Tucked away in the newly released files from Osama bin Laden’s Abbottobad compound is evidence that the Al Qaeda leader may have been in contact with a high-level official at a British charity.

Today marks the beginning of what I hope will be many opportunities to introduce true practitioners in the world of spying and killing to Phase Zero readers. Our first guest is Malcolm Nance, a 34-year veteran intelligence officer who has worked the Iraq mission since 1987, fighting in all of our Middle East wars since 1983. He has lived in and out of Iraq since 2003.