Malcolm Wrightson Nance - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Malcolm Wrightson Nance is a former
U.S. Navy Senior Chief, SERE instructor, and expert in prisoners of war and terrorist hostage survival techniques. He also has recognized the Iraq insurgency, Jihadist tactics and Al Qaeda’s global organization. Since his retirement from the United States Navy, Nance has served as an independent security consultant and author.

Biography

A 26-year veteran of the US intelligence community, Nance is a frequent guest analyst on Fox News. He served as the chief consultant at Real World Rescue in 2000.
In 2004 Nance was working as a security consultant in Iraq

Iraq

Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....

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In 2006 Nance was consulting over Australian security.

He is also notable for testifying before the U.S. Congress about the use of "extended interrogation techniques".
He told the House Judiciary Committee that:

"Waterboarding Waterboarding Waterboarding is a form of torture in which water is poured over the face of an immobilized captive, thus causing the individual to experience the sensation of drowning... is torture, period." "I believe that we must reject the use of the waterboard for prisoners and captives and cleanse this stain from our national honor." "water overpowering your gag reflex, and then feel(ing) your throat open and allow pint after pint of water to involuntarily fill your lungs."

Nance speaks Arabic

Arabic language

Arabic is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century AD, used most prominently in the Quran, the Islamic Holy Book...

and has written books, including The Terrorists of Iraq.

Works

The Terrorist Recognition Handbook: A Manual for Predicting and Identifying Terrorist Activity.
The Terrorists of Iraq.
An End to Al Qaeda: Destroying Bin Laden's Jihad and Restoring America's Honor.

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