Jack Colhoun is an independent historian of the Cold War (University of Wisconsin, Madison, BA, 1968, York University, Toronto, PhD, 1976), an investigative reporter, and professional archival researcher. Colhoun has written widely on U.S. foreign policy and covert intelligence operations. His work has appeared in the Washington Post, Toronto Star, The Nation, The Progressive, National Catholic Reporter, and Covert Action Quarterly. Colhoun was a longtime Washington bureau chief of the storied radical newsweekly The Guardian until it closed in 1992.