His stepfather was in the U.S. Army[1] and his family eventually settled in Ayer, Massachusetts where his father was stationed at Fort Devens Military Base.
[8] He left the active army in 1983 and returned to Lebanon to work as a private security contractor, helping to train military forces.
From 1988 to 1991, he used his experience in the military as an undercover source requested by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), U.S. Customs, ATF, and Department of Treasury to break up an international drug and money laundering organization.
One of the firm's early assignments was to conduct a vulnerability assessment for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey following the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center.
[13] Clients of American International Security included ABC, 20th Century Fox, Signature Flight Support,[5] Delta Airlines, Disney, and several Fortune 50 corporations.
[9] Following the 2003 US-led invasion of Iraq, American International Security Corp employed nearly 2,000 people, many of whom were former members of Special Forces or the intelligence community.
During the war, Taylor spent long periods of time in both Iraq and Afghanistan[3] working for the U.S. government helping ensure the safe delivery of supplies.
[15] In December 2008, Taylor led the team that included Duane “Dewey” Clarridge to assist in seeking the release of New York Times reporter, David Rohde, who had been kidnapped by the Taliban in Afghanistan.
[19] The firm was part of a small network of private companies[20] formed in 2009 by the U.S. Defense Department to track suspected militants and the location of insurgent camps.
[11] In December 2019, news broke that former Nissan executive Carlos Ghosn, who was on bail in Japan, had fled to Lebanon with the assistance of an American former Special Operations soldier and his son.
[21] An Interpol Red Notice was issued in early 2020 for Taylor and his son Peter for their alleged involvement in smuggling Ghosn out of Japan.
[24] Despite efforts by their lawyers, the Taylors were denied bail in July 2020 and continued to be detained in Massachusetts because prosecutors argued that the two represented a flight risk.
[29] In October 2020, the U.S. Department of State agreed to turn the two men over to Japan,[30] but a court judge put the extradition on hold after Taylor's lawyers filed an emergency petition.
Taylor developed frostbite while working in a prison factory where inmates are prohibited from wearing gloves and required to wash their hands multiple times a day in cold water.
The studio has announced plans for a feature-length film starring actor Sam Rockwell who will serve as executive producer of the TV series, along with Mark Berger.