Ghost, Fred Burton
Ghost, Fred Burton
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Ghost
Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent

Author: Fred Burton

Narrator: Tom Weiner

Unabridged: 9 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 06/03/2008

Synopsis

In this globetrotting account of one leading counterterrorism agents life and career, Burton, as a member of an elite secret counterterrorist division, tells how he was plunged into a murky world of violent religious extremism, one that would take him from the streets of Middle Eastern cities to the informantfilled alleys of American slums. Told in compelling firstperson, here, too, is Burtons advice on personal safety for todays most powerful CEOs, gleaned from his experience at Stratfor, the private firm Barrons calls the shadow CIA.

About Fred Burton

FRED BURTON is Vice President of Intelligence and Counterterrorism at Stratfor, the largest global private intelligence company, and is one of the world’s foremost experts on security, terrorists and terrorist organizations.Mr. Burton is a former State Department counter terrorism deputy chief and DSS Agent who orchestrated the arrest of Ramzi Yousef, the mastermind of the first World Trade Center bombing. Mr. Burton also conducted the debriefings of the U.S. hostages held in Lebanon; investigated the plane crash that killed President Zia of Pakistan, the U.S. ambassador to Pakistan, and a U.S. Army general. Burton was instrumental in the development of the State Department’s Rewards for Justice Program to target terrorists like Yousef and Osama Bin Laden; investigated the assassination of Israeli President Rabin; the killing of Rabbi Meir Kahane; the al-Qaeda New York City bombing plots; the Libyan-backed terrorist attacks on diplomats in Sana’a and Khartoum; and countless other terrorist attacks and threats around the globe.Burton is the author of a bestselling memoir, Ghost: Confessions of a Counterterrorism Agent, and Chasing Shadows: A Special Agent’s Hunt to Bring a Cold War Assassin to Justice (Palgrave, 2011). 

Reviews

Goodreads review by Resonance

Ghost had some interesting contents. For people who have read espionage 'nonfiction' there will be things everyone's read several times -- discussions of dead drops, brush passes, surveillance and evasion. There's a couple of intriguing passages that I haven't read anywhere else -- especially specul......more

Goodreads review by Kris

Fred Burton is a brave individual who sacrificed his entire adult life to protecting the US. There are some really interesting tales about the terror that happens while we sleep on the other side of the world and the terror Burton has stopped before it had a chance to happen. In addition, it’s fun l......more

Goodreads review by Stefanie

Where to begin with this book? Fascinating content, candid description of how a the US counter-terrorism portion of the diplomatic service originally had 3 overworked agent, 2 of them fresh out of training. Interesting anecdotes about the writer's career. However, two huge flaws: (1) Cluttered writing T......more

Goodreads review by Gary

Written by one of the founding agents of the U.S. State Department’s Diplomatic Security Service’s (DSS) Counter-terrorism Division, this memoir reveals the shadowy contours of global terrorism and its shift from state sponsored attacks to the more decentralized activities of the Al-Qaeda network. F......more

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