13 Facts About Milton Bearden

Milton Bearden is an American author, film consultant and former CIA officer.

Milton Bearden was born in Oklahoma and spent his early years in Washington, where his father worked on the Manhattan Project, and later moved with his family to Houston, Texas.

Milton Bearden studied Chinese at the Yale Institute of Far Eastern Languages and earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in linguistics from the University of Texas at Austin.

Milton Bearden served as the CIA's Chief of Station in Pakistan from 1986 to 1989, and played a role in managing Agency's provision of arms, intelligence and training to the ISI which in turn provided the Afghan mujahedeen fighting occupying Soviet forces.

Milton Bearden was responsible for collecting intelligence on Pakistan's then-covert nuclear weapons program.

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Milton Bearden appeared several times in the BBC Documentary by Adam Curtis called The Power of Nightmares where he talked of his involvement with the Mujahadeen, the Afghan Arabs and how he was assigned to the role by William Casey, the then current Director of Central Intelligence.

Milton Bearden was one of the senior CIA officials criticized in the 1994 "snitch fax".

Milton Bearden received the Distinguished Intelligence Medal, the Intelligence Medal of Merit and the Donovan Award for his CIA service.

Milton Bearden received the Federal Cross of Merit from the President of the German Federal Republic for his service in Germany at the end of the Cold War.

Since retiring, Milton Bearden has written books based on his experiences, commented on current events, and appeared on television, including Secret Warriors, Covert Action, The Power of Nightmares, and Heroes Under Fire.

Milton Bearden predicted that relying on the Northern Alliance against majority ethnic groups would create "a brutal, general civil war that would continue until the United States simply gave up".

Milton Bearden worked with Robert De Niro on "Ronin" and Meet the Parents, and worked with De Niro and screenwriter Eric Roth on The Good Shepherd, released in December 2006.

Milton Bearden worked with director Mike Nichols on the film Charlie Wilson's War, released in December 2007.