Fischer is a graduate of Cornell University and Columbia University. During his CIA career, he worked for nine years in the agency’s Directorate of Intelligence as an analyst of Soviet issues, for 15 years in the Directorate of Operations in the United States and abroad, and for 10 years on the history staff of the CIA’s Center for the Study of Intelligence, culminating as chief historian.[3]
^Fischer, Benjamin (2022). "My Two Moles: A Memoir". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 35 (1): 147–163. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
Fischer, Benjamin (2022). "My Two Moles: A Memoir". International Journal of Intelligence and CounterIntelligence. 35 (1): 147–163. Retrieved 29 January 2024.