Rachel Ehrenfeld

Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld is the Director of the American Center for Democracy (www.acdemocracy.org) and an author who writes on terrorism and corruption-related topics. She has lectured on these issues in many countries, and has advised banking communities, law enforcement agencies, and governments, including the U.S. Defense Department's Threat Reduction Agency. She testified before the European Parliament on how the Palestinian Authority uses aid money to fund its terror activities, provided evidence to the British Parliament on the corruption of the PA, and testified before the U.S. Congress on terrorism related issues. She currently works on issues related to the Financial and Economic Jihad against America and the West.

Dr. Ehrenfeld's articles appear in "The Wall Street Journal", "The Washington Times", "National Review", the Eurobserver, "The Jerusalem Post", the "New York Sun", and the "Los Angeles Times". She has appeared as a commentator on television and radio news programs, including "The O'Reilly Factor", Fox News, CNN, ABC, NBC, and MSNBC. She is also a contributing expert on the Terror Finance Blog (http://terrorfinance.org).

Dr. Ehrenfeld has worked as a research scholar at New York University School of Law, a visiting scholar at the Columbia University Institute of War and Peace Studies, and as a fellow at Johns Hopkins SAIS. Her Ph.D., in criminology, is from the Hebrew University School of Law.

Litigation

Ehrenfeld was involved in an international legal controversy when she lost a libel case brought in the English High Court of Justice by Saudi businessman Khalid bin Mahfouz concerning her book "Funding Evil". She pre-emptively counter-sued bin Mahfouz to obtain a declaration that the judgment would not be enforced in the United States and that her book was not defamatory under US law, but her lawsuit was dismissed by the New York courts on the grounds of a lack of personal jurisdiction over bin Mahfouz.

In response to this and similar incidents, NYS's legislature passed, and on May-01-2008 Gov. Paterson signed, a law which "offers New Yorkers greater protection against libel judgments in countries whose laws are inconsistent with the freedom of speech granted by the United States Constitution." [ [http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_0501082.html Governor Paterson Signs Legislation Protecting New Yorkers Against Infringement Of First Amendment Rights By Foreign Libel Judgments ] ]

Books

*Funding Evil; How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It, Bonus Books, 2003, 2005)
*Evil Money, Encounters Along the Money Trail (HarperCollins in 1992, SPI, 1994)
*Narco-Terrorism; How Governments around the World used the Drug Trade to Finance and Further Terrorist Activities (Basic Books, 1990 & 1992)

References

External links

* [http://www.analyst-network.com/profile.php?user_id=81 Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld] Profile at the International Analyst Network.
* [http://www.intelligencesummit.org/speakers/RachelEhrenfeld.php Dr. Rachel Ehrenfeld] Intelligence Summit biography.
* [http://terrorfinance.org The Terror Finance Blog] Frequent posts by Dr. Ehrenfeld on terror finance issues.
* [http://www.benadorassociates.com/ehrenfeld.php Benador Associates] Archive of published columns.
* [http://www.frontpagemag.com/Articles/authors.asp?ID=579 Frontpagemag] Author archive.
* [http://www.frontpagemagazine.com/Articles/ReadArticle.asp?ID=11760 Funding Interview] Interview with Jamie Glazov.
* [http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/comment-ehrenfeld082102.asp IRA+PLO=Terror]
* [http://www.ny.gov/governor/press/press_0501082.html NYS Governor Paterson's press release for the protective legislation]