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ANDREW C. McCARTHY is a senior fellow at National Review Institute. He is the author of the bestseller, Willful Blindness: A Memoir of the Jihad (Encounter Books 2008). He was previously the legal-affairs editor at National Review and the chairman of the Center for Law & Counterterrorism at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies.

For eighteen years, Mr. McCarthy was an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of New York. From 1993 through 1995, he led the terrorism prosecution against Sheikh Omar Abdel Rahman and eleven others in connection with the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and a plot to bomb New York City landmarks. For five years, he was the Chief Assistant U.S. Attorney of the Southern District’s satellite office in White Plains, and, following the 9/11 attacks, he supervised the Justice Department’s Command Post near Ground Zero in New York City.

In 2004, Mr. McCarthy served at the Pentagon as a Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense. He has also been an Adjunct Professor at both Fordham University’s School of Law and New York Law School, as well as a Deputy United States Marshal in the federal Witness Protection Program.

Mr. McCarthy is the recipient of numerous awards, including the Justice Department’s highest honors: the Attorney General’s Exceptional Service Award (1996) and Distinguished Service Award (1988). In addition to being featured regularly in National Review, Mr. McCarthy’s articles have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Commentary, The New Criterion, The Weekly Standard, USA Today and many other publications. He is frequently featured as a commentator on television and nationally syndicated radio broadcasts.

Upcoming Appearances

Thursday, November 12th at 9:00 p.m. – Guest on Hannity on Fox News
Friday, November 13th at 8:30 a.m.– Guest on the Melanie Morgan & John McCaslin radio show
Friday, November 13th at 9:00 a.m.– Guest on the Crane Durham radio show
Friday, November 13th at 9:30 a.m.– Guest on the Mike Church radio show
Friday, November 13th at 11:15 a.m.– Guest on the Michael Graham radio show
Friday, November 13th at 3:00 p.m.– Guest on the Tara Servatius radio show
Friday, November 13th at 4:30 p.m.– Guest on Steve Schippert's podcast for ThreatsWatch.com
Friday, November 13th at 5:30 p.m.– Guest on the Victoria Taft radio show
Friday, November 13th at 6:30 p.m.– Guest on the Roger Hedgecock radio show
Saturday, November 14th at 1:00 p.m.– Guest on the John Hinderaker & Brian Ward radio show
Monday, November 16th at 6:30 a.m.– Guest on the Bill Bennett radio show
Monday, November 16th at 9:00 a.m.– Guest on the Jim Vicevich radio show
Monday, November 16th at 12:20 p.m.– Guest on the Dennis Praeger radio show
Monday, November 16th at 3:30 p.m.– Guest on the Janet Parshall radio show
Monday, November 16th at 4:10 p.m.– Guest on Frank Gaffney's internet broadcast radio show
Monday, November 16th at 5:05 p.m.– Guest on the Steve Malzberg radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 9:40 a.m.– Guest on the Mike Gallagher radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 12:20 p.m.– Guest on the John Gibson radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 1:00 p.m.– Guest on the Rick Jensen radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 3:40 p.m.– Guest on the Al Kresta radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 4:15 p.m.– Guest on the Don Kroah radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 4:45 p.m.– Guest on the Hugh Hewitt radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:10 p.m.– Guest on the Dave Boze radio show
Tuesday, November 17th at 6:30 p.m.– Guest on the Lars Larson radio show
Wednesday, November 18th at 8:05 a.m.– Guest on News Talk Radio San Antonio
Wednesday, November 18th at 9:35 a.m.– Guest on the Wade & Roma radio show
Wednesday, November 18th at 2:00 p.m.– Guest on the Avi Davis radio show
Wednesday, November 18th at 4:05 p.m.– Guest on the Steve Malzberg radio show
Wednesday, November 18th at 4:30 p.m.– Guest on the Tara Servatius radio show
Wednesday, November 18th at 6:30 p.m.– Guest on the Hugh Hewitt radio show
Thursday, November 19th at 9:35 a.m.– Guest on the Laura Ingraham radio show
Thursday, November 19th at 11:00 a.m.– Guest on the Roger Aranoff radio show
Thursday, November 19th at 2:00 p.m.– Guest on the Mary Maddoux radio show
Thursday, November 19th at 4:00 p.m.– Guest on the Ed Morrissey Hot Air web-radio show
Sunday, November 22nd – Panelist at David Horowitz's Restoration Weekend in West Palm Beach, FL