Michael G. Baker Biography

Michael G. Baker is the co-host of America Declassified and a co-founder of Diligence. Baker formerly worked for the CIA as an Operations Officer. Baker worked with the Central Intelligence Agency as a clandestine field operations officer for more than 15 years, specializing in counterterrorism, counternarcotics, and counterinsurgency operations. He worked throughout Asia, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, the former Soviet Union, and other parts of the world, organizing and supervising activities. Professionally, he was acknowledged for excellent performance and operational accomplishments in difficult settings. Mike co-founded Diligence LLC, an intelligence, investigations, risk management, and security business that has evolved into a global operation over the past several years after leaving federal employment. He managed the firm as it grew throughout the world, creating offices in London, New York, Washington, DC, Moscow, Sao Paulo, Brussels, and Geneva as a major partner. In 2003, he launched the company's security operations in Iraq, assembling a team of approximately 300 ex-pat and local security and intelligence employees. Baker is a prominent commentator on intelligence, security, counterterrorism, and world affairs in the national and international media. He is a frequent guest on Fox News and other major media channels. Baker has appeared as a guest host on Fox News' weekday morning show as well as the late-night discussion show Redeye, and he also hosts the Fox Radio Network's morning talk show on occasion. He appears frequently on the Imus Show and SiriusXM's Opie & Anthony. Baker was the co-host of America Declassified, a TravelChannel weekly series that debuted in November 2013. He also co-hosted World Access, a Travel Channel series that aired in 2015. Mike was previously the host of the popular British reality program "SPY." Baker is also a partner in the television and film production firm Classified Trash. He is a technical consultant and script advisor for feature films and television and is represented by William Morris Endeavor. He is involved in the creation and development of scripted and unscripted television shows, as well as serving as a technical consultant and script advisor for feature films and television. Since the show's inception in the United Kingdom, Baker has been linked to the popular show Spooks (named MI-5 in the United States). For the BBC in the United Kingdom, he has presented the popular British reality show SPY.

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