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in Buenos Aires, 148, 151, 152
death of, 377–81
houses, 89
intelligence regarding, 200–01
missiles, 240
villa, 200–01, 206, 208, 282
villa: investigation of/attack on, 217–32, 233–59, 260, 267, 269
Kelleys
hiring others for dirty work, 260–61, 267, 292, 377
operation by, 265, 267–69, 295, 296, 298, 300, 321, 324, 326–27, 337, 339, 341, 347, 357, 360, 374
operation target, 265, 323, 338, 374
owners of Globex, 85, 88, 102
yacht, (see also Báltaí) 269
Kennedy, John, Jr., 349
Kenya, 151, 184
Kohler, Fred, 110
Kosovo, 38, 42, 102, 124, 178
Lajes Field, 297, 311, 316
Li’ang Hsi-Huey, The (Tai Li’ang), 73, 151–52
Lillis, Jacques, 114, 263
Lloyd, Rae, 283–84, 286–91, 292–93, 294, 314, 325
London, 7, 8, 15, 48, 89, 96n, 109, 129, 133
London Antiquarian Book Society, 96–97
machine pistols, 198–200
Magellan GPS, 310, 315, 324, 336, 340, 375, 380
Maloney, Sean, 119
Marcinko, Richard, 8–9, 98
and Argentine authorities, 170, 264, 266–67
assault on Báltaí, 336–44, 345–57, 358–71, 372–76
attempted snatch of, in London, 111–19, 130
in Buenos Aires, 140–58, 159–79, 180–92, 193–201, 260–77
career, 71, 133, 381
and counterterrorist task force, 3–20, 21–34, 35–42
disabling Báltaí, 319–33
investigation of/attack on Kelley villa, 217–32, 233–59, 260
investigation of Patricia Desens, 201–16
and M. Potts, 180–89
preparations for pursuit of Kelleys, 301–18
pursuit of dog walker, 166–70
pursuit of Kelleys, 281–300, 315–16
safe houses, 191, 197
and school takeover, 41, 42, 43–58, 59–60, 73
and security of American embassy Buenos Aires, 152–58, 159–79
sinking of Báltaí, 373–76
summoned by Flannery, 60–72
support network, 74–76, 88, 90
team of, 134, 348, 360, 381
trip to Buenos Aires, 133–36, 139–40
in trouble with London, 266–67, 281, 294–95, 325, 380
visit to Gerry Kelley, 91, 92–108, 121, 124
Marine Corps, 67–68, 172, 188
*Mercaldi, Tony, 76
Metropolitan Police, 16, 35, 36, 46
SpecOps, 129
Michaels, Rotten Randy, 39
and assault on Báltaí, 336, 340, 346, 349, 350, 352, 353, 357, 372, 373
in Buenos Aires, 141, 149, 155, 156, 157, 162
countersurveillance role, 285, 286, 288
and disabling of Báltaí, 322, 324, 325–26
in hostage rescue, 47–48, 49, 50, 53, 54, 57
intelligence gathering, 73
in investigation of/attack on Kelley villa, 227, 228, 234, 236, 237, 243–44, 246, 252, 258, 261
investigation of Patricia Desens, 201, 203, 204, 207, 208
and preparation for assault on Báltaí, 305, 311, 313, 314, 315
trip to Buenos Aires, 134
MI5, 8, 80–81, 119–20, 125, 126, 127, 133, 264, 267
backchannel with Flannery, 128–29, 267
Curzon Street House headquarters, 95–96
MI6, 77, 125, 127, 131, 147, 196, 267, 277
Middle East, 79, 110, 124, 130, 132–33
Ministry of Defense, 18, 70, 96n, 267
Misiones Province, 132, 143–44, 146, 149, 151, 195, 209
missiles, 214, 234, 238–41, 244, 261, 282
in attack on Kelley villa, 246–53
on Báltaí, 320, 324, 373
Kelleys had, 265
on Patricia Desens, 268
see also Exocet missiles
Mitchell, George, 338
Mogadishu, 42
Montevideo, 281, 283, 285–86
Mrs. Kelley’s Kitchen franchises, 88, 90
Buenos Aires, 131, 146, 149, 155, 173, 197
Mrs. Kelley’s Kitchen Irish Pub headquarters, 120
MST (Mobile Security Team), 282–83
Mukhabarat, 75, 131
Murphy, Mister, 13, 22, 117, 167, 170, 200, 206, 210, 232, 239, 243, 274, 281, 297, 312, 329, 340, 345, 352, 375
National Security Agency (NSA), 6, 8, 76, 79, 80, 83, 90
cell phone monitors, 151
Marcinko source at, 74
London station, 46
voice recognition program, 109
Naval Special Warfare, 176, 178, 205, 301
Nidal, Abu, 151
Nigel (Rupert Collis), 39
and assault on Báltaí, 336, 352, 353, 357, 372
and disabling of Baltaí, 321, 322
in hostage rescue, 48, 50, 51, 53
intelligence gathering, 73, 80
surveillance of Gerry Kelley, 134, 263
Northern Ireland, 7, 38, 42, 47, 79, 126
American involvement in, 103
ops in, 82–83, 85, 260
peace agreement, 181, 338
Octanitrocubane, 13
O’Donnell, Brendan, 131, 133, 149, 151, 154–55, 270, 324
and Kelley operation, 295, 300, 310, 315, 321, 347, 357, 360, 364–65
killed by Marcinko, 365–66
Okinaga, Toshiro, 110
Olshaker, (RSO), 175–76
OSINT, 74, 323
O’Toole, Digger (Eddie), 39–40
and assault on Báltaí, 336, 341, 352, 355–56, 357, 361, 362–63, 364, 366, 373, 375
and disabling of Báltaí, 322, 326, 327–31, 334–35
in hostage rescue, 46, 48, 49, 50
intelligence gathering, 73–74, 77, 81, 88, 126
and preparation for assault on Báltaí, 311, 314
surveillance of Gerry
Kelley, 134, 150–51, 262–63
Owen, Mick, 10, 17, 18, 26, 36, 70, 124–25, 130–31, 260, 294–95, 296, 338, 381–82
and assault on Báltaí, 325, 336–37, 338, 340, 341, 346, 349, 351, 353–54, 357, 359–60, 366, 372, 373
in Buenos Aires, 141–44, 146, 147–48, 149–50, 165–66, 170, 190, 191–92, 193, 195, 197
and charges against Marcinko, 266–67
and death of Kelleys, 378–80, 381–82
and disabling Báltaí, 319, 326–27, 332
and father of R. Evers, 271–75, 276
French passport, 276
and Green Hand
Defenders, 110, 111, 125, 128, 129, 270, 272
intelligence regarding target of Báltaí, 322–23
investigation of Patricia Desens, 201–03, 206–07
and Gerry Kelley, 120–22, 123–24, 129, 263, 265
and preparation for assault on Báltaí, 305, 306, 309, 310, 313, 316
promotions, 38–39
and school hostage situation, 40–42, 43, 44, 46–47, 48, 52, 60
trip to Buenos Aires, 133–36
in trouble with London, 266–67, 294–95, 380
pain, 3, 22–23, 212, 224, 226, 354–55
Parrish, John, 3
Patricia Desens (boat), 195–96, 200, 201, 223, 234, 242, 292–93
investigation of, 201–16
missiles on, 261, 268–69
Pentagon, 9, 68, 71, 325
Pepperman, da (Bill), 74–75, 81–86, 127
Pereira, Frederico, 308–10, 316–17, 375
political correctness, 18, 37, 60, 66–67, 69, 188, 196, 241
politics, 66–67, 68, 128, 129, 379
British, 196
and embassy security, 175–76, 270
in Kelley brothers operation, 264
Potts, Melvin, 177–78, 180–90, 191, 266, 282
Prescott, Pinkney, III, 189
Queen Elizabeth 2,
323–24, 338–39, 346, 374
Red Cell, 172, 312
RIB (Rigid Inflatable Boat), 301, 303, 304, 341, 343, 354, 356, 376–77
Richardson, Bill, 265
Rio de la Plata, 132, 151, 197–98, 209, 213
Río Lujan, 149, 202–11
river crossings, 176–80, 203–11
Roger (Special Branch intel dweeb), 12, 19, 23, 28, 29
Rogue Warrior®, 30, 128, 170, 192, 205, 214, 243, 303
First Law of Self Preservation, 92
Rogue’s First Rule of Conversation, 100
Rogue’s First Law of Physics, 115, 185, 251
Rose, Sir Michael, 338
SAS, 40, 41, 272
Pagoda Troop, 38
SAS shooters, 16, 31, 38, 49
joint CT op with, 134
school takeover, 36–42, 43–58, 59–60, 66, 85–86, 105, 131
SCIF (Sensitive, Compartmented Information Facility), 122, 124, 126
Scotland Yard, 8, 10, 14, 15, 24, 35, 73
Special Branch, 8, 12, 16, 29
Scowcroft, Brent, 152
SDR (Surveillance Detection Route), 167, 285
sea-borne tactical assault, 301–03
SEAL Team Six, 177, 244
SEAL tie tack, 181, 186–89
SEAL trident, 186, 187–188, 189
SEALs, 5, 6, 8, 16, 17, 22, 37, 40, 48, 73, 76, 124, 129, 134, 186, 187, 189, 205, 206, 207
equipment, 301–03
failure unacceptable to, 247–48
Marcinko, 304
pistols for, 198–99
purpose of, 379
rule(s) of thumb, 206
in Vietnam, 205–06
weather for, 326
SIS (Secret Intelligence Service), 276–77
SO-19, 8, 15, 16, 40, 73, 80
in hostage rescue, 46, 49
Somalia, 102, 124, 178
South America, 88, 218, 286
surveillance, 6, 19, 83, 154, 155, 156, 162–66, 319
Tai Li’ang, General, 73, 92, 151–52
Tanzania, 151, 184
targets
American embassy Buenos Aires, 260–61, 323
Americans and Brits, 7, 69, 79, 123, 127, 128–129, 151, 261
of Báltaí, 322–24
of Kelley operation, 265, 322–23, 338, 374
TEAM (concept), 111
Ten Downing Street, 82, 85, N96, 127, 129
terrorist operations, 79–80, 127, 225
terrorists, 7, 67, 72, 77, 105, 267, 270–71, 282, 324, 377
Thatcher, Margaret, 79–80, 104, 338
Timex (Terry Devine), 39, 334, 335, 336
and assault on Báltaí, 336, 343, 344–46, 352, 353, 357, 359, 361, 366, 373, 374, 375
in Buenos Aires, 141, 142, 149, 155–156, 157, 159, 162
in hostage rescue, 49, 50
intelligence gathering, 73, 79, 81, 83
investigation of/attack on Kelley villa, 227, 236, 237, 242, 245, 246, 248, 261
in investigation of Patricia Desens, 201, 203, 204, 207, 208, 210
and preparation for assault on Báltaí, 305, 312, 315, 316
trip to Buenos Aires, 134
TOW antitank missiles, 238–40, 242, 244, 246–52, 259, 260, 261
TOW screens, 282
True IRA (TIRA), 15, 16, 19, 27–34, 35, 37, 60, 131, 157, 260, 300, 357, 364, 377
Buenos Aires, 133, 149, 151
Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement, 48
Twenty-Two Regiment, 16, 40, 272
22 SAS Regiment, 263, 338
United States, 42, 133
interventions by, 101–02, 124
U.S. Customs Service, 291–92, 294
Vietnam War, 104, 129, 205–06
voice-recognition system(s), 80, 83, 84, 109
Walker, Carlton “Chip,” 67–68
Warriors, 8, 22, 29–30, 37, 57, 68, 92, 98, 124, 129, 189, 271, 324, 325, 343, 381
assault on Báltaí, 348–49, 352
in battle, 360
failure unacceptable to, 247
get the job done, 331
Marcinko as, 304
Marcinko’s team, 348–49, 381
tricks of, 211
weapons, 200
Warrior’s Code, 348
Warrior’s Way, 204
Warrior’s will, 355
weapons and ordnance, 301, 302–03
in assault on Báltaí, 310–12, 351–52, 380–81
for Buenos Aires trip, 135, 136, 146–47, 149, 191, 198–200, 201, 204
in fight at Kelley villa, 242–59
weapons smuggling, 132–33, 143
Weber, Hans, 62
Wells, Butch
in assault on TIRA, 17, 20, 22, 24, 34
death of, 35, 53, 58, 60, 85, 98, 105, 300
payback for death of, 347, 366
Wesley, Troy M., 62–65
Whiskey-Number files, 74, 85
*Wink, Jim, 48, 75
Zodiac (boat), 304–05, 309, 310, 312, 315, 316, 317, 324, 336–44, 345–56, 374, 375, 376, 377, 380, 381
fuel for, 316–17, 336, 341, 375
ZU-Messages, 74, 82, 127
1 That’s a Brit one-star general, equivalent in rank to our own brigadier general.
2 What The Fuck.
3 Octanitrocubane has a very high density—2 g/cm3. The denser the explosive compound, the more energy it transfers when it goes from solid to gas and energy during combustion.
4 The president and the secretary of defense, or their duly deputized alternates or successors.
5 Tangos often keep TV sets on in their safe houses, because TVs can be affected by UHF and VHF radio transmissions, which cause snow or horizontal lines on the screen. Many an op has been compromised because the raiders couldn’t keep their radio transmissions to a minimum, and the bad guys were prepared.
6 Wrong Place, Wrong Time.
7 The Hughes 500 minichopper NO TAil Rotor variation used by such Spec-War units as Delta Force and SEAL Team Six.
8 That’s IRA jail slang for “take off.”
9 That’s the Brit way of saying a platoon.
10 That’s a bad pun, friends. You say you don’t get the joke? Okay, I’ll explain: Rupert is British Army slang for officer. Got it now?
11 Internet Service Provider.
12 This is a pseudonym.
13 United States Naval Academy.
14 Fuck You Very Much.
15 ZU-Messages (pronounced ZU) are NSA’s highest-priority intercepts. They are intended for the President’s Eyes Only. Whiskey-Numbers are classified just below ZU-Messages, and are currently seen by cabinet secretaries and top-level military commanders. And Echelon is the joint US/British intel vacuum, which sucks up every bit of commercial and military message traffic, telephonic, satellite-generated, and Internet-based, between Moscow in the east, Helsinki in the north, Tunis in the south, and Tehran, Iran, in the Middle East. And now that you know three of our most secret secrets, please rip this page out of the book, write a note in the margin stating that our secrets are safe with you, and send it to: Director, National Security Agency, 9800 Savage Road, Fort George G. Meade, MD 20755-6000. If they believe you, they will do nothing. If they don’t, they will arrange to change the compartments and give the programs all new code designators.
16 This is a pseudonym.
17 Improvised Explosive Devices.
18 As was the case in Echo Platoon, my contacts at MI6 have asked me not to use the current unit designator, and I plan to honor their request. This is fiction, after all. Besides, it’s backstory.
19 President’s Eyes Only.
20 Echelon’s voice-recognition program is based to a large degree on the Berger-Liaw Neural Network Speaker Independent Speech Recognition System, whose development was partially underwritten by the U.S. Navy in the late 1990s. The system can distinguish words buried in vast amounts of random “white noise,” noise with amplitude one thousand times the strength of the target signal. The system can pluck words from the back
ground clutter of other voices, such as the hubbub of bus stations, lobbies, bars, and auditoriums. Then, NSA scientists at Echelon took the basic Berger-Liaw program and enhanced it to include the ability to identify regional accents, so that the system can isolate a London accent from one from Birmingham, or pick out the native New Yorker from a roomful of people born in Detroit, Chicago, Philadelphia, Los Angeles, Miami, or Boston.
21 You think I’m kidding. I’m not. That’s how No Such Agency abides by the rules set up for it by Congress, rules that forbid it from eavesdropping on Americans. NSA does not eavesdrop on Americans. The Brits do it for us. So do the Canadians. And the Australians. Why? Because they’re not breaking any of their nations’ laws by doing so. And conversely, when Tony Blair wants to know what’s being said on a phone in London, Woking, or Manchester, he can ask his pals at NSA to do the job for him, and then he can look the camera straight in the lens and say, with absolute honesty, that none of the British intelligence services are eavesdropping on British citizens. Of course they’re not. We’re doing the dirty work for him.
22 © 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 by Richard Marcinko and John Weisman.
23 Quid is slang for an English pound sterling.
24 Organized crime syndicates.
25 Vacant-Eyed Rich Bitches.
26 Ugly and Unfamiliars.
27 London is filled with so many tunnels that some of the city’s landmarks are in danger of collapsing, according to a secret study done by the home secretary’s office late in 1999. The longest of these passages is a Royal Post Office tunnel originally built in the 1930s, which runs from Paddington in the west to Moorgate in the east—more than four miles long. Starting in August 2000, Tony Blair expanded a secret tunnel originally built on orders from Winston Churchill. That tunnel runs from Ten Downing Street under Whitehall to the basement of the Ministry of Defense. Blair’s improvements include the building of new subterranean offices shielded from microwaves, satellite eavesdropping, and radiation.