John guandolo biography

American writer, conspiracy theorist, political activist and former FBI agent

John D. Guandolo (born 1965 or 1966)^[1] is an American former Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent and counterterrorism activist who has provided training seminars for law enforcement and local elected officials across the United States.

Having been described as an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist,^[2][3][4][5] his seminars have been controversial and protested against by advocacy groups.

He ran the seminars with the organization Understanding the Threat until the group closed down in 2023.^[6]

Military and FBI career

Guandolo graduated from the United States Naval Academy in 1989, after which he served in the Marine Corps and took part in the Gulf War's Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm as a platoon commander in the 2nd Battalion, 2nd Marines.^[7][8] He thereafter ser