Tipster: A Look at How 9/11 Happened (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781468118254)

Hillary Nan Goldberg has been a public affairs specialist, daughter, intern, and now, a Tipster. She was born and raised on Long Island, New York, where she was the younger child of an upper middle class couple. Her father, a dentist in the private sector, was also a covert CIA operative, and her mother, a teacher and librarian, was a descendant of Canaanite royalty. She was an award-winning student, and became a high school intern at The Metropolitan Museum of Art after attending Cornell University as a high school junior. She went on to New York University, where she served as international media relations intern for The New York Philharmonic. At the Philharmonic, she was recruited by the CIA, but a domestic terrorist attack by a deranged fan spoiled her plans, and she left the concert hall before the start of the next semester. After graduating from NYU with a degree in French Culture and Civilization, she worked for the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs in the public affairs section. She is a past Associate Member of The American Translators Association. She left New York for Florida to join her family in 1989, after her father retired due to a disability. In 2001, she visited FBI headquarters in West Palm Beach, where she was asked about potential terrorism. Her name was brought up by then-CIA Director George Tenet as a "Tipster" after being questioned by Congressman Lee Hamilton at the September 11th Hearings. Her parents both now deceased, she still lives in Delray Beach, Florida.