the end; and The Devil We Know: Dealing withthe New Iranian Superpower (Crown 2008). Baer is a regular columnist for TIME magazine and hashad articles published in VANITY FAIR, the WALL STREET JOURNAL, the WASHINGTON POST, and theATLANTIC on the subjects of intelligence, terrorism, international and national security, and Iraniannational politics.32