Former DOD Intelligence Officer joins AMERICAblog

I don't mean to take attention away from the fact that absolutely nothing is happening on Capitol Hill, but I have some good news to report on our end of the city.

Starting today, a good friend of mine, AJ, will be writing on AMERICAblog about defense issues, mostly Iraq and Iran.

AJ is a former Department of Defense civilian Intelligence Officer (yes, he was a spook). He is an Iraq expert who was decorated for his recent service in Iraq, and he is also an authority on Iran, democratization/nation-building, Middle East politics, intelligence, and national security matters. He is a consultant on these and other political subjects, and joins AMERICAblog to write about defense issues, and as he put it, to improve his karma.

AJ has incredible insight into what's going on in Iraq and Iran, and more generally about US defense issues since he's worked on the inside with some of our favorite people on those very issues. He's going to be a great addition to the blog. I hope you agree.

He'll be posting his first post shortly.

JOHN