Norman T. Roule

Senior Adviser (Non-resident), Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program
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Norman T. Roule

Norman T. Roule served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), managing numerous programs relating to the Middle East in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations. He has held multiple senior intelligence assignments in Washington, as well as during over 15 years of overseas work. He served as the national intelligence manager for Iran at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 until September 2017. Mr. Roule received multiple national intelligence awards during his career. Mr. Roule works as a business consultant on Middle East political, security, economic, and energy issues, with an emphasis on the Gulf Cooperation Council states and Iran. Mr. Roule is currently a nonresident senior advisor at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at the Harvard Kennedy School. He serves as a non-resident fellow at the George Mason University National Security Institute and an associate fellow at the Middle East Institute. He also serves as senior adviser to the Nuclear Threat Initiative. He is a regular contributor to the Cipher Brief.