ROBERT BRUCE SPENCER — is an American author and blogger and a key figure of the Counter-jihad movement in the United States. Spencer has published twelve books including two New York Times best-selling books. In 2003 he founded and has since directed Jihad Watch, a blog containing news and commentary of the international jihad which is dedicated to “bringing public attention to the role that jihad theology and ideology plays in the modern world, and to correcting popular misconceptions about the role of jihad and religion in modern-day conflicts”.