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The Onion Files is a novel set in today's world of apprehension and anxiety fueled by terrorism. An al Qaeda group plots ruin greater than 9/11 by breaching hydroelectric dams across the … Mehr…

The Onion Files is a novel set in today's world of apprehension and anxiety fueled by terrorism. An al Qaeda group plots ruin greater than 9/11 by breaching hydroelectric dams across the US. Jim Buchan, a retired CIA director of operations and his son Mark, a computer expert, discuss one of Jim's cases from the Cold War, code-named the Onion Files, a KGB cyber attack against the US financial system. Mark does some hacking to see if infrastructure might be at risk from terrorists. It is the early The Onion Files is a novel set in today's world of apprehension and anxiety fueled by terrorism. An al Qaeda group plots ruin greater than 9/11 by breaching hydroelectric dams across the US. Jim Buchan, a retired CIA director of operations and his son Mark, a computer expert, discuss one of Jim's cases from the Cold War, code-named the Onion Files, a KGB cyber attack against the US financial system. Mark does some hacking to see if infrastructure might be at risk from terrorists. It is the early days of cyber security, few aware of the increasing use of software in critical systems. Mark discovers something that Jim recognizes from his past. The screen leads Mark to Kazim, Jim's old nemesis from KGB days, now with bin Laden in the wilds of Afghanistan. As the al Qaeda plan for the 9/11 attack is put in place, Kazim is proud that his own steps will lead to flooding, his software taking control of hydro electric dams across the US. Leigh, Jim's wife, had accepted the years when Jim was on the front lines of espionage. She had followed world affairs closely, and when Jim retired she had completed her PhD, her dissertation examining a future of information sharing that she saw coming with the development of the Internet. Jim knew that with the research Leigh was doing she was more current than he was on the big issues of the world. He was proud to lean on her for his intelligence. During the Cold War Jim met KGB General Illyich Makov at a reception during arms limitation talks, their relationship leading to a measure of mutual respect, turning to friendship. Illyich had called Jim to warn him about Kazim's plot against the US financial system as the Soviet Union spun apart. That call led Jim to St. Petersburg, to Kazim, and to Jim being med-evaced by the KGB after being shot. Now Jim calls Illyich to enlist his help to find Kazim in time to head off his attack on the dams. And Illyich calls on still serving KGB colleagues to provide the linkages to intelligence agencies o Espionage, Mystery & Suspense, The Onion Files~~ Val Pattee~~Espionage~~Mystery & Suspense~~9781370174508, en, The Onion Files, Val Pattee, 9781370174508, Smashwords Edition, 03/18/2017, , , , Smashwords Edition, 03/18/2017<

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