Jesse Ventura is the former independent governor of Minnesota. He is also a former US Navy frogman, a professional wrestler, a movie actor, a visiting fellow at Harvard Kennedy School of Government, and the New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including American Conspiracies , 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read , and Don't Start the Revolution Without Me! He was the host and executive producer of truTV's Conspiracy Theory with Jesse Ventura , which won the Stony Award from High Times magazine in 2010. He was also the host of the political talk show Off The Grid , which aired on RT America and online at Ora.tv. He has a reputation as a rebel and a freethinker, and he has no qualms about questioning authority. He spends half the year in Baja, Mexico and the other half in his home state of Minnesota. Dick Russell has written for such varied publications as Time , Sports Illustrated , and the Village Voice .His books include The Man Who Knew Too Much , Black Genius , and On the Trail of the JFK Assassins .

He is also the coauthor of several New York Times bestsellers, including American Conspiracies , 63 Documents the Government Doesn't Want You to Read , and They Killed Our President .