Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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)