Patrick M. Skinner

Patrick M. Skinner is the Director of Special Projects for The Soufan Group. He is a former CIA Case Officer, with extensive experience in source handling and source networks, specializing in counter-terrorism issues.

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This Disaster Happened Because the CIA Outsourced Accountability

A former case officer on why, at the most critical hour for the agency, the leadership decided to outsource its most important responsibility to unqualified contractors

By Patrick M. Skinner
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