About

Matthew Cole is an investigative journalist, specializing in national security and intelligence issues. He is the author of Code Over Country: The Tragedy and Corruption of SEAL Team 6, published by Bold Type Press in 2022.

Most recently, Cole worked as a reporter for The Intercept. Before that he worked as an investigative producer at NBC and ABC News. His journalism has garnered two Emmy nominations. His reporting has aired on Good Morning America, World News Tonight, Nightline, the Today Show, NBC Nightly News, and on MSNBC. He has been featured on NBC, MSNBC and CNN for his reporting.

While at ABC News, Cole broke several international stories, which include a CIA secret prison in Lithuania, and revelations that a missing Iranian nuclear scientist had in fact defected to the US for the CIA. Cole has covered Blackwater, mercenaries, the expansion of JSOC, the CIA, and war crimes in Afghanistan.

Prior to ABC, Cole was a contributing writer at ESPN the Magazine, and wrote features for GQ, New York, Salon, and Details among others. His work has been cited by the annual Best Sports Writing. 

Cole has reported extensively in Afghanistan and Pakistan, among eighteen foreign countries throughout the Middle East, Africa, Europe and Asia.

Cole graduated from Sarah Lawrence College and received a master’s degree in journalism from Columbia University. He resides in New York.

If you would like to contact him, send an email to jjc2020cole [at] protonmail [dot] com or follow him on Twitter at @matthewacole