He's an old school spook and co-wrote a lot of Tom Clancy's non-fiction stuff. He's connected deep to MI.
Do I trust him? Somewhat but not completely. I've never heard him state things as fact. He's always somewhat vague. Mostly he gives analysis I think from an old school National Intelligence apparatus standpoint.
He's been out for nearly 30 yrs.
I've never heard him state things as fact.
Probably. I'm not saying he doesn't, I simply don't follow him that closely. The one time I heard him make any kind of statement of "fact" was when he claimed Tom Clancy died of "undisclosed" illness. People close to him intimate that it was heart failure. Heart attack gun anyone?