Daniel Hoffman
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| Nationality | US | ||||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | • Bates College • Harvard/Kennedy School • London School of Economics | ||||||||||||||||
| Member of | PIAB | ||||||||||||||||
US senior spook who negotiated Sergei Skripal's spy swap
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Daniel N. Hoffman is an American former intelligence officer who became a Fox News contributor in May 2018. Before joining Fox News, Hoffman had a career with the Central Intelligence Agency, where he was three times station chief, including station chief in Moscow, and a senior executive Clandestine Services officer.[1][2][3]
Education
Hoffman graduated from Bates College with a B.A. in History. He has a Master of Science from the London School of Economics and a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government.
Career
Hoffman led large-scale HUMINT (human intelligence gathering) and technical programs and his assignments included postings in the former Soviet Union, Europe, and war zones in the Middle East and South Asia. In addition, Hoffman was director of the CIA Middle East and North Africa Division.
He was three times station chief, including station chief in Baghdad and Moscow.[4]
Russiagate
In 2017, Hoffman had his own twist on the Russiagate psyop, suggesting that Russia may have seeded the Steele dossier, but as a "discoverable influence operation rather than some effort to establish a clandestine channel for collusion."[5]
Related Document
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:The CIA/MI6 Skripal Conspiracy Exposed? | Article | 16 November 2024 | Kit Klarenberg | A longstanding Russia hawk who cut her Agency teeth recruiting spies in the Soviet Union in the years before its collapse, Gina Haspel twice served as the CIA’s London station chief - from 2008 to 2011, and 2014 to 2017. Sergei Skripal arrived in Britain in July 2010 via a grand spy swap during her first tenure, which was negotiated by Haspel’s longtime collaborator Daniel Hoffman, then-CIA Moscow station chief. |
