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Tenaha: Corruption and Cover-Up in Small Town Texas
Tenaha : Corruption and Cover-up in Small Town Texas.
The FBI steps in when CNN reports that motorists are being targeted on a lonely stretch of highway in rural East Texas.
But as Special Agent Stewart Fillmore investigates, the case takes a strange and deadly turn. He uncovers levels of lies and corruption, centering on drug dealing and a mysterious death.
The FBI steps in when CNN reports that motorists are being targeted on a lonely stretch of highway in rural East Texas.
But as Special Agent Stewart Fillmore investigates, the case takes a strange and deadly turn. He uncovers levels of lies and corruption, centering on drug dealing and a mysterious death.
156 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 9, 2017
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February 15, 2018
The book "Tenaha" is a book about a corruption scandal that goes from story about people being pulled over to a drug ring in a small deep east Texas town. It is a interesting story of what people will do when they have power in a 'small vacuum' & what they will do to take advantage to enrich themselves.
At the beginning, the author takes you through parts of his training, his grandfather's time in the FBI, & odds & ends about the FBI that has little to do with the story. It does not get going on that until the 2nd chapter with the introduction of Barry Washington - whom the original investigation looked at.
However, the investigation takes a turn after a failed extortion letter that was sent to the two main people the book centers on : 1) Fred Walker & 2) Rod McClure. Terence Ford (the third person of this investigation) inadvertently begins them on this case. And from here, we learn about a staged break-in, fake gang letters, selling seized drugs, illegal guns, & a 'suicide' of another man involved named named David Thompson.
The book reads like a condensed crime novel at times, but it's not always coherent (as the author gets side tracked at times). But the main series of events are clear. Even more so , you get & understand the author's point of view on certain parts of the investigation & unsolved parts of the case.
If you are interested in this case or corruption that happens in small towns or true crimes, then this might be a book that interests you.
At the beginning, the author takes you through parts of his training, his grandfather's time in the FBI, & odds & ends about the FBI that has little to do with the story. It does not get going on that until the 2nd chapter with the introduction of Barry Washington - whom the original investigation looked at.
However, the investigation takes a turn after a failed extortion letter that was sent to the two main people the book centers on : 1) Fred Walker & 2) Rod McClure. Terence Ford (the third person of this investigation) inadvertently begins them on this case. And from here, we learn about a staged break-in, fake gang letters, selling seized drugs, illegal guns, & a 'suicide' of another man involved named named David Thompson.
The book reads like a condensed crime novel at times, but it's not always coherent (as the author gets side tracked at times). But the main series of events are clear. Even more so , you get & understand the author's point of view on certain parts of the investigation & unsolved parts of the case.
If you are interested in this case or corruption that happens in small towns or true crimes, then this might be a book that interests you.
November 16, 2017
This was an interesting book about a small town I lived near once in East Texas. The author did a good job of getting much information on the subjects. In parts it read somewhat technical but all the same I definitely got the "jest" of what went down. It is just amazing how vulnerable a city institution can be at times. Another sociopath apprarently in this one thinking he was above the law !!! He got a good surprise !!!
August 7, 2018
This place is just an hour north of us. I knew several of the DOJs and FBI agents mentioned, so that made it interesting. But it was written in a very banal, legal battle gone wrong for the government record vibe. Sad that this stuff is so prominent, but it is. I blame it on the lack of local newspapers, newspapers that actually take their role of watch dog serious. Corruption is everywhere in small town Deep East Texas.
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