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kathleen christison
 kathleen christison political analyst & author
kathleen christison

kathleen -lrb- mcgrath -rrb- christison -lrb- born 1941 -rrb- is an american political analyst and author whose primary area of focus is the israeli-palestinian conflict .
for sixteen years , christison worked as a political analyst for the central intelligence agency -lrb- cia -rrb- .
between 1963 and 1972 , her work concentrated on vietnam .
the last seven years before her resignation from the agency in 1979 saw her work there centered on the middle east ; and according to robert dreyfuss 's 2005 book `` devil 's game : how the united states helped unleash fundamentalist islam '' -lrb- p. 160 -rrb- , `` kathy christison ... headed the cia 's egypt desk from 1973 to 1977 . ''
since leaving the cia , christison has worked as a free-lance author .
she and her husband , bill christison , have gained recognition as vocal critics of israel .
her articles have been published extensively by the journal of palestine studies and counterpunch as well as in the electronic intifada and adbusters .
she is also the author of two books : `` perceptions of palestine : their influence on u.s. middle east policy '' -lrb- 1999 & 2001 -rrb- and `` the wound of dispossession : telling the palestinian story '' -lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
