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In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons-from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs. The U.S. agents must outwit not only enemy brokers but also American manufacturers and global bankers who are too willing to put profit over national security. The three-year sting climaxes when the U.S. agents lure the Iranian broker to a former Soviet republic with the promise of American-made radar, fighter-jet, and missile components, then secretly drag him back to the United States, where he is held in secret for two years. The laptop the Iranian carries into the sting provides the CIA with a virtual road map to Tehran's clandestine effort to obtain U.S. military technology. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Losses can occur in any of a variety of industries, but the author goes into some detail of how this can impact the military. Homeland Security personnel became aware of Middle East buyers seeking complex military parts, which if obtained, could be used against American forces fighting in that region. They had discovered, for example, many of the Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) used in Iraq to cause so many American casualties were as effective as they were because of American sensors and timers illegally obtained and used in the IEDs.
Determining how these devices were obtained can be difficult, and prosecuting those involved much more difficult, especially if the culprits remain on foreign soil. Government managers often won't spend the time and trouble to prosecute cases such as these since the likelihood of success is low, and the cost is high. Instead, many prosecutors stick to the easy cases involving drug busts at the border, or easy smuggling cases which fall in their lap. The rare exception to this attitude was an operation designated Operation Shakespeare. Agents set up a sting operation to meet, befriend, and trap an active Iranian arms buyer. The Iranian broker had links with American companies, European banks, and clients in Iranian and Chinese governments, and was attempting to obtain missile guidance equipment, a variety of military hardware, radar jamming devices, etc. Eventually, the agents were successful in luring the arms broker to Georgia where he was arrested and jailed. His arrest produced a treasure trove of intelligence, allowing intelligence agents to open numerous other investigations. Unfortunately, few if any successful follow-up operations occurred, other than to warn U.S. manufacturers and suppliers of the sophisticated equipment to be more careful in following export restrictions. ( )