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Nada Bakos (born May 1969) is an American author, expert in United States foreign policy and national security, and a former Central Intelligence Agency analyst and officer. She is a senior fellow in national security at the Foreign Policy Research Institute, and the author of Targeter: My Life in the CIA, and the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS (2017).

Early life and education
Bakos is a native of Montana and is a fourth-generation Montanan.

Career
Bakos served an analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency, from 2000 to 2010. Bakos began her career at the CIA as an intelligence analyst, later joining the National Clandestine Service as a targeting officer. As a targeting officer, she worked to track al-Qaeda in Iraq chief Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. She was featured prominently in HBO's 2013 documentary film, Manhunt: The Search for Bin Laden.

After leaving the CIA, she worked as a security and business consultant for a variety of organizations and companies, including Starbucks.

Bakos's memoir, Targeter: My Life in the CIA, and the Hunt for the Godfather of ISIS, is forthcoming.