Thomas Joscelyn

Thomas Joscelyn (born 1976)^[1] is an American counterterrorism expert. He is a senior fellow at JustSecurity.org, an initiative of the Reiss Center on Law and Security at New York University School of Law.^[2] As a former senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, Joscelyn founded and was a senior editor for FDD's Long War Journal, a publication dealing with counterterrorism and related issues.^[3] He has served as a trainer for the FBI Counterterrorism Division, as well as being a principal author of the final report for the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack.^[4][5]

Thomas Joscelyn
Born	Thomas Joscelyn 1976 (age 48–49)[1] New York, U.S.
Occupation	Senior fellow at JustSecurity.org
Subject	Counterterrorism, political science
Notable works	Final Report of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack

Joscelyn's work has been published in publications including The New York Times,^[6] Politico,^[7] The Daily Beast,^[8] and The Weekly Standard. He has also been cited by The Washington Post,^[9] The Associated Press, Reuters,^[10] USA Today, and Time.^[11] In 2023, he was featured in an interview on 60 Minutes.^[12]

Career

Joscelyn previously worked as an economist before shifting to foreign policy, co-authoring a seminal study on the economics of thoroughbred horse racing.^[13] He became acquainted with Liz Cheney during the 2000s, causing him to later be introduced to other members of the United States House Select Committee on the January 6 Attack and eventually get hired to help write the final report published on December 22, 2022.^[14]

Works

Title	Year	Publisher	ISBN
What President Obama Doesn't Know About Guantanamo	2010	Encounter Books	978-1-594-03502-9
Enemies Near and Far: How Jihadist Groups Strategize, Plan, and Learn	2022	Columbia University Press	978-0-231-19524-9