Sabi H. Shabtai

Dr. Shabtai is an internationally recognized authority on terrorism who served as consultant 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 in Chicago -- specializing in problems of political violence and international terrorism.

Dr. Shabtai, who worked for the Israeli government in various capacities, and as an undercover trouble-shooter on five continents, served also as the director of counter-terrorist operations for the California-based office of special services. He is the author of the international bestseller, "Five Minutes To Midnight" which foresaw the growing threat of nuclear terrorism already back in the early eighties.

A regular TV and radio commentator, Dr. Shabtai wrote and narrated the video "Travel Without Terror", a safety guide for overseas travelers. A sought-after consultant in the film industry, Dr. Shabtai sold several scripts based on his expertise to the major studios. The hit movie, "Passenger 57” is based on his personal hijacking experience. "The Assignment", another motion picture written by him, is the suspenseful story of a CIA-Mossad Sting Operation. It stars Aidan Quinn, Donald Sutherland, and Ben Kingsley, and it is based on Dr. Shabtai's hunt for the master terrorist, Carlos The Jackal.

Since the September 11th Attack on the World Trade Center, Dr. Shabtai has been working closely with various law enforcement and intelligence agencies, assisting them in the pursuit of the suspects and in the prevention of further terrorist assaults.

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