Tim Weiner

Tim Weiner is a journalist and author who has reported on American intelligence and national security for decades. As an investigative reporter at The Philadelphia Inquirer, he won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for national reporting for stories on secret spending at the Pentagon and the CIA, work that became his first book, Blank Check: The Pentagon's Black Budget (1990).

He joined The New York Times in 1993, covering the CIA from Washington and later working as a foreign correspondent based in Mexico City, with reporting from many countries. Legacy of Ashes: The History of the CIA (2007), built on tens of thousands of documents and hundreds of interviews, won the 2007 National Book Award for Nonfiction. His later books include Enemies, a history of the FBI, and The Mission: The CIA in the 21st Century.

His work examines how secret government agencies have shaped American power and policy.