Tony Shaffer, LtCol (USA/Ret) is a Senior Fellow for both the London Center for Policy Research and the Center for Advanced Defense Studies (CADS) and NYTs Bestselling author.

As a graduate of Military Operations Training Course (MOTC) he served as a senior operations officer in DIA. He has held numerous leadership positions, including as commander of Operating Base (OB) Alpha ) and as director Task Force STRATUS IVY - a unit that conducted cutting edge technology and information operations from the mid 90s through the turn of the century. He has played key roles in multiple interagency operations that were conducted with the NSA, CIA and FBI.

Tony has led operations from the tactical level, such as defense source operations to protect REFORGER exercises in the 1980s, to strategic level, such as STRATUS IVY's direct support mission for Operation ABLE DANGER in the late 1990s. Prior to the DoD consolidation into DIA of all Human Intelligence resources and operations in 1995, he was the chief of Army's controlled HUMINT program - overseeing Army INSCOM's global controlled HUMINT efforts.

During his career he was responsible for combining cutting-edge technology with traditional military operations and intelligence collection to maximize the Department of Defense's ability to detect, monitor and neutralize emerging threats.

Tony appears frequenly on Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, and international networks such as BBC, SkyNews, Alhurra and national radio programs, and has been interviewed by The NYTs and other publications on the full spectrum of national security issues. He has testified before before Congress on issues relating to 9/11 intelligence and operational failures.

Tony was awarded the Bronze Star for the first of his two combat tours to Afghanistan. He was credited for conducting highly complex operational support to NSA, and for playing a critical role in breaking the back of a Taliban counteroffensive in the fall of 2003. In addition, he was called to active duty for DESERT STORM/DESTERT SHIELD in 1991. He has also deployed to Thailand, Germany and New Zealand to support DoD efforts as an with the Army.

Tony graduate from Wright State University, in 1986 with BA in Political Science and Environmental Studies and was the Dept of Political Science alumuns of the year for 2011.

Tony retired from the Army in July 2011, after 30 and a half years of service.