Robert McFadden is a 30-year veteran of the US federal law enforcement, intelligence, and counterintelligence communities and held several high-profile positions, including NCIS Deputy Assistant Director. He served in numerous assignments in the Near and Middle East and was the NCIS case agent for the investigation of the attack on the USS Cole, the 9/11 al-Qa’ida task force, and assisted in the investigation and interrogation of terrorist suspects held in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba for trials before military commissions.