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Eric Maddox, decorated Army veteran and May 2016 graduate of the Executive MBA program assisted in the capture of Saddam Hussein in 2003. He will share his experience as an interrogator for a Special Operations Task Force in Iraq on the CNN series “Declassified: Untold Stories of American Spies” scheduled to air June 26 at 10 p.m. ET/PT.

Maddox spoke at Olin’s Century Club lecture earlier this year and shared his interrogation tactics that led to crucial intelligence on Saddam Hussein’s location and his ultimate capture by U.S. forces. In an email, Maddox writes,

“The episode to air June 26 is called ‘Hunting Saddam.’ Last summer, CNN producers and crew came to my hometown and spent three days filming and interviewing.  I have since been able to view the final cut and am really proud of the job they did.”

Eric Maddox, EMBA Class 45, addressed the Century Club in January 2016

While assigned to a Special Operations Task Force in Iraq, Maddox conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.

The new CNN series premieres Sunday, June 19, at 10 p.m. ET/PT and according to the website features, “true stories of America’s covert operations told firsthand by the agents who lived it, while getting unprecedented access to the riveting and secret world of espionage. Hosted by former U.S. Congressman, former House Intelligence Committee chair and current CNN national security contributor Mike Rogers.”

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In 2003, while assigned to a Special Operations Task Force in Iraq, Eric Maddox conducted over 300 interrogations and collected the intelligence which directly led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.  Maddox will be the featured speaker at an event at 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 5 sponsored by the YPO-Next Gen student group. The event will be held in Emerson Auditorium, Knight Hall; it is open and free to the Wash U community.

Capturing Saddam is about the inside story of Maddox’s role as an interrogator in the intelligence gathering operations that led to the capture of Saddam Hussein.

Maddox who is currently a student in Olin’s Executive MBA program (Class 45), will share his story and the lessons learned on the battlefield. In addition to authoring Capturing Saddam, Maddox is a consultant to corporations, organizations, and individuals on interrogation and debriefing techniques.

Maddox has conducted over 2,700 interrogations during 20 years of service in the U.S. Army, the Federal Government Civil Service, and as a Department of Defense (DoD) Interrogator.

Image: Saddam Hussein captured, markhumphrys.com