famous hostage rescues of the Middle East. One of his rescues, the 1990 rescue of American businessmen in Kuwait after Saddam Hussein had invaded that country, was the subject of a documentary where some secrets about his organization were revealed, such as the fact that organization operatives used fake passports issued by a man in Paris to enter countries where people were being held. This operation was conducted in combination with former CIA director Bill Colby. It also included him being part of a three-man team who secretly met with the Iranians at the request of the White House to lay the formal groundwork for the release of the Western hostages being held in Lebanon. Steely Eyed Killer According to an article published in Politico in 2018, from 2002 to 2015 Cowan was involved in work for the Pentagon that “was so secret that only about a half-dozen people in the U.S. government were aware of it.” That work involved running numerous unacknowledged “special access programs” (SAPs) — assignments so secretive that information about them is restricted to only those with an absolute need-to-know. Lt General Jerry Boykin, the Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence and a founding member and subsequent commander of Delta Force later described Cowan as a “steely-eyed killer.” Other Cowan has a graduate degree in computer science and is a member of Mensa. He was a co-host with Ambassador Dick Carlson on the radio and television show Danger Zone, and he has written articles for The Washington Times, The Washington Post, The Daily Caller, Breitbart, The Hill, and has been featured in several television shows apart from the documentary such as 60 Minutes, Larry King Live and others. He co-wrote Snatching Hillary, A Satirical Novel (Tulip Hill Publishing, 2014, ) with Dick Carlson. References 1943 births Living people Military personnel from Sacramento, California United States Marine Corps officers United States Naval Academy alumni United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War Mensans Military personnel from California