Mike scheuer biography

American counterterrorism analyst (born )

For the German canoer, see Michel Scheuer.

Michael F. Scheuer (pronounced "SHOY-er"), (born ) is an American former intelligence officer for the Central Intelligence Agency, blogger, author, commentator and former adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies.

One assignment during his year career was serving as Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorism Center, known as "Alec Station") from to He also served as Special Advisor to the Chief of Alec Station from September to November

Scheuer became a public figure after being outed as the anonymous author of the book Imperial Hubris (), in which he criticized many of the United States' assumptions about Islamist insurgencies and particularly Osama bin Laden.

Later in , shortly after the "outing" of Scheuer's harsh criticism of America's close alliance with Israel, Scheuer resig