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William Rooney is a highly successful veteran of 35 years in the Clandestine Service and was directly involved in a number of effective and dangerous operations. He has lived in foreign countries for a number of years in his exciting and distinguished CIA career.

His first novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, is a cautionary tale all should heed. The elements in this captivating love story qui... More

William Rooney is a highly successful veteran of 35 years in the Clandestine Service and was directly involved in a number of effective and dangerous operations. He has lived in foreign countries for a number of years in his exciting and distinguished CIA career.

His first novel, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, is a cautionary tale all should heed. The elements in this captivating love story quickly unfold into an urgent need to stop a sophisticated, potentially nation-shattering terrorist plot.

As the plot unfolds, the reader gets a real understanding just how creative and sophisticated terrorist tactical planning can be. Rooney is a professional and a patriot, and he tells a good story.

Rooney is an experienced former CIA Ops Officer who has served his country with distinction. He does not tip-toe around a number of issues in the political arena that are long overdue for serious discussion. He acknowledges some of this is a self-inflicted wound caused by various retired officers who in public forums and daily news talk shows, opine on world political issues. Rooney is also frustrated by the continuing leaks of sensitive information about operations from `anonymous sources' or from unnamed retired Agency Officers.

Recent examples make the point clearly and include the news stories of the Safe House near Osama Bin Laden's hideout, that there was a stealth drone overhead monitoring activity at the target location and the announcement in newspapers, CIA operatives had deployed into Libya the previous day.

Agency Operations Officers face great difficulties in mounting successful operations, and such public transparency does not make their jobs easier.

Too often, politicians, newsmen, and Government turf war barons in Washington play "pin the tail on the donkey" and "gotcha" when dealing with the Clandestine Service in the hardball game of politics.

While this book is fiction, and a fun novel to read, Rooney touches on a number of issues that need to be discussed and also offers interesting insights all should give thought to.

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