Douglas Laux is an ex-CIA operative who was assigned to some of the most dangerous warzones in the Global War on Terror and he’s the New York Times Best Selling Author of “Left Of Boom: How A Young CIA Case Officer Infiltrated The Taliban And Al-Qaeda.” Doug also created, wrote, produced, and starred in the Discovery Channel’s Finding Escobar’s Millions, and was part of the Bravo Channel series Spy Games.…
Dear Douglas, I hope this letter finds you well. I would like to thank you for your service as an undercover field operative for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for over 7 years and in the U.S. military’s Joint Special Operations Command is greatly commendable. The exceptional leadership and courage you have demonstrated, strengthened our national security and will leave an invaluable legacy in our nation’s history. Your efforts in…
It is not entirely uncommon to witness someone crying at the dentist’s office. Few if any, particularly enjoy a trip to the doctor and a recent Gallup poll lists it in the top ten amongst fears of adults. Generally though, that someone producing tears, will be from that of a child. On the 7th of May 2004, however, that someone was me. At the time, I was a junior in…
When producers of Bravo’s “Spy Games” told Douglas Laux of Coldwater to approach the reality TV contest as if it were the real deal, he turned into a hard-as-nails instructor, the type he endured at the Central Intelligence Agency’s training facility called The Farm. Laux said his performance as one of the show’s three judges makes Simon Cowell look like a teddy bear. “They didn’t tell me to be mean…
