Ryan Mauro

<youtube size="medium" align="right" caption="Ryan Mauro appears on Fox News">C6AMqTfdhGk</Youtube> Ryan Mauro is the founder of WorldThreats.com, according to his biography he is also the 'National Security Advisor for the Christian Action Network and an analyst with WikiStrat and he is a former intelligence analyst and director of the Asymmetric Warfare and Intelligence Center.'.

He writes for Pajamas Media and FrontPage Magazine, among other publications including the peer-reviewed journal, Middle East Quarterly. He has made over 200 tv appearences as an expert on terrorism including appearences on Fox News.

History

Ryan Mauro claims to have been studying international affairs since he was 12 years old. Mauro created a 'homemade dossier' while he was in High school which caught the attention of Joe Tenaglia who paid Mauro as a researcher. Tenaglia explains meeting Mauro:

'He didn't say too much and he hands me this article and goes, 'It was on the Singapore Times for 15 minutes.' And I said, 'Holy shit! This is Al Qaeda's nuclear attack plan on America!'

Mauro was 16 at the time and was hired by Mr. Tenaglia who suggested that he set up WorldThreats.com, which is 'a compendium of analysis and commentary about the forces that may (or may not) be menacing the globe, from Iraqi sympathizers in Russia (see: "Russia Moved Iraqi WMDs") to bird-borne bioterrorism (see: "West Nile Virus: The Underreported Allegations").

Biography

According to his biography on WorldThreats:

In 2002 he became the youngest geopolitical analyst in the US after being hired by Tactical Defense Concepts, a maritime-related security group, believed to be the youngest hired geopolitical analyst in the country at that time. Mauro’s reports were often forwarded to members of the law enforcement and intelligence communities with great response.

In June 2003, Mauro founded WorldThreats.com to promote news and analysis he wrote and ones he felt needed more exposure. He has also done volunteer work for the Reform Party of Syria, a group dedicated to bringing democracy to that country.

In 2005, Mauro published his first book, Death to America: The Unreported Battle of Iraq. It is about Iraqi weapons of mass destruction (and their possible movement to other countries), the Baathist regime’s involvement with terrorism, corruption at the UN, and how Iran and Syria were engineering the insurgency in Iraq.

Resources

• Jessica Bruder, Township Teen Tracks Geopolitical Threats, New York Observer, 25-July-2005