A former correspondent for 'Agencia EFE' (the world's largest Spanish-language news wire), Smith currently writes a column, 'Beyond the DropZone', for – and is executive editor of – "World Defense Review". He is a columnist for "Townhall.com", and an erstwhile contributor to "National Review Online". Some of his stories have been picked up by the "Scripps Howard News" wire. Others have been re-published by the U.S. Department of Defense. He also writes for "Family Security Matters" and is the director of their Counterterrorism Research Center.