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Summary: DRUGS NOT MIA's
Review: This is a convincing and suspenseful read- no matter the direction of your politics. I was not seeking nor did I find great authorial talent, but I did find Chance and King- both pseudonymous- attending to the more convincing details of fear, unbearable grief and inhuman betrayal, well dispatched. The female characters also behaved as I felt would be normal and the very description of the hotels, the conversations and the observed facial expressions were remarkably like being there- or what I felt being there would be.
We know about the CIA and drugs and other (Ollie) illegal operations- we know about the excesses of blood and torture imposed on Central America. We know what Kissinger pulled off as a trusted governmental official- why then do we have trouble swallowing this story? It seems more terrifying to live in an age where the possibility of criminal actions by the overly wealthy and overly ideological are universally rejected and after substantiation demoted in their heinous actions to misdemeanors. Are we so frightened as to deny that unchecked greed and imperialism are misdemeanors? Or have we just become numb to human misery as a condition that keeps the rest of us fat and passive?The tragedy that our own 'boys' are thus casualties of a war that is kept secret is intolerable to me. Kids risking their lives for what they thought were the MIA's but found to be drugs- that ought to merit some investigation. I would feel far better served by using the massive amount of tax dollars spent on Clinton's sex life for uncovering the sinister forces that operated in this and other illegal mercenary activities. But of course, I just blew my ideological camoflague. Read the book just for the thrilling experience!
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Summary: Suspicions Confirmed
Review: This is a fast paced and very exciting story; one I could not put down once I started it. I suspect anyone who has been involved in the type of activities Mr. King writes about would find it difficult to use real names, places, etc for fear that the events depicted would be difficult to prove and therefore represent both defamation of character and slander. Interestingly, the only way to publish such material is in the form of fiction. Nevertheless, I am slao struct by the similarities between his story and other "fictional" accounts of intelligence oriented black operations. "Three Days of the Condor" - a movie, some of Clancy's works, etc. The pattern is the same. A government bureaucrat or politician who "debriefs" those who can ruin their own reputation. The book has a sense of being true; I am not concerned that the names have been changed to protect both the innocent and the guilty. Whatever, it was one hell of a good read. I look forward to your next book.
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Summary: Fruitcake
Review: This non-fiction depicts modern day government the way "people" dont want to hear it. But how you and "I" want to hear it, the truth. This is easily the best book I've ever read.
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