The Blue Planet; Informal International Police Networks and National Intelligence
Washington DC: National Intelligence University, 2010. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Trade paperback. xxi, [1], 181, [3] pages. Illustrations (color). Footnotes. Bibliography. Index. Foreword by Dr. Jacqueline Ross. Commentary by Dr. Monica den Boer and by Dr. Mathieu Deflem. The author was a multi-decade veteran of the U. S. Foreign Service and the federal law enforcement system. As a Special Agent for the U.S.. Department of State's Diplomatic Security Service, he has serviced as a regional security officer at American embassies overseas, as a chief of a transnational criminal investigative section, as a criminal investigator, and as a bodyguard for a Secretary of State. Throughout his long career in security and law enforcement he has worked with all elements of the U.S. national security structure. In 2006 the author was a Research Fellow at the National Defense Intelligence College, working in its Center for Strategic Intelligence Research. This book is a product of that fellowship. More