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T.L. Williams

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T.L. Williams is a veteran officer of the CIA's clandestine service. Over a thirty-year career he served in Asia, Europe and Central Eurasia, where he was engaged in clandestine collection of critical intelligence with an emphasis on denied-area operations. Williams conducted recruitment operations against East Asian, Middle Eastern, East European and Caribbean targets. As Chief in CIA Stations he was the senior U.S. intelligence official in country. He partnered with foreign allies in counterterrorism, counternarcotics and counterproliferation operations.

Williams' other award-winning novels include Cooper's Revenge, Unit 400: The Assassins, Zero Day: China's Cyber Wars, The Last Caliph, and Supreme Threat - A Logan Alexander Thriller. He a
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T.L. Williams I was a junior operations officer in Beijing, on my first tour. Several months into my assignment I came under intensive surveillance by the Chinese s…moreI was a junior operations officer in Beijing, on my first tour. Several months into my assignment I came under intensive surveillance by the Chinese security services. What happened to cause the Chinese to focus their efforts on me? Treachery, espionage, sex, intrigue. All of these came into play as my world unraveled.
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T.L. Williams I force myself to write something. Even though I may feel uninspired, bereft of ideas I try to write something. It may not even be relevant to my curr…moreI force myself to write something. Even though I may feel uninspired, bereft of ideas I try to write something. It may not even be relevant to my current writing project, but just getting into the mechanical process of putting words to paper, I am able to break through those barriers.(less)
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“using Cryptcat, an encrypted version of the Netcat tool, which hackers use to read and write data over TCP/IP and user datagram protocol connections. “Pan seems to be working in the Linux”
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Anthony Thanks for the book recommendation Command Authority... it sounds interesting! :)


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Cindi Thanks for the friend request, T.L. :)


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Beth Hi T.L.,
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