Trevor Aaronson

American journalist

Trevor Aaronson

Occupation| Journalist
Website| TrevorAaronson.com

Trevor Aaronson is an American journalist. He is a contributing writer at The Intercept[1] and author of The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism. He was a 2020 ASU Future Security Fellow at New America[2] and a 2015 TED Fellow.[3]

Aaronson is the creator and host of the documentary podcasts American ISIS, which tells the story of Russell Dennison, an American who joined the Islamic State as a fighter in Syria;[4] and Chameleon: High Rollers, which investigates an FBI undercover operation in Las Vegas.[5]

In January 2023, Aaronson launched a podcast series called Alphabet Boys about "secret investigations of the FBI, CIA, DEA, ATF, and other alphabet agencies". The first season, "Trojan Hearse",[6] focuses on the summer 2020 COINTELPRO-like infiltration of antifa / Black Lives Matter protesters and activists in Denver, Colorado, following the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota in May 2020.[7][8] The second season, "Up in Arms," tells the story of a DEA narcoterrorism sting that targeted a former FBI informant who claimed to work for the CIA.[9][10]

Aaronson has won the Molly National Journalism Prize,[11] the Data Journalism Award,[12] and the John Jay College/Harry Frank Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Award.[13]

## Works

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* The Terror Factory: Inside the FBI's Manufactured War on Terrorism, Ig Publishing, 2013, ISBN 978-1935439615

## References

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1. ^ "Trevor Aaronson". The Intercept. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
2. ^ "Trevor Aaronson". New America. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
3. ^ "Meet the 2015 class of TED Fellows and Senior Fellows". TED.com. December 17, 2014. Retrieved March 16, 2023.
4. ^ Aaronson, Trevor (July 15, 2021). "An American ISIS Fighter Describes the Caliphate's Final Days — and His Own". The Intercept. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
5. ^ Collis, Clark (June 15, 2021). "Why a diet clinic entrepreneur was perfect subject for season 2 of investigative podcast 'Chameleon'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 24, 2021.
6. ^ "Alphabet Boys: Introducing: Alphabet Boys: Season One, Trojan Hearse on Apple Podcasts". Apple Podcasts. Retrieved February 7, 2023. "felt like history in the making... then the protests just stopped"
7. ^ Aaronson, Trevor; Hall, Zebbodios; German, Mike (February 7, 2023). "COINTELPRO 2.0: How the FBI Infiltrated BLM Protests After Police Murder of George Floyd". Democracy Now! (Interview). Interviewed by Amy Goodman. Retrieved February 7, 2023. "'Alphabet Boys' documents how the FBI disrupted racial justice organizing after the police killing of George Floyd in 2020, including paying an informant at least $20,000 to infiltrate and spy on activist groups in Denver, Colorado. The informant also encouraged activists to purchase guns and commit violence, echoing the FBI's use of the COINTELPRO program to sabotage left-wing activist groups in the 1960s"
8. ^ Weill, Kelly (February 7, 2023). "How an FBI Informant Derailed Denver's BLM Movement". The Daily Beast. Retrieved February 7, 2023. "Windecker made more than $20,000 working for the FBI during the summer of 2020... appeared on the Denver protest scene in the summer of 2020, when the nation was reeling from the on-camera murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis police. In Denver, Floyd's killing also ignited a simmering anger over the death of Elijah McClain, a young Black man from nearby Aurora. McClain died in 2019 after police violently subdued him..."
9. ^ Intercepted (June 28, 2023). "CIA Arms Dealer Was Actually DEA Target". The Intercept. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
10. ^ "New Season of the Hit iHeartPodcast 'Alphabet Boys' Goes Inside an International Arms-Trafficking Case". www.iheartmedia.com. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
11. ^ Nelson, Piper (June 8, 2012). "Paul Krugman Keynotes and Trevor Aaronson Wins Top Award at The 2012 MOLLY National Journalism Prize Dinner". Texas Observer.
12. ^ "Mother Jones Wins International Data Journalism Award for FBI Terrorism Informant Database". Mother Jones. May 31, 2012. Archived from the original on July 15, 2012.
13. ^ "Milwaukee Journal Sentinel and Mother Jones Magazine Win 2012 John Jay College/H.F. Guggenheim Excellence in Criminal Justice Reporting Awards" (Press release). John Jay College. January 17, 2012. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012.

## External links

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* Trevor Aaronson at TED
* "How this FBI strategy is actually creating US-based terrorists" (TED2015)

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF
* WorldCat

National|

* United States

Other|

* IdRef