Tucson Festival of Books

Commander or Con?


In their newly published book, "Call Me Commander," investigative reporter Jeff Testerman and broadcast journalist Daniel Freed unravel one of the more provocative cons in U.S. history: the U.S. Navy Veterans Assn -- committed by a Harvard Law School grad and former U.S. Army intelligence officer. They will compare notes with former investigative reporter Matthew Schwartz.


Panelists
Daniel Freed

Daniel Freed is a non-fiction TV producer and writer with nearly 20 years of experience covering a wide variety of topics across multiple platforms. Freed works for Kurtis Productions, writing and producing episodes of CNBC's long-running financial-crime documentary series, American Greed....

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Jeff Testerman

Jeff Testerman spent his 33-year journalism career at the St. Petersburg Times (now the Tampa Bay Times) as a beat writer, editor and investigative reporter before retiring in 2012. He was named best reporter in the Tampa Bay area twice and was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize five times....

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