Career
She is notable for her criticism of the Central Intelligence Agency among other United States agencies and leaders, particularly Team B and other aspects of the last days of the Cold War. She is currently Scholar in Residence at The American University. She served the United States Government as Chief of the Social Impact Staff at the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency (1977-1981), Special Assistant to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (1980-1981), and president and executive director of the Committee for National Security (1982-1988).
In 2001 she chaired the board of directors, for 20/20 Vision, a private organization founded to "increase citizen participation in public policy decisions on energy, security and the environment." She is also on the board of directors for the United States Institute of Peace or USIP, established in 1984, which is an independent, nonpartisan, national institution established and funded by the United States Congress.
Anne Hessing c1971. McGraw-Hill (for the Council on Foreign Relations/1980s Project), 1977, 210 pp. 03 Anne Hessing.
