Ghost Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

Fred Burton, Tom Weiner

eAudio - 2008

For decades, Fred Burton, a key figure in international counterterrorism and domestic spy craft, has secretly been on the front lines in the fight to keep Americans safe around the world. Now, in this hard-hitting memoir, Burton emerges from the shadows to reveal who he is, what he has accomplished, and the threats that lurk unseen except by an experienced, world-wise few.In the mid-80s, the idea of defending Americans against terrorism was still new. But a trio of suicide bombings in Beirut—including one that killed 241 marines and forced our exit from Lebanon—sparked a change in the State Department's mindset. Burton, a member of a tiny but elite counterterrorism unit, was plunged into a murky world of violent religious extremism... spanning the streets of Middle Eastern cities and the informant-filled alleys of American slums.From battling Libyan terrorists and their Palestinian surrogates to facing down hijackers, hostages, and Hezbollah double... more