CI: Team Red: An Army Counterintelligence Novel [Mass Market Paperback]

David DeBatto (Author), Pete Nelson (Author)

Book Description

Series: Ci | Publication Date: May 1, 2005

Into the Heart of Terror In a story so explosive that he can only tell it as fiction, former counterintelligence special agent David DeBatto takes us onto a new kind of battlefield, beyond the reach of reporters, and into the covert ops of elite tactical intelligence teams. Their number one job: to pierce the secrets of an enemy-before the enemy reaches us... Staff Sgt. David DeLuca had a love/hate relationship with the Armed Forces. Then came 9/11. After a career as a street cop, he went to war-and put his skills to work in a secret army within an army. Part detective, con man, spy, and soldier, DeLuca is now hunting a Saddam loyalist Centcom thought was dead. To catch his prey, he'll have to outmaneuver him using microscopic forensic evidence, high-tech espionage tools, and gut instincts. But as he follows a deadly trail out of the Sunni Triangle into Iran, a horrifying picture is coming clear to DeLuca and his elite "red" team: a terrorist group already has its fangs in the USA-and needs to be hunted down and eliminated right now...

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About the Author

David DeBatto is a former U.S. Army Counterintelligence Special Agent and Army instructor that served in Iraq in 2003 during Operation Iraqi Freedom. Prior to his tour in Iraq, David was an instructor in the Army Counterintelligence Agent course. While in Iraq, he functioned as a Team Leader of a Tactical Human Intelligence Team (THT) in the heart of the Sunni Triangle. His team's responsibilities included; tracking down the infamous "55 Playing Card" Iraqi fugitives, searching for WMD as well as high level Ba'ath Party and top Iraqi military leaders. His team's intelligence collection efforts lead to the capture of one of the "55" as well as several Iraqi generals, intelligence operatives and large caches of conventional weapons and top secret documents. He was medically discharged in March of 2004 after twelve years of service as a result of serious injuries suffered during an intelligence gathering mission just outside of Balad, Iraq at a location affectionately nicknamed "Mortarville" by American troops. David developed close working relationships and the trust of several top Iraqi leaders and was able, because of those relationships, to obtain valuable information not readily available to other America officials; military or civilian. He can regularly be seen giving news analysis of events in the Middle East and the Global War on Terrorism on numerous radio and television networks including; FOX NEWS, CNN, NPR MSNBC and others. David is widely quoted as a source for terrorism and national security related stories by several leading news organizations and has written articles for; The American Prospect, Salon, Vanity Fair, The New Standard and Spiegel Television in Germany.

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 464 pages
• Publisher: Grand Central Publishing (May 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0446615676
• ISBN-13: 978-0446615679
• Product Dimensions: 6.7 x 4.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,165,144 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Good Details, Lousy Fiction, June 8, 2005

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zorba (Bala Cynwyd, Pa USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: CI: Team Red: An Army Counterintelligence Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

While I found the details about C.I. and the war in Iraq interesting, as a novel this book reads like an army field manual. Cliched characters, plodding plot, a dull protagonist, little suspense, etc. I got about two-thirds of the way through the book and decided to toss it. I got to where I just didn't care any longer about any of the characters or the plot. I sense the author didn't care either.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Interesting...but nah, May 9, 2007

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P. E. Brooks "Questioner" (Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: CI: Team Red: An Army Counterintelligence Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book interesting solely because I've been to many of the places DeBatto mentions. Like he says, Warhorse is a hellhole, as is much of that part of east-central Iraq. Having said that, however, I find myself in agreement with many of the other reviewers in that his writing appears amateurish at times. As with many (but by no means all) books written by former non-commissioned officers, this book appears written in training manual-format. The gee-whiz computer goodies are interesting but the characters lack development and the dialogue isn't realistic (aside from the description of Camp Warhorse...). Would I read it again? No. Would I give his later books a shot to see if he's improved any? Yeah, maybe.

4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Did the Russians weaponize smallpox? If so, where is it?, June 20, 2005

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Lupo - See all my reviews

This review is from: CI: Team Red: An Army Counterintelligence Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

If you enjoy Crichton or Clancy you will like this book. I found the story captivating, with several twists. It will make a good movie. Sure, the characters are typical for this genre. They are a stylized, tough, extra-ordinarily competent, and very lucky group. The underlying plot relates to a bioterror threat against the US. Seriously, if something like this hasn't happened already, it will. While I'm sure my present job providing medical support to our troops in Iraq has influenced my perspective, if you're reading this, read the book.