New Washington senior reporter named

F. Michael Maloof

F. Michael Maloof, a former senior security-policy analyst in the Office of the Secretary of Defense with almost 30 years of federal service in the U.S. Defense Department and as a specialized trainer for border guards and Special Forces in select countries of the Caucasus and Central Asia, has been named a senior reporter in WND's Washington bureau.

In between working at the U.S. Senate and the Defense Department, Maloof was a special correspondent for the Detroit News, a reporter for a specialized newsletter at U.S. News & World Report and Washington correspondent for the Union Leader in Manchester, N.H.

While with the Department of Defense, Maloof was director of Technology Security Operations as head of a 10-person team involved in halting the diversion of militarily-critical technologies to countries of national security and proliferation concern and those involved in sponsoring terrorism. His office was the liaison to the intelligence and enforcement community in halting diversions and using cases that developed from them as early warnings to decision-makers of potential policy issues.

Due to his specialized background, Maloof was assigned under a congressionally-mandated Defense Department-U.S. Customs non-proliferation program to provide specialized training in combat tracking to border guards in Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan to deal with the increasing influx of terrorists into those countries. He also provided advanced firearms training to Spetznaz, or Special Forces, of the Interior Ministry of the Republic of Georgia. Maloof also has provided combat tracking training to U.S. Marines and has a background in executive protection, intermediate and advanced evasive and defensive driving, basic and advanced route analysis, surveillance detection and attack recognition, as well as off-road driving.

Following the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, Maloof was detailed back to the Office of the Secretary of Defense to prepare analysis of worldwide terrorist networks, determine their linkages worldwide and their relationship to state sponsors.

Prior to his career at the Defense Department, Maloof was a legislative assistant to various U.S. senators specializing in national security and international affairs.

"WND is very pleased to be able to add to its award-winning reporting staff, including two-time No. 1 best-selling author Jerome Corsi and best-selling author and talk-show host Aaron Klein, a veteran journalist and national security expert of the quality, experience and accomplishments of Michael Maloof," said Joseph Farah, editor and chief executive officer of the news agency.

For several years, Maloof has been a regular contributor to the premium online intelligence service, Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. His contributions to G2 Bulletin will continue.