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

The recent attacks on Hezbollah using compromised electronics, including pagers and radios rigged...

Expert Analysis Sep 29

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

Booby-Trapped AK-47 Magazines are beginning to show up in Ukraine. Here is how they are made and ...

Featured Sep 19

Former ATF Intelligence Officer Explains the Recent Bump Stock Ruling

In a stark reminder of the delicate balance between regulatory authority and judicial oversight, ...

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

The tragic Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl victory parade shooting underscores America’s ongo...

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

In the wake of the heart-wrenching Lewiston massacre, the scrutiny towards Maine’s “y...

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

The alarming rise in attacks on the nation’s power grid, propelled by extremist ideologies,...

Expert Analysis Oct 25

A pile of Russian TM-62M landmines by Twitter user @kms_d4k

Ukraine is Becoming the World’s Largest Minefield

Scott Sweetow, Former Acting Director of the ATF’s Terrorist Explosive Device Analytical Ce...

Expert Analysis Feb 22

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

Scott Sweetow, who spent four years as the Deputy Director and Acting Director of the FBI’s...

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

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

Former ATF Intelligence Officer Explains the Recent Bump Stock Ruling

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

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

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

Ukraine is Becoming the World’s Largest Minefield

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

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

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

Former ATF Intelligence Officer Explains the Recent Bump Stock Ruling

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

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

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

Ukraine is Becoming the World’s Largest Minefield

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

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