Nada Bakos
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About
Retired CIA analyst who led the mission to target known terrorist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, who was killed in an airstrike in 2006. Following her CIA career, she has contributed to CNN and BBC, and appeared in the 2013 HBO documentary film Manhunt.
Before Fame
She earned her bachelor's degree from Montana State University. She later joined the CIA at age 30.
Trivia
She announced her book The Targeter would be published in June 2019. She appeared on The Late Show with David Letterman in 2013 to promote the HBO documentary Manhunt.
Family Life
She was originally born and raised in Montana.
Associated With
She and Michael Hayden both appeared in the 2013 HBO documentary Manhunt about the search for Osama bin Laden.