Harold Rhode

Harold Rhode is a specialist on the Middle East who worked at the Office of Net Assessment, an in-house think tank for the Pentagon. Rhode retired in 2010 after 28 years as a Pentagon analyst.[1]

Rhode has a PhD from Columbia in Islamic studies and Middle Eastern history. He speaks Persian, Hebrew, Arabic and Turkish.[2] Rhode was studying in a university in Iran during the early stages of the revolution that brought Ayatollah Khomeni to power.[3][4]

Rhode was a subject of a probe conducted by the Senate Intelligence Committee for a U.S. government-authorized meeting he and Larry Franklin had in Rome in late 2001 with Manucher Ghorbanifar, who was part of the Iran-Contra scandal.[5][6]

References

  1. ^ Levinson, Charles (2010-03-10). "Israeli Faith in Iran's Opposition Gains Favor". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704486504575097323070730564.html. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  2. ^ Evyatar, Ilan. "From the Pentagon’s think tank". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Article.aspx?id=172653. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  3. ^ Evyatar, Ilan (2010-04-09). "On the ‘crazies’ in Iran". Jerusalem Post. http://www.jpost.com/Magazine/Features/Article.aspx?id=172655. Retrieved 2010-04-16. 
  4. ^ Chehab, Zaki (2006). Iraq ablaze: inside the insurgency. I.B.Tauris. p. 78. ISBN 9781845111106. http://books.google.com/books?id=vZv6Pmb-KVoC&pg=PA78. Retrieved 16 April 2010. 
  5. ^ Isikoff, Michael; Mark Hosenball. "And Now a Mole?". Newsweek. 
  6. ^ Joshua Micah Marshall (2001-12-12). "Iran-Contra II?". Washington Monthly. http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/features/2004/0410.marshall.html. Retrieved 2010-04-16.