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THE AUTHOR
Glenn McGovern is currently a senior investigator for one of the larg-
est district attorney’s ofces in California. Over his 20-plus year career
he has worked as a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal, police ofcer, deputy
sheriff, and law enforcement specialist. It was as an 18-year-old member
of the U.S. Air Force Security Police, just beginning his law enforce-
ment career, that he was rst introduced to the study of terrorism, tacti-
cal operations, and protective details. Europe at the time was on re,
as groups, such as the Sicilian maa, November 17, Red Army Faction,
Hezbollah, and many others, were conducting their terrorist attacks,
many of which targeted U.S. military installations. As a newly minted
law enforce ...