Trevor Aaronson
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Trevor Aaronson is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer at The Intercept[1] and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism. He was a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America[2] and a 2015 TED Fellow.[3]
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Occupation | Journalist |
Website | TrevorAaronson.com |
Aaronson is the creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS, which tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who joined the Islamic State as a fighter in Syria;[4] and Chameleon: High Rollers, which investigates an FBI undercover operation in Las Vegas.[5]
In January 2023, Aaronson launched a podcast series called Alphabet Boys about "secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies". The first season, "Trojan Hearse",[6] focuses on the summer 2020 COINTELPRO-like infiltration of antifa / Black Lives Matter protesters and activists in Denver, Colorado, following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota in May 2020.[7][8] The second season, "Up in Arms," tells the story of a DEA narcoterrorism sting that targeted a former FBI informant who claimed to work for the CIA.[9][10]
Aaronson has won the Molly National Journalism Prize,[11] the Data Journalism Award,[12] and the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award.[13]