Analyst's note:  More on knowing our Islamist enemy now operating inside our U.S. government -- see Islamist Memo that prompted Pentagon Dhimmi's to purge 'Offensive to Islam' material now released

"Dr. Tawfik Hamid knows the enemy of radical Islam firsthand. As a young man, he was a follower of Islamist ideology and rubbed shoulders with the likes of Ayman al-Zawahiri.

A native of Egypt, Dr. Hamid has since left the world of Islamism behind and is author of the book, Inside Jihad.

He is a leading authority on the Muslim Brotherhood, al Qaeda, and the global Islamist movement. [....]