American author and political analyst
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Graham E. Fuller (born November 28, 1937) is an American author and political analyst , specializing in Islamist extremism .[ 1] Formerly vice-chair of the National Intelligence Council ,[ 2] he also served as Station Chief in Kabul for the CIA . A "think piece" that Fuller wrote for the CIA was identified as instrumental in leading to the Iran–Contra affair .[ 3] [ 4] As of 2024, Fuller is a member of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity .
After a career in the United States State Department and CIA lasting 27 years,[ 5] he joined Rand Corporation as senior political scientist specializing in the Middle East .[ 3] [ 6] [ 7] As of 2006, he was affiliated with the Simon Fraser University in Vancouver , British Columbia , as an adjunct professor of history.[ 8] He is the author of a number of books, including The Future of Political Islam .[ 9]
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^ "The Kurdish Question (transcript)" . NewsHour with Jim Lehrer . PBS . February 17, 1999. Archived from the original on October 1, 2013. Retrieved May 20, 2009 .
^ Broder, Jonathan (February 15, 1988). "Into the Kurdish Quagmire" . Salon.com . Archived from the original on September 8, 2012. Retrieved May 20, 2009 .
^ Goodman, Melvin Allan (2008). Failure of intelligence: the decline and fall of the CIA . Rowman & Littlefield. p. 91 . ISBN 978-0-7425-5110-7 .
^ "Speaker Bio: Graham E. Fuller" . Boston University . 2006. Retrieved May 20, 2009 .
^ Perry, Mitch E. (August 15, 2006). "Former CIA analyst on Sunni-Shia schism" . WMNF 88.5 FM. Archived from the original on July 27, 2011. Retrieved May 20, 2009 .