Robert "Bob" Dreyfuss is an American investigative journalist and contributing editor for The Nation magazine.
[1] His work has appeared in Rolling Stone, The Diplomat, Mother Jones, The American Prospect, TomPaine.com, and other progressive publications.
[3][4] In the 1990s Dreyfuss wrote on intelligence issues and foreign affairs, and profiled a number of organizations and public figures, including then governor of Texas, George W. Bush, and senators Trent Lott and John McCain.
Dreyfuss asserts that the Muslim Brotherhood is historically connected with the CIA and other western intelligence services.
The book makes claims that the Israelis used the Muslim Brotherhood in 1982 in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy President Assad of Syria during the uprisings in Homs and Hama.