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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780060757519 ISBN: 0060757515 Label: William Morrow Manufacturer: William Morrow Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 368 Publication Date: June 01, 2005 Publisher: William Morrow Release Date: June 14, 2005 Studio: William Morrow Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: In this compulsive page-turner, six-time New York Times bestselling author John Weisman blows the lid off one of Washington's deepest real-world secrets. The CIA, currently incapable of performing its core mission of supplying critical and time-sensitive human-based intelligence for the global war on terror, must now outsource the work to private contractors. Drawing on real-world crises and actual CIA operations, Direct Action takes readers deep inside this new and unreported covert warfare that is being fought on a daily basis by anonymous shadow warriors all across the globe. Racing against the clock and shuttling between Washington, Paris, and the Middle East, one of those shadow warriors, former CIA case officer Tom Stafford, must slip below the radar to uncover, target, and neutralize a deadly al-Qa'ida bombmaker before the assassin can launch simultaneous multiple attacks against America and the West. And as if that weren't enough, Stafford must simultaneously open a second front and mount a clandestine war against the CIA itself, because for mysterious and seemingly inexplicable reasons the people at the very top of the Central Intelligence Agency want him to fail. The characters and operations in Direct Action are drawn from true-life CIA personnel and their real-world missions. With Direct Action, John Weisman confirms once again Joseph Wambaugh's claim that "nobody writes better about the dark and dirty world of the CIA and black ops." Average Rating:
 Rating:  - The CIA Has Been EmasculatedThis novel painfully points out the problems with the CIA during the terms of Directors such as Webster, Gates, Woolsey, Deutch and George Tenet. Seasoned intelligence professionals left the agency in droves or were forced to retire. Directives were issued that in effect prevented the clandestine service from spying. Positions were filled by individuals few of whom had the experience, ability or inclination to recruit agents to spy for America. Tom Stafford, a former CIA case officer, can't stand ... Read More Rating:  - True to Life FictionThis book made it past the censors and yet gives the layman an inside look at the frustrations for operations personnel in the CIA. While the detail can bog you down in the first few chapters, it's well worth it as you move through the book. Finally a book that exposes the political correctness that has hog tied our operatives in the field. Well thought out; detailed and true to life senarios. Rating: - A nice mix of fiction and reality in the world of espionage...A friend recommended a novel to me that I probably would have overlooked without his advice... Direct Action by John Weisman. A good espionage thriller... Tom Stafford is a former CIA officer who quit the agency when things became far too bureaucratic for his liking. The private firm he works for has uncovered an al-Qaida terrorist who has been a mystery figure to everyone who has tried to find him in the past. When they bring this to the attention of the CIA, they are inexplicitly told ... Read More Rating: - Virtual Reality "Direct Action" is so heartpoundingly real it might as well be virtual reality. This book is a powerful page-turner that provides so much inside info that you feel you are right there with Tom Stafford and his buddies, every minute of the journey. If you're curious about all the dirty little secrets behind counter-terrorism and how difficult it is to do your job if you are CIA or ex-CIA, then this book is a must read. What fascinated me most was the incredibly accurate details of the locations in ... Read More Rating: - Authentic spy thrillerThis is a pretty good read. Its got a ton of detail about covert operations, spy devices, and the intelligence apparatus to make you feel like this is what really goes on. The story line is pretty good, too. It is more than slightly annoying that the authors' political views are so obviously on display. 
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