Frederick Hitz
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Frederick Porter Hitz (born 14 October 1939)[1] is an author and former Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Hitz graduated from Princeton University and the Harvard School of Law.
Hitz entered the CIA in 1967 as an operations officer. In 1973 Hitz was moved to the State Department, the Department of Defense, and Department of Energy, and then returned to the CIA in 1978. President George H. W. Bush appointed Hitz the first statutory Inspector General of the CIA in 1990.
Hitz played a role in the investigation into the CIA's role in the alleged cocaine trafficking in the US during the Reagan administration.
Hitz retired from the CIA in 1998 and took a position as Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law and Politics Department, specializing in intelligence and anti-terrorism law.
[edit] Publications
- 2004: The Great Game: the myth and reality of espionage. New York: Knopf ISBN 0375412107
- 2008: Why Spy? espionage in an age of uncertainty. New York: Thomas Dunne ISBN 0312356048
[edit] References
- ^ "Library of Congress authority file". Library of Congress. http://authorities.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?AuthRecID=3992923&v1=1&HC=1&SEQ=20110826094410&PID=71xs6Q53Z__QObDbmLY7VS81. Retrieved 2011-08-26.
[edit] External links
- Frederick P. Hitz discusses his book Why Spy? Espionage in an age of uncertainty, January 2009, ISRIA
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