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To give an accurate and exhaustive account of that period would need a far less brilliant pen than mine.
Robert Baer

Born: July 1, 1952 (age 73)
Bio: Robert Booker "Bob" Baer is an American author and a former CIA case officer who was primarily assigned to the Middle East. He is Time's intelligence columnist and has contributed to Vanity Fair, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Known for:
- The Perfect Kill: 21 Laws for Assassins (2013)
- Sleeping with the Devil (2004)
- The Devil We Know (2008)
- Blow the House Down: A Novel (2006)
- La Chute de la CIA (2002)