HPC Blog: Terry Turchie and Kathleen Puckett Appear at Newseum

July 21, 2008

Terry Turchie and Dr. Kathleen Puckett were featured at the Newseum in Alexandria, Virginia on Monday, July 22. Authors of Hunting the American Terrorist and the forthcoming Homeland Insecurity, Turchie and Puckett led the final pursuit of the notorious Unabomber, Theodore Kaczynski. The exciting chase ended in the terrorists’ capture at his infamous cabin in the Montana mountains. Hunting the American Terrorist is the story of that pursuit .The award-winning book also contains a psychological study by Dr. Puckett, a clinical psychologist, of ten of the most infamous terrorists in American history.

During the presentation, the authors were interviewed by David Johnston, The New York Times’ correspondent who covers the subject of terror for the newspaper. Following the interview Turchie and Puckett held a book signing event in which they discussed their experience pursuing the Unabomber and autographed copies of Hunting The American Terrorist which is one of the books featured at the Newseum bookshop.Terry Turchie and Kathleen Puckett also appear prominently in the film commerating G-Men and Journalism which is played continuously at the Newseum in celebration of the 100th Anniversary of the FBI.

Homeland Insecurity,How Washington Politicians Have Made America Less Safe_the forthcoming book by Terry Turchie and Kathleen Puckett_ will be available September 25, 2008.