Clarity in the midst of a crisis.
Cutting through the noise to deliver expert analysis to global media outlets on active law enforcement investigations, complex cybercrime, and emerging technology.
Featured outlets
Featured: Nancy Guthrie case (2026)
Expert commentary on home security cameras, digital evidence, and the Savannah missing-persons investigation.
Home security cameras in the spotlight
In-depth interview on how home surveillance technology is reshaping missing-persons investigations.
Watch on Today.com →Full video interview: Nancy Guthrie case
Extended expert analysis on digital evidence, security camera footage, and investigative techniques.
Watch on YouTube →Savannah mom Nancy Guthrie: updates
Quoted in the Times on the evolving investigation and the role of digital evidence in the case.
Read in the NYT →Selected appearances
A curated selection from over 200 media appearances. Links open in a new tab.
An Ohio Man Was the First to Be Convicted Under a Deepfake Abuse Law
Quoted in A&E on the first conviction under the federal Take It Down Act and emerging deepfake threats.
aetv.com →AI in Policing
Expert television commentary on the growth of artificial intelligence and its integration into modern policing and surveillance.
Live BroadcastWeak hit-and-run punishments are 'incentive' to flee
Quoted on how the expansion of civilian and traffic surveillance technology helps investigators solve hit-and-run cases.
newsday.com →Secret Service Shuts Down Sprawling SIM Farm Network
Television commentary on the Secret Service's dismantling of a massive, New York City-based telecommunications SIM farm.
fox5ny.com →AI-generated lawyer sparks courtroom controversy in New York
Quoted on legal and ethical implications after a judge barred the use of an AI-generated legal avatar in court.
fox5ny.com →Operation Endgame: A Pivotal Step in War on Cybercrime
Quoted in Business Insider on the massive international police operation targeting ransomware botnets.
businessinsider.com →Warnings and advice as AI impostor scams skyrocket nationwide
Quoted on the rise of AI voice cloning and nationwide impostor scams.
fox5ny.com →NYPD wants your Ring camera footage
Police-private partnerships and home surveillance access.
fox5ny.com →Fentanyl sentencing & the opioid crisis
Are harsher fentanyl sentences the solution?
npr.org →How hackers outwit all efforts to stop them
"It's a cyber pandemic" — hacker tactics and countermeasures.
newsweek.com →Police surveillance technology in Massachusetts
Drones, stingrays, hidden microphones — what law enforcement is using.
bostonglobe.com →Scambaiters vs. online fraud
Millions lose money to scams — one group fights back.
usatoday.com →NY social-media review for gun applicants
Five key questions about New York's new requirements.
pbs.org →Gun applicants must submit social media
National wire coverage of landmark New York policy.
npr.org →To Catch an Insurrectionist
Social media, open source, and federal enforcement after January 6.
vox.com →YouTubers help solve cold cases
Online investigators bringing new eyes to unsolved crimes.
cbsnews.com →Fentanyl & record overdose deaths
Darknet supply chains and the opioid crisis. Don Lemon Tonight.
Watch clip →Capitol riot: 49 defendants erased evidence
Deleted photos, videos, and texts from phones.
newsweek.com →Trojan Shield: FBI's criminal messaging sting
How the FBI built and ran a messaging service for criminals.
fox5ny.com →Police tactics to prevent bystander video
Technical countermeasures to civilian surveillance of police.
technologyreview.com →Hacking group targets D.C. police
Internal files posted by ransomware attackers.
washingtonpost.com →"Pics or it didn't happen" — selfie incrimination
Why Capitol rioters documented their own crimes.
usatoday.com →Media kit
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Quick facts
Full name: Adam Scott Wandt, JD, MPA
Title: Associate Professor of Public Policy and Deputy Chair for Technology
Institution: John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY
Bar: Attorney & Counselor-at-Law, New York
Coverage areas: Cybercrime, dark web, fentanyl, OSINT, IoT, AI, cryptocurrency, surveillance, digital forensics
Response time: Same business day for deadline inquiries (Signal available via Contact page)
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