Unseen War in Iraq: Insurgents in the Shadows
Dr. Richard Saccone was born and raised near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.  He earned his academic degrees from Weber State University (B.S.), Naval Postgraduate School (M.A.), University of Oklahoma (M.P.A.), and the University of Pittsburgh (Ph.D.).  He spent a career as a counterintelligence and counterespionage officer in the USAF and served one year in Iraq as a Senior Counterintelligence Agent in charge of a HUMINT Support Team.   Dr. Saccone has dealt with hostile intelligence threats in Asia and the Middle East.  He has visited, lived and worked in over 50 countries including six in the Middle East.  He now teaches International Relations, Global Terrorism and Political Science at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, PA.