Tim Weiner

Tim Weiner is a New York Times reporter, author of three books and co-author of a forth, and winner of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. He is a graduate of the Graduate School of Journalism at Columbia University and has worked for the Times since 1993, as a foreign correspondent in Mexico and as a national security correspondent in Washington, DC.

Enemies: A History of the FBI, Tim Weiner's latest book, traces the history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations, from the bureau's creation in the early 20th century through its ongoing fight in the current war on terrorism. He explains how Hoover's increasing concerns about communist threats against the United States led to the FBI's secret intelligence operations against anyone deemed "subversive."

Weiner won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting as an investigative reporter at the Philadelphia Inquirer, for his articles on the black budget spending at the Pentagon and the CIA. His book Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget is based on that newspaper series.

He later won the National Book Award for his 2007 book Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA.

He is featured along with other foreign affairs experts in interviews in Denis Delestrac's 2010 "Pax Americana and the Weaponization of Space".

Books

• Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget by Tim Weiner. Aspect. September 1990. Based on a series of Pulitzer Prize-winning articles, Blank Check unveils the U.S. President's secret treasury; provides a look at how the Pentagon spends the public's money without public consent or knowledge.
• Betrayal: The Story of Aldrich Ames, an American Spy by Neil A. Lewis, Tim Weiner, and David Johnston Random House, May 1, 1995. 308 pages. ISBN 9780679440505
• Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA by Tim Weiner. Anchor Books. 2008. ISBN 9780307389008
• Enemies: A History of the FBI The book traces the history of the FBI's secret intelligence operations from its creation through the current war on terrorism. Publication Date: February 14, 2012

Sources

• National Book
• Random House
• Interview on Legacy of Ashes at the Pritzker Military Library
• The CIA: Fact and Fiction? discussion at World Affairs Council of Northern California, September 2007
• The History of the CIA talk at World Affairs Council of Oregon, June 2008
• Booknotes interview with Weiner on Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget, October 21, 1990.