Fred Burton is an expert on security, terrorists and terrorist organizations. He is a former State Department counter-terrorism deputy chief and DSS Agent. He is the vice president of Intelligence and Counterterrorism at Stratfor. His books include Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent's Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice, and Under Fire: The Untold Story of the Attack in Benghazi.