Thomas Fingar

Charles Thomas Fingar (* around 1948) was (since 1986) and is (since 2009) Professor of "International Studies" at Stanford University and former Deputy Director of National Intelligence (DNI) (2005–2008) and Chairman of the National Intelligence Council (2008-2009). In 2012 he was awarded the Sam Adams Prize . He is currently Chairman of the National Committee on United States-China Relations (NCUSCR), the committee for bilateral relations between China and the United States .

education

Fingar since 1968 BA of Cornell University in "Government & History" ( government and history ), since 1969, he is master and since 1977 Doctor of Political Science , both degrees he obtained at the University of Stanford.

Career

Thomas Fingar accomplished much of his accomplishments at Stanford University, where he accepted several research appointments. In addition, he served the US state, highlighting his work as assistant and executive director of the Bureau of Intelligence and Research , later as a member of the National Intelligence Board . In addition, he advised the Center for International Security and Cooperation and was the chief linguist for German in Heidelberg .

Sam Adams Prize

On January 23, 2013, Thomas Fingar was honored with the 2012 Sam Adams Prize for special integrity in his intelligence work , for his leading work in the creation of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) dossier in 2007. The prize is awarded every year by the Awarded to The Sam Adams Associates for Integrity in Intelligence, a group of senior intelligence officials and whistleblowers who are committed to ethical principles.

The NIE Report 2007, which summarized the information from the sixteen US intelligence agencies, contradicted the NIE Report from 2005, caused a great deal of political attention and did not fit into the concept of the George W. Bush / Dick Cheney administration . Regarding Iran's nuclear weapons program , the 2007 NIE report came to the conclusion that it was very likely to have been discontinued since 2003, which means that the proponents of a war against Iran have not yet received any “evidence” based on lies to justify the war to have.

Thomas Fingar was also responsible for the extensive publication of the NIE Report 2007 in view of the United States' war of aggression against Iran.

“… Intelligence analysis on Iran was fearlessly honest. A consummate intelligence professional, Fingar would not allow the NIE to be 'fixed around the policy ...' ”

"... the intelligence analysis was fearlessly honest, [as] an unsurpassed professional agent would not allow Fingar to have the NEVER conform to policy ..."

- Oxford Union

Ray McGovern (former CIA officer), Ann Wright (former diplomat and colonel in the US Army) and John Brady spoke at the ceremony, which was celebrated in the Debate Hall of the prestigious Oxford Union Society, a society at Oxford University Kiesling (former US ambassador to Athens ) and also previous award winners such as Coleen Rowley (former FBI agent), Katherine Gun (former interpreter at GCHQ ), Thomas Drake (former analyst at the NSA), Jesselyn Radack (former lawyer with the Washington Department of Justice ), Annie Machon (former MI5 agent ) and Craig Murray (former British ambassador to Uzbekistan ). Even Julian Assange was able to take part in the ceremony, even if his speech from his asylum had to be connected to the Ecuadorian embassy in London.

Annie Machon denounced the lack of interest in reporting and "the utter hypocrisy of the British and international press" about the award ceremony and included Lies, Damned Lies, and Newspaper Reporting in the Huffington Post on January 30th in the amount The Guardian's reporting : "All national and international media were invited, it was a historic meeting of international whistleblowers and an award for someone who through his work with integrity prevented another ruinous war and bloodshed in the Middle East."

Web links

Information about Fingar on the Stanford University website

Individual evidence

↑ Tom Fingar Wins Sam Adams Award , Craig Murray website. Retrieved October 26, 2013.
^ Open letter from US diplomat John Kiesling to Colin Powell, published in the New York Times on February 28, 2003.
^ Annie Machon: Lies, Damned Lies, and Newspaper Reporting. In: Huffington Post , January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.

personal data
SURNAME	Fingar, Thomas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Fingar, Charles Thomas (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American university professor
DATE OF BIRTH	20th century

[murray-1] Tom Fingar Wins Sam Adams Award , Craig Murray website. Retrieved October 26, 2013.

[2] Open letter from US diplomat John Kiesling to Colin Powell, published in the New York Times on February 28, 2003.

[3] Annie Machon: Lies, Damned Lies, and Newspaper Reporting. In: Huffington Post , January 30, 2013. Retrieved January 21, 2014.