Norman T. Roule

Norman T. Roule served for 34 years in the Central Intelligence Agency, managing significant programs related to the Middle East. Mr. Roule’s service in the CIA’s Directorate of Operations included roles as division chief and chief of station. He held multiple senior assignments in Washington, as well as more than 15 years of overseas service.
He served as the National Intelligence Manager for Iran (NIM-I) at the Office of the Director of National Intelligence from November 2008 to September 2017. As NIM-I, he was the principal Intelligence Community (IC) official responsible for overseeing national intelligence policy and activities related to Iran, including IC engagement on these issues with senior policymakers at the National Security Council, the Department of State, and Congress. Mr. Roule received multiple awards during his career.
Mr. Roule works as a business consultant on Middle East-related political, security, economic, telecommunications, and energy issues. He is a Non-Resident Senior Adviser with the Warfare, Irregular Threats, and Terrorism Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies; a Non-Resident Fellow at the George Mason University National Security Institute; and an Associate Fellow at the Middle East Institute in Washington, D.C. He is frequently invited to speak on Middle East issues in U.S. and international media. He is a frequent contributor to The Cipher Brief and has written for U.S. and international print media.