Trevor Aaronson is a Peabody Award-winning journalist who investigates the FBI, extremism, and national security. He is the author of The Terror Factory and the forthcoming Bad Guys.
Books
“Compelling, shocking, and gritty with intrigue.”
—Publishers Weekly
“A real eye-opener that questions how well the country’s security is being protected.”
—Kirkus
“In an analysis of five hundred terrorism-related cases brought since September 11th, the journalist Trevor Aaronson found that nearly half of them involved a confidential informant. In some cases, the threat posed by the target was remote.”
—Evan Osnos, The New Yorker
“The Terror Factory is a well-researched and fast-paced exposé of the dubious tactics the FBI has used in targeting Muslim Americans with sting operations since 2001.”
—Michael German, Reason
“A disturbing window into America’s War on Terror. In story after story, Aaronson reveals in detail how the FBI and its informants are creating crime rather than solving it. This is an important piece of journalism.”
—Alexandra Natapoff, Snitching: Criminal Informants and the Erosion of American Justice
“The Terror Factory is a damning exposé of how the government’s front line against terrorism has become a network of snitches at the end of their ropes, and FBI agents desperate to thwart a terrorist plot even if it means creating one.”
—Will Potter, Green Is the New Red
Podcasts
Audio documentaries by Trevor Aaronson
Select Reporting
Catfished by Cops
The Hamas Terrorist Who Wasn’t
Flipping the Switch
Donald Trump Helped Turn a Christian Extremist Into an Alleged Domestic Terrorist
The Snitch in the Silver Hearse
The FBI Paid a Violent Felon to Infiltrate Denver’s Racial Justice Movement
“You Have the Way Out”
Recordings Capture Brutal FBI Tactics to Recruit a Potential Informant
The Sting
How the FBI Created a Terrorist
Love and Loathing in Las Vegas
Inside a Sleazy FBI Sting Involving Diet Clinics, Fitness Models, Money Laundering, and a Supposed Plot to Hire a Hitman
Trevor Aaronson is an investigative journalist focused on law enforcement, national security, and extremism. He is the author of The Terror Factory and the forthcoming Bad Guys.
He has created multiple audio documentary series, including “Pulse: The Untold Story” and “Alphabet Boys.”
A Peabody Award winner and two-time Livingston Awards finalist, Aaronson examines abuses of power in American law enforcement and national security.
Contact
For reporting inquiries, speaking requests, or confidential tips:
Email trevor@trevoraaronson.com
Proton Mail taaronson [at] protonmail.com
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