Operation Shakespeare

the true story of an elite international sting

267 pages

English language

Published April 4, 2014

ISBN:
978-1-4516-5513-1
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OCLC Number:
870335227

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"A Pulitzer Prize finalist presents the rare and intimate narrative of a daring national security sting designed to protect US soldiers, sailors, and pilots from the greatest danger they face on the battlefield--an enemy equipped with American-made weapons and technology. In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces an audacious and high-risk undercover operation--from Philadelphia to Shiraz to London to Beverly Hills to Tbilisi and Dubai. The sting is launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons--from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs. The US agents must outwit not only enemy brokers, but American manufacturers and global bankers too willing to put profit over national security. The three-year sting in Operation Shakespeare climaxes when the US agents lure the Iranian broker to a former Soviet โ€ฆ

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Subjects

  • Operation Shakespeare (2004-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01910486
  • Intelligence service
  • War on Terrorism, 2001-2009
  • Government policy
  • National security
  • United States. Department of Homeland Security
  • War on Terrorism (2001-2009) fast (OCoLC)fst01754980
  • General
  • International Security
  • United States
  • Arms Control
  • POLITICAL SCIENCE
  • International Relations
  • Undercover operations
  • Operation Shakespeare, 2004-2009
  • Technology transfer
  • Terrorism
  • Prevention
  • Political Freedom & Security

Places

  • United States