Matthew Alexander

Matthew Alexander (a pseudonym) has spent over eighteen years in the U.S. Air Force and Air Force Reserves. He personally conducted more than 300 interrogations in Iraq and supervised more than 1,000. Alexander was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his achievements in Iraq, including leading the team of interrogators that located Abu Musab al Zarqawi, who was subsequently killed in an airstrike. Alexander has conducted missions in over thirty countries, has two advanced degrees, and speaks three languages. He has published Op-Eds in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times. His article, Martyrdom, Interrupted, was on the cover of the Mar/Apr 2010 issue of The National Interest. He has appeared over fifty times on television including The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, The CBS Evening News, ABC's Nightline, Fox News, and MSNBC News.