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Bill Harlow

Bill Harlow

Bill Harlow

Bill Harlow is the former chief spokesman for the Central Intelligence Agency. He was the coauthor of former CIA director George Tenet’s #1 New York Times bestseller At the Center of the Storm, published in 2007. He is a retired Naval Officer who served in top spokesman jobs at the White House, Pentagon, and CIA.

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Chapter 1 from Hard Measures
May 22, 2013
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Atlantic Monthly, May 25, 2013
...a red flag in the flowerpot on his balcony, too? "The means of communication seem a little cheesy," Bill Harlow, a former CIA chief of public affairs, told me. Harlow, also the author of a political thriller, Circle William, adds: "The whole thing is...
Washington Post, January 3, 2013
...author of Hard Measures: How Aggressive CIA Actions After 9/11 Saved American Lives, written with former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow, who also contributed to this essay. It is an odd experience to enter a darkened room and, for more than 21 / 2 hours,...
Hampton Roads Daily Press, September 5, 2012
...contents of the book, the Pentagon is not preventing it from being sold at military outlets, Little said. Bill Harlow, a retired Navy captain and former CIA spokesman, said when he chose to send his novel "Circle William," published in 1999, to both...
Khaleej Times, September 5, 2012
...contents of the book, the Pentagon is not preventing it from being sold at military outlets, Little said. Bill Harlow, a retired Navy captain and former CIA spokesman, said when he chose to send his novel “Circle William,” published in 1999, to...
Huffington Post, September 5, 2012
...contents of the book, the Pentagon is not preventing it from being sold at military outlets, Little said. Bill Harlow, a retired Navy Captain and former CIA spokesman, said when he chose to send his novel "Circle William," published in 2001, to...
Yahoo! News, September 5, 2012
...contents of the book, the Pentagon is not preventing it from being sold at military outlets, Little said. Bill Harlow, a retired Navy captain and former CIA spokesman, said when he chose to send his novel "Circle William," published in 1999, to both the...
Metro Broadcast, September 4, 2012
...contents of the book, the Pentagon is not preventing it from being sold at military outlets, Little said. Bill Harlow, a retired Navy captain and former CIA spokesman, said when he chose to send his novel "Circle William," published in 1999, to both...
Atlantic Monthly, May 25, 2013
...a red flag in the flowerpot on his balcony, too? "The means of communication seem a little cheesy," Bill Harlow, a former CIA chief of public affairs, told me. Harlow, also the author of a political thriller, Circle William, adds: "The whole thing is...
AlterNet.org, May 5, 2013
...clear: to overcome the CIA's image in popular entertainment as incompetent, evil or rife with rogue employees.” Bill Harlow, the CIA public affairs chief is quoted saying, “I made that a big priority, and we did a lot more with Hollywood than ever...
American Thinker, January 11, 2013
...world after seeing this movie will conclude that the CIA tortures, which is very unfair and not true." Bill Harlow, the former CIA director of public affairs, believes that the movie confuses incidents such as Abu Ghraib with the CIA program. For...
Common Dreams, January 9, 2013
...In Sunday’s article, the Post notes that the piece by Rodriguez was “written with former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow,” but again we get no help regarding Harlow’s credibility or how his readiness to mislead the American people helped clear the way...
CNN, January 9, 2013
...the West Wing as a plus. "He knows what the president wants from his intelligence community," said Bill Harlow, a former senior CIA official. "And he also knows how to deliver it from having worked at the agency ... There'll be no learning curve for...
Middle East Online, January 8, 2013
...In Sunday’s article, the Post notes that the piece by Rodriguez was “written with former CIA spokesman Bill Harlow,” but again we get no help regarding Harlow’s credibility or how his readiness to mislead the American people helped clear the way...
CNN, January 8, 2013
...the Mideast and fluency in Arabic. "He knows what the president wants from his intelligence community," said Bill Harlow, a former senior CIA official. "And he also knows how to deliver it from having worked at the agency. ... There'll be no learning...