A retired CIA officer and author. Spent twenty years undercover in the Near East, South Asia and Southern Europe. Took the first CIA team into Iraq in advance of the 2003 invasion. Retired as head of CIA's WMD terrorism unit. Author of six books, three works of non-fiction and three novels. Lives near Annapolis, Maryland. Spends his free time writing, sailing, traveling and reading. Still consults for the Intelligence Community.