AFIO - Book Reviews. The Dead Have Secrets: A John Powers Novel (Volume 2) by Owen Parr. FICTION (Create. Space Independent Publishing Platform (July 1. Usually, former Delta Force soldier John Powers is delighted to hear from Casey Mc. Bride, the widow of John’s brother- in- arms Braden and mother of John’s five- year- old godson Ian. But Casey is calling because she has just killed two of three intruders to her Boulder, Colorado home. And when John hears that Ian, under hypnosis to find a cure for his acute aqua phobia, has claimed to be the reincarnation of an assassinated U. S. Within minutes, John tells his Team Alpha mate, Melissa Harrington, that they are leaving Prague to return to the U. S. What he doesn’t tell his co- worker is that the boy is possibly the reincarnation of a man that he, John Powers, assassinated. Six years previously, John had been a member of an elite Department of Defense team under its then secretary, Charles Perthweiler, and had been told that Senator Clarence Brown was a traitor giving security intelligence to the Iranian government. He undertook the orders to terminate the senator believing that the order came directly from the president himself. Now, in Washington, D. C., Perthweiler meets with his former under secretary and current director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Edward Raymore, to frantically ask how a five- year- old boy’s claims of a past life can be unraveling the conspiracy that both men have been part of carefully maintaining. Now that Iranian hitmen have failed to eliminate this threat to their part of an international conspiracy, the two men agree to take the necessary steps to tie up any unraveling loose ends. The Intelligence War in Latin America 1. Jamie Bisher. Within days of the war’s outbreak, European belligerents mobilized intelligence assets and secret diplomacy to compete for Latin America’s allegiances and resources. This intelligence war entangled all of the American republics and even Japan. Dreary consular offices from the Rio Grande to the Straits of Magellan were abruptly thrust into covert activities, trafficking in fugitives, running contraband and conducting sabotage. Revolutionary and counter- revolutionary movements, big oil, international banks and businesses were also drawn in. Drawing on long- classified U. S. The author connects the dots between Mexico City, Buenos Aires, Guatemala City, Lima, Havana, Santiago, Rio de Janeiro, Berlin, London, Washington, Tokyo and dozens of safe houses, front companies, consulates, legations and headquarters in between. Scores of unrecognized veterans of the intelligence war are revealed. Bisher is also the author of White Terror: Cossack Warlords of the Trans- Siberian (Routledge, 4. ISBN- 1. 0: 0. 41. Operation Black Swan: A John Powers Novel (John Powers Novels Book 1) by Owen Parr . Or order direct from Owen Parr utilizing Paypal secure site and receive a signed copy. Do so here. In the aftermath of the horrifying attacks of September 1. A review of Black People Meet, a online dating site for African Americans. Find out the positives and negative features of this niche dating service. Plus, see what. Directed by David Trainer. With Mila Kunis, Danny Masterson, Laura Prepon, Wilmer Valderrama. It is New Year's Eve and is the last day of the '70s. Kitty is having. Get the latest news on celebrity scandals, engagements, and divorces! Check out our breaking stories on Hollywood?s hottest stars! Hunter Stockton Thompson (July 18, 1937 – February 20, 2005) was an American journalist and author, and the founder of the gonzo journalism movement. U. S. The year is 2. A Cabal of elite . John Powers, ex- Delta Force sniper and CIA operative and the Alpha Team, must act now.
Joey Valentine, a 2. African- American computer whiz and master hacker, Melissa Harrington, 2. Jackie Allison, a 3. DEA undercover agent, together with John Powers, are the Alpha Team. Their employer is Sect- Intel, a private intelligence firm owned by Alex Cardenas, and under contract to the Department of Defense and the CIA. Read the Latest Entertainment and Celebrity News, TV News and Breaking News from TVGuide.com. Following standard operating procedures is not the norm for John and the Alpha Team. They must do what it takes to prevent the horrifying multiple- pronged attack that is about to be unleashed on the United States. About the author: Owen has written unique fictional novels utilizing his experiences of over a quarter century working for Wall Street firms. Born in Havana, Cuba, growing up in Miami, he read and wrote extensively and is a published magazine author. He is currently employed in the financial advice industry, and in his free time writes articles for the local paper, and for a blog, and is also working on screenplays of his novels. Or order direct from Owen Parr utilizing Paypal secure site and receive a signed copy. The University of Miami once housed the CIA as thousands of Cubans fought Castro from the University's South Campus. Suspense oozes up from the sidewalks in Miami. Odors of delicious garlic- laced food and pungent flowers hang in the air. Things happen here. They are called . And they happen much like it does to the characters in Due Diligence experience. Alex, the main character, gets recruited at UM by CIA. Lots of students actually did. Owen Parr is a skillful observer of political world events and the wretched psyche of the Castro Bros. He understands how people with unfettered power, unchallenged by law, can visit tragedy and pain on those who disagree. Few people know that Castro, a world class criminal, personally ran the Direcci. Owen Parr must know this, because Alex, the main character weaves in and out of the web the Castro's have created for their various venal and devastating strategies. Due Diligence is a suspense- filled movie in your mind. Parr rolls the film, controls the color and sound exquisitely; he teases you, he jolts you with action and takes you up and down the roller coaster. Cuban men LOVE their women and - - well- - it is pretty obvious that Parr is a Cuban man. And, of course Julia and Paris and Chicago and Miami Beach and Havana swirl around the stage set, painted and lighted by Parr. Does Alex's beloved Julia survive the action? How could she? Who or what is ? To find out - - do your own 'Due Diligence'. Born in Havana, Cuba, growing up in Miami, he read and wrote extensively and is a published magazine author. He is currently employed in the financial advice industry, and in his free time writes articles for the local paper, and for a blog, and is also working on screenplays of his novels. The Boys in the Woods: Inside the CIA by John Janis Strauchs. Kindle Price $9. 9. Amazon Digital Services, March 2. The Boys in the Woods is a whimsical glimpse at what it is like to work for the CIA and how having worked there has a lingering affect on the rest of your life. Global Security Consulting: How to Build a Thriving International Practice by Luke Bencie. List Price: $2. 9. Likewise, espionage continues at levels comparable to the days of the Cold War—but many more players are now participating. In this environment, a new industry has grown to deal with these challenges: international security consulting. Drawing from military, law enforcement, and intelligence communities, new private companies are springing up across the world. Global Security Consulting, written by a former intelligence specialist who has built a successful consultancy, provides solid guidance for anyone wishing to enter this glamorous but often dangerous field. The Taliban: Afghanistan's Most Lethal Insurgents (PSI Guides to Terrorists, Insurgents, and Armed Groups) . As such, the Taliban presents a counterinsurgency puzzle for which the United States has yet to identify effective military tactics, information operations, and Coalition developmental policies. Written by one of the Department of the Army's leading intelligence and military analysts on the Taliban, this book covers the group's complete history, including its formation, ideology, and political power, as well as the origins of its current conflict with the United States. The work carefully analyzes the agenda, capabilities, and support base of the Taliban; forecasts the group's likely course of action to retake Afghanistan; and details the Coalition forces' probable counterinsurgency responses. Author Mark Silinsky also reviews the successes and failures of the latest U. S. The Formative Years of an African- American Spy: A Memoir by Odell Bennett Lee. List Price: $1. 9. Poverty and racism were lesser evils than the Cinderella- like experiences in his dysfunctional family. He endured the volatility of a no- nonsense mother who used the rod at his slightest infraction, and the loathing of two stepfathers that sought to isolate him from the family. By age fifteen, he was the primary caregiver for six half- brothers and sisters. The twists and turns of growing up in a dysfunctional family forced an emotional, intellectual, and spiritual renaissance in his life. Through adversity and chance, at an early age he learned to decouple his self- image from his turbulent childhood experiences. More importantly, he learned to keep a cool head in the face of antagonistic and ambiguous situations, and refused to let others define his personal worth. At sixteen, an unbearable home situation caused him to drop out of high school and join the U. S. He welcomed the Navy's carefully constructed value system that demanded teamwork, courage, and personal confidence. On his seventeenth birthday he was sailing across the Pacific Ocean to such far off places as Japan, Hong Kong, Guam, and Australia. He discovered that the world was big, complicated, and very different from the one he had known. Yet, he felt safe for the first time in his life. After the Navy, he worked at several dead- end jobs. Friends and colleagues convinced him to complete his education. He received his high school diploma at age twenty- three, and attended undergraduate school at the University of California, Los Angeles (U. C. L. A.), and graduate school at The Johns Hopkins University School of Advance d International Studies (S. A. I. S.). He worked for several international businesses before coming to the attention of the C. I. A. The Agency offered him a unique opportunity to serve his country that he could not refuse. Unlike most books about C. I. A. It traces many of his positive and negative childhood experiences that, in hindsight, proved essential to his success as a case officer in the covert services of the Central Intelligence Agency. The Craft We Chose: My Life in the CIA by Richard Holm. Available in hardcover and as an ebook from Mountain Lake Press. New Movie Reviews & Film Reviews.
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