After growing up in New York City, attending NYU and being surrounded by a so-calledenlightened culture of liberal Democrats from GreenwichVillage coffee houses to classrooms and media circles, Mike Bakkakhad absorbed his share of their philosophy by osmosis.

Born in Iran in 1958, son of an X-ray engineer, he was introduced to the world of radiation and nuclear science at a very young age.

Joe Plummer is a civic-minded writer and entrepreneur who has written on topics ranging from alcohol and drug addiction

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Robert M. Stanleyhas traveled to nearly 60 countries during his life-long pursuit of modern and ancient mysteries. Over the past 30 years, Robert’s quest for unique ideas and information has led him to research and write about many controversial topics.

Patrea Patrick is a filmmaker, novelist. Patrea is an advocate for securing our Grid as a matter of National Security. She has dedicated years to bringing the issue of vulnerability of the electric grid to the forefront, and reporting on the utilities’ part in not putting forth proper protections.

JOHN PERKINS has written nine books that have been on the New York Times bestseller list for more than seventy weeks and translated into over thirty languages.

I was one of the U.S. military “Controlled Remote Viewers” as well as the trainer for the military unit my last 6 years there before retirement.

James Rickards is the Editor of Strategic Intelligence, a financial newsletter, and Director of The James Rickards Project, an inquiry into the complex dynamics of geopolitics + global capital.

Wendy S. Painting holds a PhD in American Studies from the University of Buffalo. Her extensive investigatory research into Timothy McVeigh and the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing has been credited in various published works