Michael Scheuer is a former CIA employee that worked with the agency for 22-years before his retirement in November 2004. As a member of the CIA, Scheuer headed the Bin Laden Issue Station, a unit dedicated to tracking Osama bin Laden. He is currently an analyst for CBS News as well as a member of the Jamestown Foundation, a Washington, DC think tank.
Fast Facts:
- Alma Mater: Canisius College
- Former Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station for the CIA
- Is identified as "Mike" in the 9/11 Commission Report
- The Jamestown Foundation's stated purpose is to "inform and educate policy makers and the broader policy community about events and trends in those societies which are strategically or tactically important to the United States"The Jamestown Foundation: Mission
- Has authored Imperial Hubris: Why the West Is Losing the War on Terror and Through Our Enemies' Eyes: Osama bin Laden, Radical Islam, and the Future of America