Christopher Whitcomb
Christopher Whitcomb, a fifteen-year veteran of the FBI, is
the author of Black (June 2004) and Cold Zero: Inside the
FBI Hostage Rescue Team (September 2001). He currently works
as an on-air terrorism analyst for NBC News, speaks
internationally on security and crisis-resolution matters,
and writes on a freelance basis for several national
publications. Prior to leaving his position as a supervisory special agent
at the FBI in 2001, Whitcomb investigated acts of terrorism,
including the World Trade Center bombings in 1993 and the
USS Cole attack in Aden, Yemen. His most recent position was
director of the FBI Critical Incident Response Group’s
Strategic Information Management Office, where he oversaw
crisis-specific planning and intelligence management during
attacks involving weapons of mass destruction, terrorist
threats, and exotic criminal investigations. From 1991 to 1997, Whitcomb served on the Bureau’s elite
Hostage Rescue Team. There he distinguished himself as an
assaulter, sniper, explosives expert, and tactical
helicopter operations officer. He participated in some of
the FBI’s most controversial investigations, such as the
Branch Davidian standoff in Waco, Texas, and the Randall
Weaver shootings in Ruby Ridge, Idaho. He has been awarded
numerous citations and awards, including the FBI’s Medal of
Bravery for exceptional courage in the line of duty.
Whitcomb, who has a master’s degree in education, also
taught interrogation tactics to new agents and international
law enforcement officers at the FBI Academy. While there, he
wrote the Integrated Case Scenario -- an innovative training
protocol that serves as the basis of the FBI Academy’s
sixteen-week new agent training curriculum. Since the release of his memior, Cold Zero, in 2001,
Whitcomb has become a regular on dozens of television and
radio programs. He has appeared on 60 Minutes II, Larry King
Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Hardball with Chris
Matthews, Montel Williams, NPR, BBC TV, and many more. He is
a frequent contributor to Imus in the Morning, Today, and
various programs on MSNBC, and he cohosted Checkpoint CNBC
in 2002 and 2003. Christopher Whitcomb has spoken before the United States
Senate, British Parliament, the United Nations, and dozens
of professional organizations. He has written a monthly
column for GQ and has been published in the New York Times
Magazine, FHM, the New York Times, and many other newspapers
and magazines. His next novel, New White, is due out in
spring 2005.
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Series
Books:White, July 2005
Hardcover
Black, June 2004
Hardcover
Cold Zero, October 2002
Paperback
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