New Releases by Aaron Klein

Bigger than Watergate! Bigger than Iran-Contra! Ten times bigger than both, said one representative. The Bengahzi scandal may have been covered up by the White House, but the truth is about to come out. The Real Benghazi Story is a ground-breaking investigative work that finally exposes some of the most significant issues related to the murderous September 11, 2012, attack-information with current national security implications. Investigative journalist and New York Times best-selling author Aaron Klein provides the answers many have longed for from the secretive activities transpiring inside the doomed facility to shocking new details about the withholding of critical protection at the U.S. special mission. Learn about what really happened to Ambassador Chris Stevens that fated night, the central role Hillary Clinton actually played in the scandal, and more! Also answered for the first time is why the State Department hired armed members of the al-Qaeda-linked February 17 Martyrs Brigade to protect the facility. New reasons are revealed for not sending air support or Special Forces during the assault, while extensively probing not only jihadist groups but also possible state actors behind the attack. These are just some of the new details to be revealed in this game-changing book.

Abstract: Automated machine learning emerged as a new research field inside of machine learning that tries to progressively automate different steps of common machine learning pipelines which are traditionally executed by humans. One of its core tasks is the automated search for the right hyperparameters of a given machine learning algorithm which in practice is often essential to achieve good performance. Compare to other optimization problems, hyperparameter optimization is usually particularly expensive, since in each iteration, it requires to train and validate the underlying algorithm. One of the most successful approaches for hyperparameter optimization is Bayesian optimization. At its core, Bayesian optimization fits a probabilistic model of the objective function, which together with an additional acquisition function is used to guide the search towards the global optimum. In this thesis we present several extensions to standard Bayesian optimization to improve its performance for hyperparameter optimization problems. First, we introduce a new probabilistic model based on Bayesian neural networks, that allows to model the performance of hyperparameter configurations across different tasks and thereby scales much better with the number of data points and dimensions than Gaussian processes which are traditionally used inside Bayesian optimization. In hyperparameter optimization, often approximations, so-called fidelities, of the objective function are available which are much cheaper to evaluate. We present two new Bayesian optimization methods that can leverage such fidelities, such as learning curves or dataset subsets, to improve the overall search process in terms of wall-clock time by orders of magnitude. Furthermore, based on our proposed Bayesian neural network model, we present a new neural network architecture which models the learning curve of iterative machine learning methods, such as neural networks. Finally, due to the high computational cost of hyperparameter optimization, thorough benchmarking and evaluation of new developed methods is often prohibitively expensive. We show that one can approximate continuous and discrete benchmarks by surrogate benchmarks that capture the characteristics of the original benchmark but take only milliseconds to evaluate. This allows us to performa rigorous analysis and comparison of various different hyperparameter optimization methods from the literature

In The Politically Incorrect Guide to Israel, Breitbart reporter Aaron Klein—author of the critically acclaimed Schmoozing with Terrorists—outlines the current threat to Israel from hostile Arab nations. Klein documents the largely untold story of illegal Palestinian construction on Jewish-owned property in key areas of eastern Jerusalem and makes the compelling case that the state of Israel is the target of a widespread disinformation campaign by international news media and liberal academia.

A journalistic investigation documenting the probable causes for the impeachment of President Barack Obama. In this devastating probe, New York Times bestselling authors Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliott expose the high crimes, misdemeanors and other offenses that Obama has committed against the United States Constitution and the limits of his office.

Imagine you mistakenly dial a wrong number and the voice on the other end of the call tells you a deadly secret. As you disconnect, curiosity and fear seep into you at once. What now?“Tel Arad” begins with such a simple wrong number, followed by a cryptic conversation that sends journalist Butch Lewis down a path of international intrigue, military action, and political threats… all leading to a potential war and a revision of the world order. A novel written by Dave Klein and Aaron Klein, “Tel Arad” explores what happens when a powerful President devises a plan to take control of the uncontrollable Middle East, but meets resistance from his own people. Lewis is drawn in so deeply that not only is he prevented from breaking the news but his own life is threatened from all sides unless he plays along, a pawn among kings.The novel offers something for everyone as readers of action/thrillers, suspense, political intrigue and a sometimes sarcastic and wry sense of the way men of power interact under extreme pressure will find the book at once familiar and unique.Among the key players in the prelude to war of and the attempts to change the course of history in “Tel Arad” are Lewis, President Edward Kent Reese and First Lady Jessie Gordon Reese, Israeli Prime Minister Yehudi Ben-Mendel, Secretary of State Harcourt Manning, the head of Secret Service John Virgil McDonnell and his undercover super-agent, Mark Halifax, four-star General Franklin Roland Leigh, who leads a black-operations unit called Thunder Top and his right-hand man, Major Harold Fritts.What happens if President Reese''s plan is successful? How can the deadly scheme hatched along with Ben-Mendel be stopped? Should it be stopped? And who is the mysterious figure lurking in the shadows, ready to strike? These are just some of the mysteries you will uncover as you turn page after page.To get the answers and understand the repercussions, read “Tel Arad” from the edge of your seat.

Here are just a few samples from dozens upon dozens of specific schemes unveiled herein.

In Red Army, Aaron Klein and Brenda J. Elliot—bestselling authors of The Manchurian President—expose the nexus of radical socialist groups shaping the presidential agenda of Barack Obama and reveal how their plan to transform America is already well underway. A truly eye-opening work of investigative reporting, Red Army is filled with startling revelations about Obama’s healthcare legislation, the shocking misuse of federal stimulus money, the existence of a powerful “Marxist-socialist” bloc in Congress, and much more. It is a book that every concerned American must read.

This book postulates that Obama has deep ties to communists, socialists, and anti-American extremists and these ties influence policy decisions.

In The Late Great State of Israel, Aaron Klein, author of the critically acclaimed Schmoozing with Terrorists, draws upon years of experience living and working as a journalist based in Israel. His book is an urgent, clarion call to supporters of Israel around the world: The great Mideast democracy faces catastrophe. Klein shows how Israel is often its own worst enemy, and how Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and a variety of Palestinian terrorists threaten to end the Zionist dream once and for all. He also exposes the important role that America and the news media have played in putting the Jewish nation in such a dangerous position.Israel is in the fight of its life, facing perils from inside and outside its borders. Unless these perils are countered soon, warns Klein, the only remnant of the Jewish nation may be an epitaph: The Late Great State of Israel.

In a time of unprecedented danger for the West, it''s crucial that Americans understand the true nature of the adversaries we face and how we are making them bolder each day. Join Aaron Klein, award-winning journalist and radio commentator, as he schmoozes and kvetches with radical clerics, suicide bombers, the parents of potential child martyrs and the leaders of the world''s most dangerous terrorist organizations. Here''s the real story behind today''s war headlines, told from the unique perspective of a Jew meeting-and eating-with his deadliest enemies.Among the highlights of Schmoozing with Terrorists: Why do the terrorists tell Klein that Hillary Clinton is the jihadist choice for president? Which anti-war politicians and celebrities meddling in Middle East politics are jihadist favorites? What compels someone to blow themselves up in order to kill others? What would day-to-day life be like in America if the terrorists win? (Madonna and Britney Spears take note!)

A profile of Deion Sanders includes summaries of his dual careers as a baseball and football player, reveals his businesslike values that have contributed to his successes, and presents anecdotes about his personal life