In a safe house near the Syrian border, a clandestine American operations team readies to launch a dramatic mission months in the making. Their target: the director of social media for ISIS, Abu Muslim al-Naser. Multiple analysts, as well as a senior congresswoman, are in country to monitor the raid, but before the team can launch, the safe house is attacked. What unfolds in the bloody aftermath is a political and public relations nightmare. As horrific videos of the Americans are published on the Internet, the blame-storming back in Washington goes into full swing, focusing on how the intel for the raid was developed and how it might have leaked. As the search for answers mounts, half spy, half covert counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath quickly finds himself at the center of the storm. Working for a private intelligence agency contracted by both the CIA and the DoD, it was Harvath who pinpointed al-Naser. But how could ISIS have known the Americans were coming, much less where they would be staging? There has to be more to it; something everyone - especially the politicians - is missing.

Includes discussion of proposed USIA amendment to provide diplomatic immunity for foreign information officers' activities in U.S.

In this highly controversial book, political economist Pat CHoate reveals in startling detail how Japanese lobbyists in the U.S. have influenced out politics and our economy. Included is the now-famous Appendix A, the list of 200 former high-ranking government officials who represented foreign governments and corporations.

Identifies high-level federal officials who, after leaving government service between fiscal years 1986 and 1991, registered as foreign agents and represented foreign interests before the U.S. government. Also examines Department of Justice actions to correct problems previously reported concerning the administration of foreign agent registration. Drawings.