Carolyn Ekedahl

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Carolyn McGiffert Ekedahl is a deputy inspector general at the Central Intelligence Agency.^[1] Until 1985 she served as an analyst at the CIA’s Soviet office.

In 1972 she authored a study on Finland's "unique" relationship with the Soviet Union.^[2] In 1981 she was handed the assignment to gather analysis on the Soviet Union’s alleged support and direction of international terrorism. Her assessment was that the Soviets considered international terrorist activities counterproductive and advised groups they supported not to use such tactics.^[3]

From 1983 to 1984 she served as a Senior Fellow of the Atlantic Council of the United States.^[4]

In 1991 she testified against Robert Gates at his confirmation hearings by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence on charges of politicization of intelligence data.^[5]

She has published two books on Soviet leaders. Her co-author on her latest book, Melvin A. Goodman, was also a senior analyst as well as division chief and at the CIA's Office of Soviet Affairs from 1976 to 1986. He is now director of the national security program at the Center for International Policy and a professor of international security studies at the National War College, and a CIA^[6] and Bush administration critic^[7]. According to publicly available data on campaign contributions, they share an address in Bethesda, Maryland; both contributed to the 2004 Kerry presidential campaign.^[8] In the 2006 elections for the council for Montgomery County, Maryland, she publicly endorsed the candidacy of Hugh Bailey for a at-large seat.^[9]

[edit] Publications

Moscow and the Third World Under Gorbachev, with W. Raymond Duncan 1990 ISBN 978-0813310527
The Wars of Edvard Shevardnadze, with Melvin Goodman 1997 ISBN 978-0271016047