Stefan A. Halper (born 4 June 1944, as published on the IWP faculty line) is an American foreign-policy scholar. The same bio lists White House service in the 1970s, a Deputy Assistant Secretary of State title in the Reagan years, and a Cambridge American Studies appointment. Later reporting and declassified FBI handling files identify him as a confidential human source used in Crossfire Hurricane. This page is identity. The episodes live in the posts. This is not the biography he would write.
Identity
About Stefan A. Halper
Titles and dates come from the archived Institute of World Politics faculty line, a DoD inspector-general memo, and official releases. Emphasis is the compiler’s. The Justice Department inspector general did not print his name. The Voice of America photograph (8 April 2010) is used on this identity page and as the homepage lead.
Documented roles
- Training. Stanford B.A. 1967; D.Phil. Oxford 1971; Ph.D. Cambridge 2004. IWP faculty bio (archive.ph).
- 1971–1977. White House service (Domestic Council / OMB / Chief of Staff office — the bio lines vary slightly). Same archive.
- 1977–79. Legislative assistant to Sen. William Roth; special counsel, Joint Economic Committee. Same.
- 1979–80. Policy roles, Bush then Reagan-Bush campaigns. Same.
- 1981–1984. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Politico-Military Affairs. Same. This site does not invent a CIA staff-officer rank.
- 1984–2001. Senior advisor, DoD and DOJ, as the IWP line describes it. Same.
- 2001–. Cambridge Centre of International Studies / POLIS; Director of American Studies; Magdalene life fellow from 2011. Same.
- 30 May 2012–26 Sep 2016. Four Office of Net Assessment contracts totaling $1.05 million. DoD OIG memo released by Sen. Grassley.
- FBI CHS role. The DOJ OIG Crossfire Hurricane review discusses CHS operations and “Source 2” without printing “Stefan Halper.” Subsequent declassified FBI handling documents and news reports identify Halper as that source (sometimes the codename “Mitch”). Named identification is reporting / declassified FBI files, not the OIG report’s own text. OIG news release.
What this site is not
It is not a finding that Stefan Halper committed a crime. An FBI memo is not a court. A news identification is not an OIG naming. A DoD research contract is not, by itself, payment for 2016 political spying. “Planted spy inside the campaign” is a slogan. What is documented is contact with three campaign-affiliated people. This site does not invent quotes, a CIA staff job, or a conviction.
It is not a White House product. It is not lawsuit-proof. Read the posts.