About the Author

John Wilson

John Wilson is a former Wall Street mining analyst whose work examines extractive-industry power, government secrecy, and human rights. He covered major mining companies, including Freeport-McMoRan, for SG Warburg and SBC Warburg (now part of UBS) in New York in the 1990s. A dual Australian/US citizen, he currently lives in Sydney with his wife and two children. He holds degrees from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA), the University of Sydney (BE), and the University of Queensland (BA).

Wilson is the author of The Untold Story of the FBI: Archives of a Wall Street Analyst: DOJ, Volume 1 and continues the series with evidence-led narrative and documentary archive works built from primary documents including contemporaneous records, State Department cables, media and human rights reports, FOIA requests, and litigation records.