5 comments about Confessions of a Bangkok Private Eye: True stories from the case files of Warren Olson.

1. This book needed some proofreading, because there were spelling mistakes all over the place. There was also a lot of repetition of certain things-- which may have been deliberate. Because the author wanted the reader to remember these things, he repeated them enough times so that they were emblazoned into our memories.
   
   There were also a fair number of witty quotes throughout the book that could come in useful for everyday life.
   
   One thing that I didn't know was the rampant corruption that seems prevalent in Thailand. (It is interesting that they have so many coups and stay so poor year after year-- in spite of having a country where the population is homogeneous and hard working.)
   
   Some things in the book stretched the limits of credulity. For example: The author claims to have spoken Thai like a native and that the natives couldn't tell the difference between him and a native speak. Oh, and he happens to speak Laotian and the Isaan language, plus at least two others. (He may have spoken a fifth language-- "Isarn," but I can't tell if this language is not the same as "Isaan," only misspelled.)
   
   The author also seems to have something of an ego, and it comes through in the tales in very subtle ways. ("I'm a pretty good looking guy," etc.)
   
   Overall, this is worth the purchase price if you can get it second hand. I'm glad that I didn't pay more for it than I did.



2. This is an interesting book on an old topic, discussed to death on the internet and I've always wished I could write something like this. It's pretty sensational and definitely bestseller material.
   
   The title pretty much sums it all up. Inside, you'll find pretty familiar stories of Western foreigners (Farang) being duped by their Thai girlfriends. Those of us familiar with Thai society and the expat subculture here may actually find the stories somewhat repetitious. But make no mistake about it, this is the common reality on the ground which people who hate generalisations and insist that their lovers are special refuse to acknowledge.
   
   Still, there is some "balance" in this book. We have stories of two-timing bargirls, cheating Singaporean men whose wives hired Olson to investigate them, krathoeys (ladyboys) who try to pass off as women with the help of their greedy parents, cheating Christian missionaries, dishonest Thai employees and so on.
   
   Interestingly, Olson is not always a voyeur. There were instances where he gets up close and personal with his targets. In one confession, he even has sex with his client's girlfriend whom he is supposed to investigate! Olson certainly doesn't pretend to be a saint and he confesses to cheating on the turf and being an expert on bargirls by being a sex tourist himself. I just wonder if girls behind the counters holding important information on his targets could be so easily bribed. I'm amazed that he even managed to bribe the immigration at Nong Khai to catch a visa runner. These things often cost a lot more money than what Olson is being paid.
   
   But to be realistic, Olson also mentioned his cases involving "bad good girls". This is the part that is often missing in discussions concerning cheating spouses/girlfriends. The usual assumption that "ordinary" girls do not cheat is what kills many guys who have fallen for the charms of gentle Thai ways. The mentality of these "good girls" may help some understand Thailand's "money culture" and explain why the "bad girls" behave the way they do. My favourite story in the book has to be the last story. This story involves university babe Nong, her sister who fetched a sin sot to the tune of 4 million baht from a Japanese man, Nong's Farang boyfriend Dave and the private eye himself.
   
   Nong wanted something that few bargirls would dare ask for - a car. Dave agreed, assuming that Nong would use it mainly for driving him around whenever he visited Thailand. It was a bad mistake as it helped Nong's social life so much that she decided to have new boyfriends. They broke up and Dave decided to sell the car. When he asked Olson to help him drive the car out of the house, poor Olson was arrested for car theft and was thrown into jail. Getting himself out of jail by surrendering his ATM card and giving the PIN number to the police while the crooks drove around in the car his friend paid for must have been a traumatic experience for Olson. Outrageous? Well, that's Thailand. A few heartwarming experiences at first. Then ... No wonder he said that Thailand was never the same for him again after that weekend. Most people who have been naively infatuated with Thailand at some point in time will be able to remember an incident that made them lose their innocence.
   
   Overall, I think the book could have been a lot better if Olson had bothered to polish up his prose. There is hardly any style to his writing and his repetition of certain mantras like tourists checking their brains in when they arrive, clients being always right even when they are wrong and other corny insights don't really persuade the reader to move on to the next story with the promise of something new. I'm not surprised if many readers would put the book down when they are only halfway through. Hopefully, the book has already been paid for by then.



3. I really liked this book. Having felt the power of Thai women, I consider this a must read for anyone who dares to expose his heart to a Thai working girl. I found it informative and interesting. It's a fast read and completely enjoyable.



4. OK, I must admit that I was able to get through half of this pile of drivel before losing interest, but I did "speed read" the other half and was glad I did. No sense waisting time on another superficial, and frivolous book about the "naive farang" (foreigner) who becomes love struck over a bar girl. Prostitution has been a part of Thai culture long before the "farang" hit its shores (another topic in itself) but this author would like you to believe that most Thai girls have a "bar girl" mentality and look to the farang not for love, but to deceive him for his money. This is nothing more than your typical, tired, and insulting stereotype that has been written time and time again.
   
   The author claims to speak multiple dialects and attempts to convince the reader into believing that he has a clear understanding of Thai culture, yet he comes off as anything but convincing (or at least he could not convince this expat) by portraying Thailand as "third world" which it is not. Thailand (unlike its neighbors) is an industrialized country and a huge international player. The author also misleads the reader by suggesting that the bulk of your bar girls come from the Issan region of Thailand when the reality is that the go go bar scene is made up of girls from all over South East Asia and the "scene" is a very small part of Thai culture to begin with, yet the most exploited do to the fact that sex sells (no pun intended) and sells books.
   
   Having lived in Bangkok, and now making my home in Issan, I can say from experience that Issan being the most conservative area of Thailand,The majority of girls would never even think of working in the bars so the author paints a narrow picture and is talking about a minority to support his narrow book. It is also important to point out that many people who live in Issan are very happy with their simple lives and are not poor, desperate, souls looking to escape their redundant life by exploiting farangs.
   
   The author does make a good point that many people leave their common sense at the airport (or at home)and get caught up in the illusion of the beautiful Thai girl falling head over heels for the middle aged farang who is old enough to be her father (or grandfather) but yet this is not some new revelation as the author is just stating the obvious and yes, it is fair to assume that there is some deception at play, but this happens all over the world and is not limited to Thailand. No matter how intelligent a person claims to be, some people are just simply poor judges of character and lack basic common sense. "You can take the girl out of the bar, but you can't take the bar out of the girl." However there are exceptions.
   
   Maybe the author lived in the Sukhumvit area of Bangkok far to long since he had no problem revealing his own exploits sounding more like a pretentious alcohol dependent sexpat than an expat who funds his recreation by working as a PI. On a more positive note It is nice that he found true love in the end (well hopefully he did).
   
   This book is also very repetitive as you may already know from other reviews, and clearly lacks editing with countless spelling errors throughout. Maybe the author flipped a 1000 baht note to a motorcycle taxi driver to edit his book? Most expats who have not limited themselves to Bangkok and Pattaya would find this book to be a good laugh. With all the books written about modern Thai culture, (this book dealing with the interplay between farang and bar girl) "Confessions" has to be one of the poorest books ever written. If you want a well rounded book that gives a broader perspective of modern Thai culture read "Thailand Confidential" or "Thailand Fever" which gives a clear objective dealing with relationships between farangs and Thai women and leave this trashy tabloid, pulp fiction on the shelf.



5. I commend the previous reviewers, and in particular Joseph Haschka's review, but want to add that the reason the book is "repetitive" is that the short chapters (around 23 in all) are clearly meant to be read by themselves, so some repetition is necessary. Also, as confirmed by Haschka, I felt the book was ghostwritten, by a good ghostwriter, in that the ghostwriter 'stepped into the shoes' of the apparent author, a private eye. A PI is not expected to write like Hemmingway, though he is expected to talk and think like Hemmingway's characters, and in this respect the ghostwriter of this book did a commendable job, writing in first person and making it seem like the apparent author, PI Warren Olson, was sitting across the table from you in a pub. Well done. Oh yeah, do watch out for the Thai girls, especially if they are impossibly good looking and speak good English. But, as implied by Olson, there is a duality at work: Olson married a Thai, so not all Thai girls are scamming, unless, and this is food for thought, marriage itself is a scam. Highly entertaining, even if slightly fictionalized (I find it hard to believe, as in one story, that an attractive Thai student was blackmailed into being a sex slave, but I guess it's possible).

1 comments about The Trigger Men.

1. Martin Dillon has done it again. This is a great book about the men behind the trigger. This was a great read about the 'troubles' in Ireland. It is not the same old story about the IRA and British forces but the personal story of the men who do the killing. It explains why the author thinks these men killed. If you are looking for a book on the 'troubles' but not the same old story you read in every other Irish history book this is it. Actually gives details on the killings.

5 comments about Swat Teams: Explosive Face-offs With America's Deadliest Criminals.

1. SWAT Teams
   By:
   Robert L. Snow

   This book is a like a manual. It starts out by telling how that cop's life is going to be when he signs up for the team he has always wanted to be a part of. It's gives that feeling, that if you make it then you are the best. It not only shows the pain to become the best and the life of being the best, but it also shows the tragedy that follows our lives. Our destiny, Death. It shows this is a way we'd rather not see it, but in the way that it really is. It sort of helps to calm those whom have lost their partner in an operation like this by telling the world their pain. And in it those who have this pain now have a place to turn to because their dearest freinds and closest family members have a generl idea of what it is like for them. For the seargents and veterans who train these cops, but even all their knowledge and experience can't save them. It shows how inevitable death is. But most importantly of all, it shows the men and women who have the courage to put forth their own life to help make hundreds of others safer.
   SWAT Teams is what I call a first look book. It can be considered a career book because of its factual information. It talks about all the components needed to run a well trained SWAT Team. And it contains information from how an officer is to be traied to what type of weapons he must use. It also provides real stories about their horroric efforts. Including those that have succeeded and those that have failed. One story that started the idea of a SWAT Team and is by far one of the scarriest stories in the book is, The Texas Tower Sniper. Here a man went up to the clock tower of the University of Texas an began shooting the students and teachers on the campus. When the police arrived they became his next target. After an hour and a half Chief Miles ordered an assualt by through the use of armored cars on the shooter. They used the armored cars to get close enough to safely get into the building. Here they traveled to the top of the building and eliminated him.
   This is just one of the many stories inside this book. It is a mindturning book and I strongly reccomend it for any person who has a dream to become a SWAT officer or who already is.




2. This is a good book about SWAT how they work and all kind of different missions they do. It gives good information about SWAT and how they work. BUT I must say that this book don't "show" anything new! Everything is SOP ( and I am not a police officer) and it says the book show how to improve tactics-well it shows NOT!! It show some things, but...but how should I say- basic. The author could go much deeper into this I think. The book is good written but if you are looking to improve your tactics, well then this book is not for you. And like someone said "sometimes it is little TOO American" and I agree...
   Good book for beginners and people who want to know how it is inside SWAT. For others, well maybee a good read but that's it.



3. This book is not a good book for people that are interested in learning SWAT tecnics and tactics. This book is a good book for people that are interested in SWAT storys.
   Ovcourse that you learn something by reading these real life SWAT situations but is not enougth for someone that practices airsoft.



4. This is a good introductory book for a person interested in finding out more about SWAT. However, it's little more than review for any law enforcement officer familiar with the basic SOP's and structure of their department's team. It is mostly anecdotal evidence and uses the same "suspect takes hostage, SWAT kills suspect or suspect surrenders" storyline to illustrate why those SOP's and structure exists.



5. Very simple yet elaborate enough to get some depth of SWAT. I'm not a law enforcer but just wanted to know more about SWAT. This book helped me a lot understand many aspects of SWAT such as Hostage Negotiations, Site Assault, Perimeters and Security, Team Work, etc. Very good read, and it has some useful pictures too.

5 comments about A Promise of Justice : The Eighteen-Year Fight to Save Four Innocent Men.

1. I read this book for a directed study on the death penalty. As a child of the Sixties, I had no illusions about our justice system. This book shows so clearly what so many of us know instinctively - if you are Black and poor your chances of justice in this country are very, very low. The book shows so many of the flaws in our criminal justice system, and shows why we must continue to fight to end the death penalty and overturn the Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996. Innocent people die because of our court system. A book for all to read, especially those who still believe our courts are fair.



2. This is a powerful book. Every American should read and take its message to heart. Protess and Warden are to be congratulated.



3. A Promise of Justice is a great book, though the title is misleading. The prosecution of these four innocent black men shows the inherent flaws of the American adversarial system that often fails both the victims and the accused. The system often fails,with overzealous prosecutors or incompetent defense attorneys, perjured testimony, poor or incompetent police work, cynical or biased judges or jurors, flawed so called "expert" testimony , and all the flaws associated with the human personality. The exceptional courage and perseverence of these journalists and attorneys regretably are often the exception to the rule, as amply illustrated by the fact that it took 18 years to free these men who were plainly innocent. The adversarial system of justice means the wealthy, the educated and well appointed have a more practical oppprtunity for a fair trial than the poor or less educated . I cannot imagine how these innocent men were able to endure their convictions, imprisonment and in two cases - imminent threat of execution. This book compares well with "May God Have Mercy On You". As a civil litigation attorney, I find it appalling to find that the accused is provided less disclosure and less accessabilty to the facts/witnesses in a criminal case, when his life or liberty is at stake ,than is available in a civil case involving a fender bender. The prosecution and police can and often do conceal the fruits of their investigation. In this book it is shocking to find that a solid lead early in the police investigation shortly after the first indictments was not followed until 16 years later, exposing the real killers. Most of the public/legislators seem to complain that the death penalty for those convicted of heinous crimes takes too long to be implemented. In these cases, 18 years was nearly not enough ..This book illustrates how and why it can take so long to get to the truth, and in the words of Dennis Williams, offers some well thought out ways to improve our flawed system of justice. While the American criminal justice system is probably better in most ways than systems offered in other countries, this book amply shows the warts,blemishes and flaws of our system, whose worst feature may be a death penalty which kills the guilty, but very rarely, but unforgivably, the innocent as well.



4. If you are a staunch supporter of the death penalty you may find yourself second guessing your beliefs when you finish reading "A Promise of Justice". The travesty that befell the four men who were wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of a white couple is unspeakable. (The defendants were black which is a factor in the miscarriage of justice, due to an apparent racist police force and justice system.) Collectively, they spent over 60 years of their young lives in prison and two of them were on death row. Not to get all religious on anyone, but I have to wonder why a loving God would allow something like this too happen. I guess there is an ultimate reason for everything and fortunately they are free men today, able to enjoy a beautiful sunset, sleep in a comfortable bed, and most importantly, be with their families.

   Protess and Warden are excellent and VERY thorough investigative journalists. However, there were a few things that I didn't personally like about the book, which has nothing to do with their reporting abilities. The first was that it was written in the third person which is the way I was taught to report when I was in journalism school. ("Always remove yourself from the story," my professor emphasized.) In this case, since it was a book and not a newspaper or magazine article, I would have preferred the authors include themselves more in the story...relaying their feelings and experiences on a personal level. I also wanted more first-person accounts from the defendants other than how they felt wronged and persecuted. Not to say that they shouldn't have felt this...to the contrary. But I was hoping to glean a little bit more about their personalities in their own words.

   Aside from these two minor criticisms the book was great. As far as I'm concerned, Protess and Warden deserved the Pulitzer Prize for investigative journalism. They did an incredible service not only to these men but to our criminal justice system as a whole. BRAVO!




5. It seems there are a growing number of "wrongly convicted" books emerging in recent years, but this is one of the originals and one of the best.
   
   Students and lawyers examine a case where justice went wrong in Chicago. This was long before the days of the mass reversal of several death penalty cases in Illinois (which led to the moratorium on the death penalty in that state). This was a case that had mostly been forgotten by the public when a few lawyers and journalism students made it their cause. Their efforts and their findings are dramatically reported by David Protess who draws the reader into the story nicely, but while still showing a fair amount of objectivity.

2 comments about Sapphic Slashers: Sex, Violence, and American Modernity.

1. Duggan seeks to combine the Memphis lynchings which launched the national career of Ida B. Wells and the sensational "sapphic slasher" murder of Freda Ward by Alice Mitchell. Both events occurred in Memphis in 1892, both should offer tremendous possibilities for exploring race and gender in fin de siecle America.

   Unfortunately, Duggan cannot report or comment with any clarity or purpose. The book is a dense, indigestible mass of "post-modern" verbiage, laden with accounts of 'appropriated narratives,' 'priviliging,' 'othering,' etc. Especially quaint is the use of the word 'binary' as a noun.




2. Many people know about the case of Lizzie Borden, the woman accused of killing her parents in the summer of 1892. But almost no one today knows of the similarly sensationalistic story of Alice Mitchell, who was accused of stabbing to death her teenage lesbian lover, Freda Ward earlier that year. I was less interested in the author's dense academic feminist psychological observations and interprettations and much more interested in the objective facts she gave of this most unusual love and murder story between two Memphis girls. The girls were once neighbors, but when Freda moved away, Alice's obsession became even stronger and she started beseiging her with letters. Freda's guardian, her married older sister Mrs Volkmar, refused to let her see Alice when she and her husband noticed Alice's obsessive attachment to Frede and of their secret lesbian "engagement" to each other, and plans for Alice to dress up as a man so they could have a secret wedding and marry. Insanely frustrated that her plans with Frede were destroyed, Alice decided that if she couldn't have Frede, no man would. One day she stalked Freda down and cut her throat. This story, and the subsequent trial, caused a nationwide sensation that all the newspapers picked up on.

   David Rehak
   author of "A Young Girl's Crimes"

3 comments about Raising Hell: An Encyclopedia of Devil Worship and Satanic Crime.

1. Yet another by-the-numbers effort (or lack of such) that attempts to provide an all-round view of Satanism and alleged crimes committed in the name thereof. The content of this book is sadly lacking -- much of the data long outdated, and it seems that the author has just thrown in any old thing into it that bears even the most tenuous link to "Satanism" or the "Occult" (e.g. the Ku Klux Klan were neither!). This 400+ page volume has no practical value for anyone wishing to learn anything of significance about either Satanism or the occult -- rather it is a collection of jumbled entries evidently trying to focus mainly on the more "shocking" elements of juvenile devil-worship and neo-pagan or esoteric societies (much of it inaccurate). Serious readers should avoid this turkey like the plague.



2. This book, while unfortunately not as "encyclopedic" as I'd like, does exactly what it says: Under a fairly complete list of headings of modern societies, people, places, and concepts, this book does its best to list links with Satanic worship and crime. With societies such as the Ku Klux Klan, for example, even though they had practically nothing to do with satanism, Michael Newton lists those minor links that do exist in a factual, unbiased sense.

   Included are L. Ron Hubbard's strong ties with Aleister Crowley, the origins of Wicca as it was in the 1950s and today, the actual American Church of Satan and its origins, and the various serial murders and other idiots who proclaimed themselves inspired by Satanic powers.

   A list of actual cases that link Dungeons and Dragons with Satan worship or demonic possession is there--and Michael Newton actually states at the end of the D&D entry that most of these people had serious problems to begin with and were simply attracted to the game. I think this is quite admirable, considering the hate-mongering so prevalent in non-academic style works these days.

   An enjoyable book, and chances are that information about what you're looking for is in here somewhere.




3. Good reference book that helps clue you in that there is usually much more to the "official" stories.
   Also read David McGowans "Programmed to Kill" and "the Franklin Cover-Up"

5 comments about O.J. the Last Word.

1. I disagree with the previous reviewers about how great the author thinks he is. He admits his participation in the media-barrage. And he writes with the enthusiasm of conviction. I liked his defense of the jurors and Judge Ito and I didn't think he was too hard on the prosecutors. I guess it comes down to whether you agree with his bottom line: better a guilty man get off than an innocent one be wrongfully convicted.



2. Another OJ book. Nothing new, nothing unique. Spence spends 300+ pages trying to convince the reader of what a fantastic lawyer he is. The more interesting sections revolved around details of Nicole's sexuality. She was obsessed with giving b***jobs, which became known as a "Brentwood hello". Everyone in this book gets one. Everyone!



3. My Dad told me Gerry Spence is a great writer (my dad read "How to Argue..."), so I decided to try this title. It was quite fun to read but sometimes it took me a number of reads to understand his analogies. And I agree that at some points he does appear rather arrogant, as if he's the only one who knows everyone else's mistakes. But some of his "insights" are pretty interesting. So all in all it's a "fun" read but not at all fantastic. Maybe his other books will be better.



4. Gerry Spence was born and raised in Wyoming, and has lived there all his life. He has not lost a criminal case in his forty-year career, nor a civil case before a jury in twenty-five years. He is the Earl Rogers of our generation. He refuses to represent banks, insurance companies, big business, big corporations, and the rich and famous (unless there is a public issue involved).

   This book contains his comments on the trial, and much more on the justice system, and other events of the times. OJ Simpson first wanted him as his defense lawyer; he talked to R. Shapiro , and then viewed the trial. He has many comments on this event. The "experts" who never tried a murder case, never saw the inside of a jail, never worked in a courtroom, but were interviewed by the media. He compares them to professors of surgery who have never used a scalpel! Gerry Spence writes about many things that need more discussion. He says that the collective wisdom of a jury is superior to any one judge or lawyer; I think this would be due to the dialogues involved in summing up different viewpoints. He noted that the OJ Trial was used to attack the jury system, and the rights of all citizens; but this has failed too.

   Gerry Spence believes that OJ was guilty; but the evidence (and the jury) said otherwise. He mentions the person who claimed to have seen OJ at 10:45 driving north on Bundy, and sold her story for $5000 (she needed the money). This witness was never used by the prosecution or the defense. Since OJ was talking on the intercom to the limo driver at this time, he could not have been the driver of the "white vehicle". How reliable could this witness be? "Too good to be true"? The author doesn't discuss the possibility of "false witnessing" in this or other cases: e.g., "Tom Mooney" by Curt Gentry.

   Gerry Spence notes that the jury system is a defense agains prosecutorial and judicial tyranny. If you have never read any of his books, this is a good one to start with. Chapter 19 discusses the mass psychology of people on the guilt of OJ (and others). It is well worth reading. Stephen Singular's "Legacy of Deception" said "all the blood evidence is suspect". I believe the socks and the glove were planted. If a guilty OJ could dispose of the bloody clothes, shoes, knives, etc. then the socks and glove would also be gone.




5. Gerry Spence has several books on the market that detail his opinions regarding the state of modern America. Most of them, while the opinions are worth reading, tend to suffer from long, meandering repetition, that lose or sedate the reader. Employing this technique in the courtroom is probably one of the reasons Spence is such a successful trial lawyer. This book however is different. It gets right to the point, and it stays on it without wearing itself out. More importantly, while this is a book about the day-to-day events of the trial, and his thoughts regarding it, a good bit of it pertains to how this trial has been perceived by the masses and the media, and its effect on people's perception of what real trial law is about. Along the way Spence manages to input the same set of thoughts and ideas that make up the bulk of his other writings, only this time he gets to the point quickly and attaches them to a tangible event that most of us remember very well -- even those of us who tried desperately to avoid it -- the media circus surrounding the trial.
   
   Be warned, this book does not strive to tell the reader what her or she wants to hear. And Spence, an accomplished lawyer, is capable of upsetting people by presenting arguments that tend to compel them to believe things they do not wish to. Nor is this a book that hides its feelings behind a shield of political correctness. It is not rude and does not deliberately seek to offend anyone, but those who base their perceptions of this world on the false eloquence we frequently see on TV might be taken back. Which is yet another reason why this book should be highly recommended.

1 comments about Secret and Sanctioned: Covert Operations and the American Presidency.

1. Stephen Knott starts this fast paced book by recounting the myth that covert operations in America began with the Cold War, and searches for the truth or falsity of this belief. Then Knott recounts the history of covert operations in America, beginning during the Revolutionary war with George Washington. Knott points out how the founding fathers understood the value of secrecy and espionage run by the executive branch to maintain secrecy and deniability.

   Knott explains how Washington created a contingency fund to pay for spies and secret diplomacy. Jefferson bribed Indians to gain territory and started to overthrow the Pasha of the Barbary pirates. Madison planned covert operations to gain Spanish Florida, to gain land, stop Indian attacks, and get Spain out of North America. Then Knott describes the efforts of Joel Poinsett for President Madison in Argentina and Chile where he tried to incite independence from Spain, and cut down the influence of the British. Eventually Poinsett worked in Mexico on behalf of President Monroe. Andrew Jackson sent Robert Anthony to Mexico to try and get Texas, to help protect New Orleans. During the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln supported covert efforts throughout Europe and Canada supporting the Union through propaganda in newspapers.

   Knott concludes the book by showing how during the nineteen-seventies, congressmen wanted to control covert operations and set up a congressional oversight in the belief that this is what the founding fathers would have wanted. But, as we have seen, the founding fathers believed in covert operations with no congressional oversight, because even then congress could not keep a secret. Knott's book is full of surprising anecdotes detailing the use of covert operations by the founding fathers.

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