Michael F. Scheuer (born 1952) is a former CIA intelligence officer, American blogger, historian, foreign policy critic, and political analyst. He is currently an adjunct professor at Georgetown University's Center for Peace and Security Studies. In his 22-year career, he served as the Chief of the Bin Laden Issue Station (aka "Alec Station"), from 1996 to 1999, the Osama bin Laden tracking unit at the Counterterrorist Center. He then worked again as Special Advisor to the Chief of the bin Laden unit from September 2001 to November 2004.
Speaking to Congress House Homeland Security Committee on October 9, 2013:
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6 Primary motivators for Islamic Jihadis:
- Our support for Tyranny in the Muslim world for 50 years
- Our presence on the Arab Peninsula
- Our support for Israel and their rise.
- Our ability to get oil at prices below the market level
- Our military presence in Muslim countries
- Our abiding willingness to identify any Muslim population as Terrorists which our allies dislike whether its the Russians or the Chinese
