Kenneth R. Timmerman is a nationally recognized investigative reporter, novelist, and war correspondent who was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2006. He is the New York Times bestselling author of ten books on national security issues, as well as three novels and the critical biography Shakedown: Exposing the Real Jesse Jackson. His work is regularly featured on FoxNews opinion, FrontPage Magazine, Breitbart, the New York Post, and elsewhere. In 2012, he was the Republican nominee for congress in Maryland's 8th district.