Stripes featured an Italian in a role.
Malcolm Wrightson Nance -LRB- born September 20 , 1961 -RRB- is a retired United States Navy Senior Chief Petty Officer in naval cryptology and author , scholar , and media commentator on international terrorism , intelligence , insurgency and torture .. intelligence. intelligence. torture. torture. United States Navy. United States Navy. Senior Chief Petty Officer. Senior Chief Petty Officer. naval cryptology. Cryptologic technician. Nance is an expert on intelligence and terrorism , and frequently discusses the history , personalities , and organization of jihadi radicalization and al-Qaeda and the Islamic State of Iraq and Levant -LRB- ISIL -RRB- ; Southwest Asian and African terror groups , as well as counterinsurgency and asymmetric warfare .. intelligence. intelligence. jihadi. jihadi. radicalization. radicalization. al-Qaeda. al-Qaeda. Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. Islamic State of Iraq and Levant. counterinsurgency. counterinsurgency. asymmetric warfare. asymmetric warfare. Fluent in Arabic , he is active in the field of national security policy particularly , in anti- and counter-terrorism intelligence , terrorist strategy and tactics , torture and counter-ideology in combating Islamic extremism .. intelligence. intelligence. Islamic extremism. Islamic extremism. torture. torture. In 2016 , he published the book , Defeating ISIS  : Who They Are , How They Fight , What They Believe .. In 2014 , he became the executive director of the Terror Asymmetrics Project on Strategy , Tactics and Radical Ideologies -LRB- TAPSTRI -RRB- , a Hudson , New York-based think tank .. think tank. think tank