EMPact Radio » Episode #97 Ken Timmerman, Reza Kahlili, and John Kappenman

Episode #97 Ken Timmerman, Reza Kahlili, and John Kappenman

This episode features three guests: Ken Timmerman, Reza Kahlili, and John Kappenman.

Kenneth R. Timmerman is president and CEO of the Foundation for Democracy in Iran. He has spent his career investigating the dark side of national security. His many books include St. Peter’s Bones (2011 Christian Small Publisher Book of the Year Award Winner); Shadow Warriors: The Untold Story of Traitors, Saboteurs, and the Party of Surrender; Preachers of Hate: Islam and the War on America; Honor Killing; and Countdown to Crisis: The Coming Nuclear Showdown with Iran.

Mr. Timmerman’s work as an investigative reporter has been showcased by a wide variety of media outlets, to include The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Times, FrontPage Magazine, The New York Post, National Review Online, and Human Events. He has presented his findings before Congress in public testimony and in Special Reports commissioned by various committees.

Ken is running for Congress to represent Maryland’s 8th Congressional District. While EMPact America does not endorse any candidate, listeners will find more biographical information about our radio guest at www.TimmermanForCongress.com.

Reza Kahlili is a former CIA operative who worked in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. His historical memoir, A Time To Betray (atimetobetray.com), a winner of 2010 National & 2011 International book awards, is required reading for U.S. Government intelligence training programs.

Mr. Kahlili teaches at the U.S. Department of Defense’s Joint Counterintelligence Training Academy (JCITA) and at the Centre for Counterintelligence and Security Studies. “Reza Kahlili” is a pseudonym for security purposes. Kahlili has been featured on ABC, CBN, C-Span, Fox, MSNBC, Forbes, the Christian Science Monitor and numerous other media outlets.

John Kappenman is owner of Storm Analysis Consultants, is one of the principal investigators under contract with the Commission to Assess the Threat to the United States from Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP Commission). Mr. Kappenman has presented testimony before the US House Science Committee in October 2003 on the importance of geomagnetic storm forecasting for the electric power industry. He also was a principal investigator examining the “Vulnerability of the Electric Power Grid for Severe Geomagnetic Storms” for FEMA under US Presidential Executive Order 13407. He was also one of the Principal Contributors to the 2008 US National Academy of Sciences Report on “Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts Workshop Report Committee on the Societal and Economic Impacts of Severe Space Weather Events.” He is a member of the IEC Standards Development Committee for all EMP and High Energy Electomagnetic Compatibility Requirements.

Mr. Timmerman and Mr. Kahlili both presented at a press conference on Capitol Hill in November. Click the images below to watch video of their presentations.

Ken Timmerman:

Reza Kahlili:

John Kappenman spoke at the EMPact America conference on EMP in Niagara Falls, New York, in 2009. Click the image below to watch video recorded of his presentation.