Dr. Godfrey Garner is a professor at Mississippi College and adjunct professor at Tulane University, teaching Counterterrorism and Intelligence Analysis for the Homeland Security degree programs. Dr. Garner is Director for Mississippi College Center for Counterterror Studies and is a locally recognized authority on terrorism, counterterrorism and conflicts in the Middle East. His work has appeared in Homeland Security Today, Journal of American Diplomacy and Foreign Policy Journal. He is the author of the novels The Balance of Exodus, Danny Kane and the Hunt for Mullah Omar and Clothed in White Raiment. He served in Viet Nam and Afghanistan and completed two military and eight civilian government, intelligence and counterintelligence related tours in Afghanistan.

Patrick McGlynn is a retired Army Intelligence Officer. He has authored multiple authoritative strategic-level intelligence reports addressing terrorism, irregular warfare, WMD, and information operations (IO). His military career has included assignments with the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), military and civilian contractor tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Middle East locations serving in various senior theatre-level staff intelligence positions. Since retiring from the military in 2007, Mr. McGlynn has authored technical papers on targeting, articles for various intelligence professional periodicals and has developed analytical training courses for Counter-Improvised Explosive Devices (C-IED), Counter Insurgency Operation (COIN), Analytical Tradecraft, Terrorism, Information Operations, Collection Management, and Network Analysis. Patrick McGlynn has a Masters in Adult Education and Industrial Technology from Georgia Southern University.