Clare M. Lopez
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CIA officer |
Clare M. Lopez (born 1953)
Career
Lopez received a
During her service she acquired "extensive expertise in counterintelligence, counternarcotics, and counterproliferation issues with a career regional focus on the former Soviet Union, Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans," and "has served in or visited over two dozen nations worldwide, [and] speaks several languages, including Spanish, Bulgarian, French, German, and Russian."[7] Lopez worked for the CIA for two decades before later joining Frank Gaffney's Center for Security Policy (CSP)[4] as Vice President for Research and Analysis from 2014 to 2020.[8] In the CSP she described her work as "project manager" in the "counterjihad movement".[9]
Lopez has also been vice president of the
Views and activities
Lopez has published papers for the
Lopez was featured in the documentary The Third Jihad: Radical Islam's Vision For America in 2008,[7] was a co-author of the CSP "Team B II" report Shariah: The Threat To America in 2010, and she has written for news websites Breitbart News and WorldNetDaily.[4] She was named one of the twelve most hardline anti-Muslim women in America by the Southern Poverty Law Center in 2015.[1] In 2016 she was an advisor to the Ted Cruz presidential campaign for national security,[5][12][13] and was later reportedly being considered for deputy national security advisor to President-elect Donald Trump.[3][4][10] According to a Trump adviser, Lopez was considered "one of the intellectual thought leaders about why we have to fight back against radical Islam."[14] Trump also cited her work to support his proposed Muslim immigration ban.[3][4]
Bibliography
- Team B II (2010). ISBN 978-0982294765.
- The Tiger Team (2015). ISBN 978-1507756133.
- Lopez, Clare M.; Gaffney Jr., Frank J. (2016). See No Sharia: 'Countering Violent Extremism' and the Disarming of America's First Line of Defense. Center for Security Policy Press. ISBN 978-1530234332.
- Lopez, Clare M.; Rhode, Harold; Hull, Christopher C. (2018). Ally No More: Erdogan's New Turkish Caliphate and the Rising Jihadist Threat to the West. Center for Security Policy Press. ISBN 978-1717071675.
References
- ^ a b c d Potok, Mark; Smith, Janet (June 10, 2015). "Women Against Islam". Intelligence Report. Southern Poverty Law Center.
- ^ a b c d "Factsheet: Clare Lopez". Bridge Initiative. Georgetown University. December 4, 2018.
- ^ a b c Samuels, Gabriel (November 15, 2016). "Donald Trump considering appointing anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist Clare Lopez as deputy security adviser". The Independent.
- ^ a b c d e Fields, Michelle (November 14, 2016). "Trump Reportedly Considering Anti-Muslim Conspiracy Theorist For Deputy National Security Adviser". The Huffington Post.
- ^ a b Isaacs, Arnold R. (April 14, 2016). "Meet the radical anti-Islam conspiracy theorists advising Ted Cruz". The Washington Post.
- ^ ISBN 9781682618042.
- ^ a b c "Top CIA, U.S. Secret Service, Counterterrorism and Airport Security Specialists Available for Interviews; Clare Lopez - Former CIA Officer, 30 Years Experience". PR Newswire. January 5, 2010.
- ^ "Speakers at 2022 NCFRW Winter Board Meeting, February 25-27" (PDF). North Carolina Federation of Republican Women. Retrieved July 25, 2023.
- ^ Emmons, Alex (September 14, 2020). "At Homeland Security, Anti-Muslim Activist Katharine Gorka Maintained Ties With Islamophobes". The Intercept.
- ^ a b Williams, Jennifer (November 16, 2016). "How to get a top national security job in Trump's administration: be afraid of Muslims". Vox.
- ^ Hananoki, Eric (March 23, 2016). "Cruz Adviser Clare Lopez Claims Obama "Switched Sides" On Terrorism Fight". Media Matters for America.
- ^ Pinkington, Ed (March 25, 2016). "Ted Cruz campaign's anti-Muslim propagandists called 'terrifying'". The Guardian.
- ^ Zezima, Katie (March 17, 2016). "Cruz criticized for appointing anti-Muslim foreign policy advisers". The Washington Post.
- ^ "Trump National Security Team Includes Surprising Names". NBC News. November 11, 2016.
External links
- Biography at Pundicity
- Clare Lopez on X
- Appearances on C-SPAN