Nada Bakos

Nada Bakos is a former CIA analyst and targeting officer who analyzed the links between Iraq, al-Qaeda, and the 9/11 attacks, later leading the effort to track terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi during the Iraq War. She authored the memoir 'The Targeter: My Life in the CIA, on the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS' in 2019. After her CIA career, she worked in consulting, corporate roles, and as a national security commentator.