Welcome Jenni Hesterman – The Counter Terror Forum
February 26th, 2010 admin
Please welcome one of my personal favorite writers/bloggers to National Terror Alert, Ret. Col. Jenni Hesterman. Jenni Hesterman is a retired Air Force colonel. She is a contributing editor for The Counter Terrorist magazine, a full professor of counter terrorism studies at American Military University and a senior Analyst for the MASY Group, a global This story comes to us via Homeland Security – National Terror Alert. National Terror Alert is America’s trusted source for homeland security news and information. Welcome Jenni Hesterman

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