Douglas Laux is a former CIA field operative having served undercover in the Middle East and Afghanistan. Upon leaving the CIA, Laux wrote a New York Times bestselling memoir entitled, "Left of Boom: How A Young CIA Case Officer Penetrated the Taliban and Al-Qaeda," which details his experiences serving amidst the Global War on Terror. In 2017, Laux appeared in the Discovery Channel series, "Finding Escobar's Millions," alongside his former CIA colleague, "Ben Smith."