He has also claimed he advised the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. intelligence community, and major hedge funds on global financial issues, and has served as a facilitator of the first ever financial war games conducted by The Pentagon. He also guest-lectures at The Kellogg School at Northwestern University and the School of Advanced International Studies at Johns Hopkins University. He states he was on the Advisory Board of the Center on Sanctions and Illicit Finance, a former organization within the right-wing think tank and lobbying organization, the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) in Washington, D.C.
