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In 1999, thirty-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work, Nada was determined to rise through the ranks of the agency first as an analyst and then as a targeting officer, eventually finding herself on the frontline of America's war against Islamic extremists. In this role, Nada was charged with finding the godfather of ISIS and mastermind of Al Qaeda in Iraq: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
In a tight, tension-packed narrative that takes the listener from Langley deep into Iraq, Bakos reveals the inner workings of the agency and the largely hidden world of intelligence gathering post 9/11. Entrenched in the predominantly male world of the CIA, Bakos belonged to a small yet dedicated sisterhood leading US Special Operations Forces to the doorstep of one of the world's most wanted terrorists.
Filled with on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, The Targeter shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story, but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of determined, ambitious men and women worked tirelessly in the heart of the CIA to ensure our nation's safety at home and abroad.
Show moreIn 1999, thirty-year-old Nada Bakos moved from her lifelong home in Montana to Washington, DC, to join the CIA. Quickly realizing her affinity for intelligence work, Nada was determined to rise through the ranks of the agency first as an analyst and then as a targeting officer, eventually finding herself on the frontline of America's war against Islamic extremists. In this role, Nada was charged with finding the godfather of ISIS and mastermind of Al Qaeda in Iraq: Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.
In a tight, tension-packed narrative that takes the listener from Langley deep into Iraq, Bakos reveals the inner workings of the agency and the largely hidden world of intelligence gathering post 9/11. Entrenched in the predominantly male world of the CIA, Bakos belonged to a small yet dedicated sisterhood leading US Special Operations Forces to the doorstep of one of the world's most wanted terrorists.
Filled with on-the-ground insights and poignant personal anecdotes, The Targeter shows us the great personal sacrifice that comes with intelligence work. This is Nada's story, but it is also an intimate chronicle of how a group of determined, ambitious men and women worked tirelessly in the heart of the CIA to ensure our nation's safety at home and abroad.
Show moreNada Bakos is a former Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) analyst on
the team charged with analyzing the relationship between Iraq, al
Qaida, and 9/11, and was the Chief Targeting officer following Abu
Musab al-Zarqawi. Bakos was featured in the Emmy award winning HBO
documentary, Manhunt, and has appeared as a guest commentator on
Frontline PBS, CNN, ABC, MSNBC, FOX, NBC and as a resource for
journalists at the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington
Post and other major media outlets. After twenty years in the
intelligence field and corporate world, Ms. Bakos is currently
focused on national security issues and regional stability around
the world.
Christine Lakin is an Earphones Award-winning narrator and
acclaimed television actress, best known for her roles as Alicia
"Al" Lambert on the hit family comedy Step by Step and as Joan of
Arc on Showtime's Reefer Madness.
"A revealing and utterly engrossing account of the campaign to stop the terrorist mastermind behind the rise of ISIS."-- "Joby Warrick, Pulitzer Prize-winning author"
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