Daveed Gartenstein-Ross

*Daveed Named New Co-Chairman of the Counterterrorism Foundation*
The following announcement was posted by Andrew Cochran at the Counterterrorism Blog on September 13:
I am pleased to announce that *Daveed Gartenstein-Ross* has agreed to become Co-Chairman of the Counterterrorism Foundation, effective immedately. Daveed is one of the brightest young stars in the counterterrorism community, and we’ve worked together several times to inform Congressional staff on selected issues. Daveed converted to Islam in his early twenties and worked during the late 1990s for the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, an international Wahhabi charity that secretly served as a major al-Qaeda financier. Prior to the 9/11 attacks, Daveed left the Islamic faith for Christianity and assisted the FBI in its investigation of Al Haramain, which led to its shutdown and designation by the Treasury Department. Daveed’s experience is detailed in his first book, *My Year Inside Radical Islam*, which will be released in February 2007. Daveed received his law degree from the New York University School of Law and clerked for a federal appellate judge in Washington. He has also worked as an attorney at the famous law firm of Boies, Schiller & Flexner, and as a senior analyst for *Steven Emerson’s* Investigative Project on Terrorism. He is currently a a senior
consultant for the Gerard Group International, a Massachusetts-based counterterrorism and homeland security firm.
I met Daveed when he was working for the IPT, and I set up a briefing for Congressional staff on the growing problem of the infiltration of prisons in the U.S. by Islamic militants. Daveed convincingly described the ways in which inmates are being brainwashed into accepting radical Islam, leading the staff to inquire into practices at the federal Bureau of Prisons. So it is fitting that Daveed’s first appearance as Co-Chairman will be as a witness at a hearing next week of the U.S. Senate Homeland Security committeeon this issue.
In the coming weeks, we will announce projects to be conducted under the auspices of the Counterterrorism Foundation and will ask for your support.