If you want real life waterboarding, don't read this book. If you want the real story of the life of an Intel Officer in a combat zone, READ THIS BOOK!!!
Jason Meszaros has 15 years of military experience as an Intelligence and Psychological Operations Officer. He has received the Bronze Star Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Achievement Medal, and the Afghanistan Campaign Medal.
As an Army Intelligence Officer, Capt. Meszaros was assigned to a task force investigating Al Qaeda and the Taliban. In Operation Noble Eagle, he worked in the Washington, D.C., area with federal law enforcement agents on the investigations of detainees and was a liaison to the Central Intelligence Agency. As part of that assignment, he traveled to Guantanamo Bay and viewed the interrogation of detainees.
Capt. Meszaros traveled to Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom in 2004 and supported the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force. While in Afghanistan, he participated in the interrogation of numerous senior Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders, including the man who led Osama bin Laden out of Tora Bora in December 2001, a senior Al Qaeda operative for Southeast Asia, and others. During this time, he participated in highly classified missions targeting senior Al Qaeda and Taliban leaders such as Roze Khan, a.k.a. the Taliban Billy the Kid, as featured on CBS's 60 Minutes. Capt. Meszaros's most important mission was documenting the Al Qaeda training camps (Al Farouq and Tarnak Farms) where numerous 9/11 hijackers received terrorist training in small arms, poisons, bomb-making, assassinations, and counter-interrogation.
Capt. Meszaros was a member of the only unit in the Army that specializes in Psychological Operations (PSYOP) with enemy prisoners of war, and he led a team comprised of analysts, product development specialists, and interrogators. He deployed to Bosnia in support of Operation Joint Forge and traveled extensively throughout the country. He has received training at the John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, PSYOP Officer Training, and numerous trainings as an Intelligence Officer.
Capt. Meszaros is currently the Chief Information Officer of a Minnesota state agency and is the Director of Operations of Vets for Freedom (www.vetsforfreedom.org) in Minnesota. He has appeared in the advertisements "Finish the Job" and "Some in Washington." He resides in St. Michael, Minnesota, with his wife and daughter.
