H. Keith Melton has spent more than 35 years as ahistorical consultant to the U.S. and international intelligence community. Afrequent lecturer at the CIA, FBI, and NSA, he also advises allied intelligenceservices worldwide. Melton has produced or appeared in over sixty documentarieson espionage and is the owner of the world’s largest private collection ofintelligence artifacts—including the infamous ice axe that killed Leon Trotsky.He is a founding board member of the International Spy Museum in Washington,D.C., where he continues to serve as a permanent member of the Board ofDirectors.