Jonathan W. Hackett is a retired U.S. Marine Corps special operations capabilities specialist, interrogator, and counterintelligence agent. Before attending Yale Law School, he spent two decades running special activities and intelligence operations in dozens of countries across four continents. He is the author of Theory of Irregular War (2023) and Iran’s Shadow Weapons: Intelligence Operations, Covert Action, and Unconventional Warfare (2025).

Jonathan W. Hackett is a retired U.S. Marine Corps special operations capabilities specialist, interrogator, and counterintelligence agent. Before attending Yale Law School, he spent two decades running special activities and intelligence operations in dozens of countries across four continents. He is the author of Theory of Irregular War (2023) and Iran’s Shadow Weapons: Intelligence Operations, Covert Action, and Unconventional Warfare (2025).