Scott Stewart is a seasoned protective intelligence practitioner with over four decades of analytical, investigative and security experience. Scott led Stratfor’s global analysis of terrorism and security topics from 2004 to 2020. Before joining Stratfor, he was a special agent with the U.S. State Department for 10 years.

Scott was the lead State Department investigator assigned to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the follow-up New York City bomb plot. He also led a team of American agents assisting the Argentine investigation of the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires and was involved in investigations following a series of attacks and attempted attacks against U.S. diplomatic targets by the Iraqi intelligence service during the first Gulf War.

Scott served as the deputy regional security officer in Guatemala City, a role in which he was responsible for embassy and diplomatic security. As protective intelligence coordinator for Dell, he served as a member of Michael Dell’s executive protective team. He has also consulted on terrorism issues for the Texas Department of Public Safety.

Scott is regularly featured in leading media outlets including The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, CNN International, NPR, Reuters, USA Today, The Associated Press, World Magazine, Fox News, Discovery Channel and Time magazine. He was one of the DSS Special Agents profiled in the book “Relentless Pursuit: The DSS and the Manhunt for the Al-Qaeda Terrorists” by Samuel M Katz. He was also one of the investigators featured in the Fox Nation series “The Rising Crescent.” He is also the co-author of the book “The Protective Intelligence Advantage.”