Born in Washington, D.C. An Honors graduate of UCLA in Political Science, he comes from a family rooted in intelligence and the military. As an undergraduate he interned for LA Police Chief Ed Davis and worked at 5 LAPD Divisions before graduating and becoming an officer in 1973.

During Mike's five plus years of active service he received thirteen citations and four commendations. Twice the CIA attempted to recruit Mike: the first time just before he graduated and again after he was a highly praised field officer and budding narcotics investigator. In 1977 he discovered CIA bringing drugs into the U.S. through New Orleans in an operation supervised by his then fiancée, a CIA agent. He began to speak out and was forced out of LAPD in 1978 after being shot at and threatened. He has been speaking out publicly ever since.

As a freelance writer in the 80s he was published in The Los Angeles Times. Other stories include more than 30 on drug and alcohol dependence. Mike is a past member of the Board of Directors of the National Council on Alcoholism for the San Fernando Valley.
In 1992, after speaking with Ross Perot during the course of his investigations, Mike served as the LA County Press Spokesman for the Perot Presidential Campaign. This led to an appearance in the Feature Documentary THE LAST PARTY with Robert Downey, Jr. and Sean Penn.

Mike's highly publicized confrontation with CIA Director John Deutch on 11/15/96 resulted in his being interviewed by the Intelligence Committees of both Houses of Congress.
He publishes From The Wilderness magazine which deals with the effects of illegal covert operations on our society. FTW is read by more than 700 subscribers including professors at nine universities, 10 members of Congress and many authors.