Preface To The Second Edition
Like it or not, we now live in a new age of "One World." This is the
age of global companies, of global communications and transport, of
global food supply and finance and… just around the corner… global
accommodation of political systems. In this sense, there are no home
markets, no isolated markets and no markets outside the global network. It
is time to face the fact that true national sovereignty no longer exists. We
live in a world of big business, big lawyers, big bankers, even bigger
moneymen and big politicians. It is the world of "The Secret Team."
In such a world, the Secret Team is a dominant power. It is neither
military nor police. It is covert, and the best (or worst) of both. It gets the
job done whether it has political authorization and direction, or not. It is
independent. It is lawless.
This book is about the real CIA and its allies around the world. It is
based upon personal experience generally derived from work in the
Pentagon from 1955 to 1964. At retirement, I was Chief of Special
Operations (clandestine activities) with the U.S. loint Chiefs of Staff.
These duties involved the military support of the clandestine activities of
the CIA and were performed under the provisions of National Security
Council Directive No. 5412/2.
Since this book was first published in 1973, we have witnessed the
unauthorized release of the "Pentagon Papers," "Watergate" and the
resignation of President Nixon, the run-away activities of the "Vietnam
War", the "Arab Oil Embargo" that led to the greatest financial heist in
history, and the blatantly unlawful "Iran-Contra" affair. All of these were
brought about and master-minded by a renegade "Secret Team" that
operated secretly, without Presidential direction; without National
Security Council approval — so they say; and, generally, without
Congressional knowledge. This trend increases. Its scope expands… even
today.
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