Our guest this week on the Lou Desmond & Company Show, drive time on KMET in the great California Inland Empire was Kenneth R. Strange Jr. Ken joined the FBI in 1989, where he landed on the C-10 squad, a Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) in the Newark, NJ Field Office. An Arabist and Spanish speaking Special Agent, Kenneth Strange served with three distinct and distinguished US Government Agencies pursuing criminals and bad actors including some of the most heinous criminals on the planet. His service to those agencies brought him into direct conflict with Jihadists, International Fraudsters, and the Cartels. Ken's newest book, "A Cop's Son: One G-Man's Fight Against Jihad, Global Fraud and the Cartels," is a raw and honest portrayal of being part of a high profile, “HIGH OCTANE,” FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF) known as C-10, an elite overseas fraud unit with the State Department, and as supervisor of a DOJ OIG Internal Affairs group on the Southwest Border.
On this show we discussed Ken’s growing up as a cop’s son to becoming an FBI agent and being assigned to the C-10 squad in Newark’s Joint Terrorism Task Force. Ken is an Arabist (Arab Culture Expert with 5 years in Saudi Arabia) and fluent in Spanish, which means he was uniquely positioned to deal with both Jihadist threats and the Cartels. So, we discussed how those two worlds compare in terms of danger and complexity. We discussed his new book, “A Cop’s Son’, which details his work against international fraudsters, Jihadists, and cartels. And finally, I asked the question, “Looking at the threats we face today—terrorism, fraud, cartels—what concerns you the most about America’s national security in the next five to ten years?”
You can also view the video of the show here!
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