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CIA-trained senior intelligence operations officer documents his years in Afghanistan following the 9/11 terrorist attacks. Tells of leading black-ops teams…
against the Taliban and offers suggestions for winning the war on terror. Some text revised or redacted after the Pentagon expressed national security concerns. Violence and strong language. 2010A brotherhood of spies: the U-2 and the CIA's secret war
By Monte Reel. 2018
Duda, an award-winning journalist and current editor at the Arizona Capitol Times, examines the sometimes fine line between treason and…
dissent by presenting 13 cases of Americans who have been accused of betraying the U.S. governmentIn 1916, at the height of World War I, Elizebeth Smith was asked to apply her language skills to an…
exciting new venture: code-breaking. For the next forty years, Smith and her husband, groundbreaking cryptologist William Friedman, would play an integral role in American history. Smith used her genius to hunt Nazi spies, steal enemy secrets during both world wars, and help invent a powerful new science that shaped the course of historyFetch the devil: the Sierra Diablo murders and Nazi espionage in America
By Clint Richmond. 2014
In 1938, Hazel Frome, the wife of a powerful executive at Atlas Powder Company, a San Francisco explosives manufacturer, set…
out on a cross-country motor trip with her twenty-three-year-old daughter, Nancy. When their car broke down in El Paso, Texas, they made the most of being stranded by staying at a posh hotel and crossing the border to Juarez, Mexico, for shopping, dining, and drinking. A week later their battered, near-nude bodies were found in the Chihuahuan Desert. This is the first narrative account of this still officially unsolved case. Contains violenceThe last goodnight: a World War II story of espionage, adventure, and betrayal
By Howard Blum. 2016
Betty Pack was the greatest unsung heroine of World War II. Her charm, beauty, and intelligence were crucial to her…
success as a spy, a vocation she fell into almost by accident, but she turned out to be the consummate professional. Using the code name "Cynthia," she seduced diplomats and military attaches in exchange for crucial secrets, repeatedly risking her life to secure coveted documents. She is a heroine who deserves to be remembered, not only for what she did but also for all she sacrificed. UnratedAgent 110: an American spymaster and the German resistance in WWII
By Scott Miller, Scott Jeffrey Miller. 2017
In November 1942, American spymaster Allen Dulles slipped into Switzerland just before Nazi forces sealed the border. His mission: to…
report on the inner workings of the Third Reich. Code-named Agent 110 by the OSS, he discovered a network of Germans conspiring to overthrow HitlerThe charmer: the true story of Robert Reldan--rapist, murderer, and millionaire--and the women who fell victim to his allure
By Richard Muti, Charles Buckley. 2012
The true story of Robert Reldan; from his carefree days as a handsome youth to a deeply troubled young man…
capable of theft, rape and finally, murder. Violence, strong language, and explicit descriptions of sexBlack ops: The life of a CIA shadow warrior
By Ric Prado. 2022
A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow…
wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm. After duty stations in Central, South America, and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the CIA's headquarters at Langley, Virginia. In late 1995, he became Deputy Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force. Three years later, after serving as head of Korean Operations, Ric took on one of the most dangerous missions of his career: re-establish a once-abandoned CIA station inside a hostile nation long since considered a front line of the fight against Islamic terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operations and developed assets that proved pivotal in the coming War on Terror. A harrowing memoir of life in the shadowy world of assassins, terrorists, spies and revolutionaries, Black Ops is a testament to the courage, creativity and dedication of the Agency's Special Activities Group and its elite shadow warriors. A Macmillan Audio production from St. Martin's PressRiding with evil: Taking down the notorious pagan motorcycle gang
By Ken Croke. 2022
Sons of Anarchy meets The Departed in this fast-paced, high-wire act memoir from former ATF agent Ken Croke, the first…
federal agent in history to go undercover and successfully infiltrate the infamous—and infamously violent—Pagan Motorcycle Club, a white supremacist biker gang. Longtime ATF agent Ken Croke had earned the right to coast to the end of a storied career, having routinely gone undercover to apprehend white supremacists, gun runners, and gang members. But after a chance encounter with an associate of the Pagan Motorcycle Gang created an opening, he transformed himself into "Slam," a monstrous, axe-handle wielding enforcer whose duty was to protect the leadership "mother club" at all costs. He befriended the club's most violent and criminally insane members and lived among them for two years, covertly building a case that would eventually take down the top members of the gang in a massive federal prosecution, even as he risked his marriage, his sanity, and his life. With today's law enforcement largely moving toward the comparative safety of cyber operations, it became one of the last of its kind, a masterclass in old school tactics that marked Croke as a dying breed of undercover agent and became legendary in law enforcement. Now for the first time, Croke tells the story of his terrifying undercover life in the Pagans—the unspeakable violence, extremism, drugs, and disgusting rituals. Written with bestselling crime writer Dave Wedge and utilizing the exclusive cooperation of those who lived the case with him, as well as thousands of pages of court files and hours of surveillance tapes and photos, Croke delivers a frightening, nail-biting account of the secretive and brutal biker underworldThe never-before-told story of the thrilling hunt for a KGB spy in the top ranks of the CIA, from New…
York Times bestselling author and former CIA officer Robert Baer In the aftermath of the Cold War, American intelligence caught three high-profiles Russian spies: Aldrich Ames, Edward Lee Howard, and Robert Hanssen. However, rumors have long swirled of another mole, one perhaps more damaging than all the others combined. Perhaps the greatest traitor in American history, perhaps a Russian ruse to tear the CIA apart, or perhaps nothing more than a bogeyman, he is often referred to as the Fourth Man. For the first time ever, New York Times bestselling author and former CIA operative Robert Baer tells the full story. After the Ames arrest, the CIA launched another investigation to make sure there wasn't another mole in their ranks. Led by three women, pioneering counterintelligence veterans, its existence was known only to a few. As they hunted through their own, turning up loose threads, smoking guns, and a mercurial KGB source, they came to a startling conclusion that would shake American intelligence to its core. In a cat-and-mouse game worthy of a le Carré novel, the mole hunters squared off against a man who could have been the most damaging spy in US history, a thrilling chase with the profound implications for the future of America, Russia, and the rise of Vladimir PutinThe author of The Bureau: The Secret History of the FBI (RC 55193) interviews Mark Sullivan, the director of the…
Secret Service, and scores of other agents. Provides anecdotes about various U.S. presidents, from John Kennedy to Barack Obama, and their peccadilloes. Some strong language. Bestseller. 2009The next 100 years: a forecast for the 21st century
By George Friedman. 2009
Forecast into the world's future analyzes geopolitical realities and social trends including the end of population explosion. Dismisses the power…
of China and Russia and posits that the United States has just begun its ascendency. Warns of possible rivalries with Japan, Poland, and Turkey and war with Mexico. Bestseller. 2009Former Washington Post reporter profiles Russian spy Sergei Tretyakov (code name: Comrade Jean), who directed covert operations against America from…
1995 until his defection in 2000. Details Tretyakov's career in the SVR--a KGB successor--his ties to the United Nations, and his work as a double agent. Some strong language. 2007The terminal spy: a true story of espionage, betrayal, and murder
By Alan S. Cowell, Alan Cowell. 2008
New York Times correspondent probes the November 2006 poisoning in London of former KGB agent Alexander Litvinenko, who apparently ingested…
polonium-210, a rare radioactive isotope, after meeting with former colleague Andrei Lugovoi. Discusses the subsequent investigation and likely suspects, as well as the political implications of the murder. 2008The irregulars: Roald Dahl and the British spy ring in wartime Washington
By Jennet Conant. 2008
Describes a British spy ring that operated in Washington, D.C., during World War II. Recounts the mission of Roald Dahl,…
an RAF pilot, and others sent in 1942 to gather information and promote propaganda with the intent of accelerating U.S. entry into the war in Europe. Some strong language. 2008The shadow factory: the ultra-secret NSA from 9/11 to the eavesdropping on America
By James Bamford. 2008
Follow-up to The Puzzle Palace (RC 19096) and Body of Secrets (RC 52277) continues the history of the U.S. National…
Security Agency. Concentrates on the war on terror after the September 11, 2001, Al Qaeda attacks on America. Highlights interagency rivalries and the use of warrantless wiretapping. 2008Nightmare in Napa: the wine country murders
By Paul LaRosa. 2007
Award-winning journalist chronicles events surrounding the murders of roommates Leslie Mazzara and Adriane Insogna, who were stabbed by an intruder…
in their Napa, California, home on Halloween 2004. Traces the police investigation that appeared to dead-end until new developments and a surprise confession revealed the alleged killer. Some violence. 2007Marriages gone wrong are featured in this true-crime collection. In "The Deputy's Wife," a retired cop plotted to have his…
family killed so he could inherit his wife's money. "The Minister's Wife" recounts the murder of the Reverend Winkler by his quiet wife. Some violence and some strong language. 2008