Wayne Madsen (born April 28, 1954) is an American journalist, author and columnist specializing in intelligence and international affairs. He is the author of the blog Wayne Madsen Report. He has been described as a conspiracy theorist.Madsen was born on April 28, 1954 in Ridley Park, Pennsylvania, to an American mother and a Danish mariner. His grandmother, who emigrated to the U.S. with his father after World War II, was Victoria Madsen, a Danish communist party official. In the 1950s, Victoria was deported by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). Madsen attended the University of Mississippi, where he joined the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. Wikipedia