Edward Francis Mickolus, Jr. (born December 28, 1950) is an author and

counter-terrorism Counterterrorism (also spelled counter-terrorism), also known as anti-terrorism, incorporates the practices, military tactics, techniques, and strategies that governments, law enforcement, business, and intelligence agencies use to combat or ...

expert, and formerly an officer in the

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, from which he retired in 2008. Mickolus is the author or co-author of a number of books on

Personal life

Born to Catherine Teresa (''née'' Lawlor; 1916–1995) and Edward Francis Mickolus (1911–1996), he is of Irish and Lithuanian ethnic descent, and he was raised and is a practicing Catholic. Mickolus married Susan Schjelderup, daughter of Maria (''née'' Giuliano; 1922–2006) and John Rost Schjelderup (1917–2005), on January 15, 1983. He is an avid collector of

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s with around 1700 of them.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mickolus, Edward F. 1950 births Living people American investigative journalists People of the Central Intelligence Agency Georgetown University alumni Yale University alumni Counterterrorism theorists Terrorism theorists Experts on terrorism