by Dan Bongino
Melville field office, 24, 25, 29, 32, 35, 38, 42, 56, 63, 156, 168
noble mission of, vii
scandal involving prostitutes in Colombia, 119–21
selection process factors, 42
training for, 42–45
ultimate career achievement for an agent of the, 46
Senate race in Maryland, 2012. See United States Senate, on author’s run for
September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks (aka 9/11), 31–36, 37, 38, 50, 102, 109, 155, 167
Smith, Sean, 142
Sobhani, Rob, 125
South Korea, President Obama’s trip to, 90
Sowell, Thomas, 114
space shuttle Challenger, 64
START II treaty, 82, 83
State Department, 139, 141–46, 150, 166, 167
Steele, Mike (former lt. gov.), 48
Stevens, Christopher (ambassador), 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 146, 166
straw buyer, defined, 131
Sullivan, Mike, 100
surveillance cameras, use of, 161–62
T
Taliban, 95, 105, 142
TECS (Treasury Enforcement Communication System) database, 157, 158
Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment (TIDES), 157
Terrorist Screening Database (TSDB), 157
Terry, Brian, 130, 131, 133, 134–35
Thompson, Mark, 150
threats, volume of increase, 100
TIDES (Terrorist Identities Datamart Environment), 157
transportation, 60–67
Treasury Enforcement Communication System (TECS), 157, 158
Trinidad, President Obama’s trip to, 72–74
Tsarnaev, Tamerlan, 154, 157, 158, 167
Tsarnaev brothers, 102, 154–55, 156, 159
U
United Airlines Flight 175, 32
United States Customs and Border Protection, 157
United States Department of Justice (DOJ), 131, 134, 135, 136, 137, 165
United States Department of State, 139, 141–46, 150, 166, 167
United States Senate, on author’s run for, 111–14, 117, 118–26
V
Vice Presidential Protective Division (VPD), 44
Vision of the Anointed, The (Sowell), 114
volcano, 84, 88, 90
Voth, David, 135, 137
W–X
War on Terror, 64
Washington Post, 120
weapons (see also “Fast and Furious”; firearms)
recovered in the United States that could be sourced to the “Fast and Furious” investigation, 137
seized in El Paso, TX, traced to “Fast and Furious” investigation subject, 136
West, Allen (Lt. Col.), viii
wheels-up parties, 122–23
Williamson, Stacie, 12
Wolf, Frank, 150
Wood, Andrew (lt. col.), 142
Woods, Ty, 142
World Trade Center, 31–36, 38, 109. See also 9/11
Y–Z
Youngstown, OH, 75–76, 107
Yudhoyono, Susilo Bambang, 78
* Information on the El Paso seizure was taken from a US Congress Joint Staff Report issued on July 26, 2011, entitled The Department of Justice’s Operation Fast and Furious: Fueling Cartel Violence, http://narcosphere.narconews.com/userfiles/70/Sinaloa.ATF-07-26-11-Report-on-Impact-on-Mexico-2.pdf. Information on trace data from the ATF was referenced from http://www.atf.gov/statistics/trace-data/index.html.
** http://thelead.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/01/exclusive-dozens-of-cia-operatives-on-the-ground-during-benghazi-attack/?on.cnn=1.
