Sabi H. Shabtai

Dr. Sabi Shabtai is an internationally recognized authority on terrorism who has served as consultant and lecturer to numerous corporations, airlines, police departments, SWAT teams, and the U.S. Army and Navy. Born in Israel, he served in the intelligence branch of the Israel Defense Forces and was a member of the Israeli Foreign Service. Earning his doctorate at the University of Chicago, Dr. Shabtai taught political science at several universities and was a Senior Fellow at the Adlai Stevenson Institute of International Affairs, specializing in problems of political violence and terrorism.

Dr. Shabtai worked for the Israeli government in various capacities and as an undercover trouble-shooter on five continents. He also served as the director of counter-terrorist operations for the California-based Office of Special Services. A sought-after consultant in the film industry, Dr. Shabtai sold several scripts based on his personal exploits and expertise to the major studios. The hit movie PASSENGER 57 is loosely based on his own personal hijacking experience in the 1980's. THE ASSIGNMENT is the suspenseful story of a CIA-Mossad sting operation. It stars Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley and is based on the author's hunt for the master terrorist, Carlos The Jackal. Having written safety-guide videos such as TRAVEL WITHOUT TERROR, Dr. Shabtai also co-wrote sophisticated and reality-based video-games about terrorism such as DOUBLE AGENT for Ubisoft.

In the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, Dr. Shabtai, who is on the faculty of The National Institute Against Hate Crimes and Terrorism in Los Angeles, worked closely with various law enforcement and intelligence agencies in preventing further catastrophic terrorist assaults. Semi-retired now, the author resides in California, Costa Rica, and Colombia, where he continues to contribute to the war against terrorism.