Frederick Hitz

Frederick Porter Hitz (born 14 October 1939) is an author and former Inspector General of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Life Hitz graduated from Princeton University, where he was a member of the Ivy Club, and Harvard Law School. Hitz was also the lead investigator during the Aldrich Ames affair. He was subsequently investigated by the President's Council on Integrity and Efficiency over the affair.

Hitz retired from the CIA in 1998 and took a position as Distinguished Practitioner in Residence in the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University. He is also a lecturer at the University of Virginia School of Law, Frank Batten School of Leadership and Public Policy, and Politics Department, specializing in intelligence and anti-terrorism law.

Publications 2004: The Great Game: the myth and reality of espionage. New York: Knopf 2008: Why Spy? espionage in an age of uncertainty. New York: Thomas Dunne