BEHIND THE SHIELD | ERIC MADDOX | INTERROGATOR WHO LED FORCES TO CAPTURE SADDAM HUSSEIN

Published: Oct. 5, 2021, 1:51 p.m.

  • Eric spent three years as a paratrooper, jumpmaster and a qualified ranger in the US Army
  • He reenlisted as an interrogator and Chinese Mandarin linguist.
  • Since 9/11, Eric has conducted over 2,700 interrogations while deploying eight times in support of the Global War on Terrorism (GWOT) to include 8 tours in Iraq, Afghanistan, South America, Southeast Asia, and Europe.
  • In 2003, while assigned to a special operations task force in Tikrit, Eric conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.
  • As a result, he was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Defense Intelligence Agency’s Director’s Award and the National Intelligence Medal of Achievement.
  • Eric is also the author of Mission: Black List No. 1

https://www.ericmaddox.com

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