Charles A. Duelfer

Charles Duelfer

Charles A. Duelfer is an American weapons inspector and intelligence official. He led the Iraq Survey Group, the body charged with searching for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq after the 2003 invasion, and was the principal author of its final report, formally the Comprehensive Report of the Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraq's WMD and widely known as the Duelfer Report, which concluded that Iraq had destroyed its stocks of chemical and biological weapons and abandoned its nuclear program after the 1991 Gulf War. He is Chairman of Omnis, Inc., a consulting firm in aerospace, defense, intelligence, training, and finance. He is a regular commentator in the media on intelligence and foreign policy and is the author of Hide and Seek: The Search for Truth in Iraq.

Career

United Nations Special Commission

Previously, Duelfer was the Deputy Executive Chairman and then Acting Chairman of the UN Special Commission on Iraq (UNSCOM) from 1993 until its termination in 2000.

Iraq Survey Group

On 23 January 2004 Duelfer succeeded David Kay as head of the Iraq Survey Group, and served as Special Advisor to the Director of Central Intelligence on Iraqi weapons of mass destruction.

Publications

• Duelfer, Charles A. (2009). Hide and Seek: The Search for Truth in Iraq. PublicAffairs. ISBN 978-1-58648-557-3.

External links

• The Duelfer Report
• www.charlesduelfer.com
• Omnis Senior Management