Malcolm Nance is a former naval intelligence counter-terrorism and intelligence officer. He specializes in the Middle East and speaks fluent Arabic. He is a combat veteran with several areas of expertise. He spent 35 years working in field and combat intelligence activity. He is a writer whose books include, An End to al-Qaeda: An End to al-Qaeda: Destroying Bin Laden's Jihad and Restoring America's Honor (2010), The Plot to hack America: How Putin's Cyberspies and WikiLeaks Tried to Steal the 2016 Election (2016), and The Plot to Destroy Democracy: How Putin and His Spies Are Undermining America and Dismantling the West (2018).