Freelance writer on human intelligence, non-proliferation, counterproliferation and counterterrorism issues.  Consultant to CNN, ABC News, guest commentator on WBEZ (NPR Chicago) and contributor to WNYC (NPR New York).  Author of the new novel on the CIA, Iran, and the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps released in March 2012, Hollow Strength. 

                                                  
                                                              Afghani Taliban in Helmand Province, Afghanistan