Amy Zegart

Amy Zegart (born 1967) is an American political scientist currently serving as the Morris Arnold and Nona Jean Cox Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, a senior fellow at the Freeman Spogli Institute of International Studies (FSI), and professor of political science (by courtesy) at Stanford University. She is also a contributing writer to The Atlantic. From 2013 to 2018, she served as co-director of FSI's Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) and founder and co-director of the Stanford Cyber Policy Program.

Early life and education Zegart was born in 1967 in Louisville, Kentucky, to Kenneth and Shelly Zegart. She received an A.B. in East Asian Studies magna cum laude from Harvard University then earned a Ph.D. in Political Science at Stanford University, where she studied under Condoleezza Rice. While in graduate school, she spent time on President Bill Clinton's National Security Council staff. on the topic: Flawed By Design, which chronicled the evolution of the relationship between the United States Department of Defense, the Central Intelligence Agency, and the National Security Council; Spying Blind, which examined U.S. intelligence agencies in the period preceding the September 11 attacks in 2001; Eyes on Spies, which examined the weaknesses of U.S. intelligence oversight; and Spies, Lies, and Algorithms, which examined espionage in the digital age.

Zegart currently serves as a member of the board of directors of the Council on Foreign relations and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, a military contractor and weapons manufacturer that received a $29m government contract in 2016 to produce directed-energy weapon systems.

Personal life Zegart currently resides in Palo Alto, California, and is married to a retired screenwriter.

Publications Flawed by Design: The Evolution of the CIA, JCS, and NSC, Stanford University Press, 1999. Spying Blind: The CIA, the FBI, and the Origins of 9/11, Princeton University Press, 2007. Eyes on Spies: Congress and the United States Intelligence Community, Hoover Institution Press, 2011.

"Spies, Lies, and Algorithms," Foreign Affairs, May/June 2019.

"Intelligence Isn't Just for Governments Anymore," Foreign Affairs, November 2020. "Spies Like Us," Foreign Affairs, July/August 2021. Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence, Princeton University Press, 2022.