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Scott Sweetow

Scott Sweetow
An explosive attack targeting Hezbollah, where digital pagers were rigged to detonate, leaves a trail of destruction and raises questions about advanced sabotage tactics.

Former ATF Agent and Counterterrorism Explosives Expert Breaks Down Hezbollah’s Exploding Electronics

Expert Analysis Sep 29
A booby trapped AK-47 magazine.

Exploding Booby-Trapped Devices Are Not New. Here Is How the Russians Make Explosive AK-47 Magazines

Featured Sep 19
An AK-47 with a bump stock.

Former ATF Intelligence Officer Explains the Recent Bump Stock Ruling

Expert Analysis Jun 23
The aftermath of the tragic events of February 14th in Kansas City.

Expert Analysis: Former ATF Intelligence Officer Unravels the Recent Kansas City Shooting

News Feb 29
Robert Card is shown here at the bowling alley with the murder weapon. Photo courtesy of the Androscoggin County Sheriffs Office

Expert Analysis: Former ATF Intelligence Officer Unravels the Robert Card Shooting Spree

Expert Analysis Nov 04
Workmen repair a substation in Tacoma Washington following a Christmas Day attack. Photo by Ken Lambert

Who Keeps Attacking Electrical Substations? A Former Federal Agent Looks at Domestic Terrorism in the US

Expert Analysis Oct 25
A pile of Russian TM-62M landmines by Twitter user @kms_d4k

Ukraine is Becoming the World’s Largest Minefield

Expert Analysis Feb 22
Exclusive: An Insurgency In Ukraine Is Growing, Says a Former FBI Acting Deputy Director and IED Expert

Exclusive: An Insurgency In Ukraine Is Growing, Says a Former FBI Acting Deputy Director and IED Expert

Featured Apr 24