Dr. Ron Thomas has been actively involved in the fields of terrorism, intelligence, and unconventional warfare since the early 1980s when he was recruited by the Central Intelligence Agency, the U.S. diplomatic corps, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

At roughly that same time, he began his career as a correspondent for Soldier of Fortune magazine and other military and intelligence journals, reporting on defense technology and elite units. He turned down a CIA overseas appointment to continue writing and lecturing in these areas. His book-length manuscript on the relationship between terrorism and the news media is under revision for publication and his article on the Bay of Pigs was published in the prestigious International Journal of Intelligence and Counterintelligence. He has also been a visiting lecturer on terrorism at the University of Florida.

He has given counter-terrorist seminars for Kennedy Space Center, the United States Department of Justice, the Federal Aviation Administration's Security Division, the Air Smuggling Investigators Association, Florida Division of Emergency Management, the International Association of Arson Investigators, and the Private Investigator's Association of Florida. He has also provided counter-terrorism/emergency management consulting services to the Ministry of Civil Defense for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Florida Division of Capitol Police.