James Bamford

James Bamford is the author of five books, including the bestselling The Puzzle Palace and Body of Secrets. He is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker for PBS, award-winning investigative producer for ABC News, and winner of the National Magazine Award for Reporting for his writing in Rolling Stone on the war in Iraq. A member of the Explorers Club, he has circumnavigated the surface of the earth, crossing every meridian of longitude by land and sea.