Book Exposes Links Between DoD Memos and ‘Green-on-Blue’ Attacks in Afghanistan

Posted on May 2, 2013 by BobMcCarty

My second nonfiction book, THE CLAPPER MEMO, is now on sale in paperback and ebook!

In THE CLAPPER MEMO, I take readers behind the scenes of a 40-year turf war and share what I learned about polygraph loyalists and their no-holds-barred campaign to eliminate competing investigative technologies that threaten to put them out of business. Most importantly, I connect the dots between three Department of Defense memos — including one signed by James R. Clapper Jr. before he became the nation’s top intelligence official — and hundreds of American casualties resulting from “Green-on-Blue” (a.k.a., “Insider”) attacks in Afghanistan during the past six years.

The product of an exhaustive four-year investigation, this book has already received three major endorsements (shown below):

• “Bob McCarty’s book, THE CLAPPER MEMO, represents perhaps the most thorough investigative reporting I have encountered in years. I direct the attention of the so-called major media to it. This is how it’s done!” — David P. Schippers, former director of the U.S. Department of Justice Organized Crime Task Force in Chicago; Chief Investigative Counsel for the U.S. House of Representatives during Clinton Impeachment Hearings (1998); and author of the book, SELLOUT: The Inside Story of President Clinton’s Impeachment.

• “Any American with a sense of fair play and a desire to see that our intelligence and vetting personnel have the best information possible should read THE CLAPPER MEMO… clearly an unconscionable cover-up.” — Capt. Larry W. Bailey, U.S. Navy SEAL (Ret.), former commander of the U.S. Navy Basic Underwater Demolition/SEALs Training Program (a.k.a. “BUD/S”) and co-founder of Special Operations Speaks; and

• “Bob McCarty has uncovered a high-tech ‘turf war’ pitting those who want the best for our troops against others who seem to be focused on their own self-interests. Sadly, it seems the wrong people are winning this war. I highly recommend THE CLAPPER MEMO.” — Maj. Gen. Paul Vallely, U.S. Army (Ret.), former deputy commander, U.S. Army Pacific now serving as chair of two organizations, Stand Up America and Nemo Arms, Inc., he became well known as a senior military analyst on Fox News Channel from 2000 to 2007.

Ebook versions will be available for ordering only via Amazon (Kindle), while trade paperback versions of the book will be available online at Amazon and a number of other online locations. I will update this post as each site “goes live.”

As was the case with my first book, Three Days In August, you will be able to place orders for paperback copies of THE CLAPPER MEMO from most local bookstores after it enters the distribution system. In addition, the paperback will become available at more online retailers during the next few days.

I hope you’ll order a copy of THE CLAPPER MEMO today! Thanks in advance!

Someone Doesn’t Want Me to Publish This Book?

Posted on February 14, 2013 by BobMcCarty

A fellow nonfiction author, whose name I will not share for security reasons, tackles subjects that certain elements within the federal government consider “taboo.” Kinda like me. Almost four years ago, she warned me about what had happened to her — while working on a book that went on to become a New York Times best seller, that is — and said it might happen to me. Now, it seems, maybe she was right.

Only four days after I revealed the new cover design for my second nonfiction book, THE CLAPPER MEMO, both of the word processing programs I use to write my manuscripts crashed and would not reopen.

It’s not as if I didn’t pay attention to my fellow author’s warning. In fact, I made it a point to disconnect my computer from the internet every time I was working on my manuscript. Well, almost every time. Dang it!

What is it in my next book that some would rather not see made public? Some hints:

• In THE CLAPPER MEMO, I’ll share details of a 40-year technological turf war involving many players. Inside the Pentagon. At some of the nation’s top universities. In places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Mexico. And in local and state police jurisdictions across the United States.

• In THE CLAPPER MEMO, I’ll share never-before-published documents and insider details obtained from the very people who interrogated detainees at Guantanamo Bay and from the very people who interrogated members of Saddam Hussein’s “Deck of Cards.”

• In THE CLAPPER MEMO, I’ll connect the dots between three memos — including one signed in 2007 by James R. Clapper Jr. — and the “Green-on-Blue” attacks (a.k.a., “insider attacks”) by so-called “allies” in Afghanistan against their U.S. and coalition colleagues.

• After four years of work on THE CLAPPER MEMO, I found all roads lead back to the technological turf war and to the memo signed by Clapper — then serving as Undersecretary of Defense for Intelligence, now serving as Director of National Intelligence, our nation’s highest intelligence official.

Do I have any evidence that my system has been infiltrated? No. According to some in the military and intelligence communities who’ve assisted me in gathering information that will appear in THE CLAPPER MEMO, it’s unlikely I’ll ever find any.

Thankfully, I do have backup copies of my manuscript and other computers on which to work.

While you wait for the release of THE CLAPPER MEMO, be sure to read my first nonfiction book, Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice. It’s available in paperback and ebook via most online booksellers, including Amazon.com.

New Cover Design Unveiled for THE CLAPPER MEMO

Posted on February 10, 2013 by BobMcCarty

Today, with little fanfare, I offer you a look at the front cover art for my soon-to-be-published second non-fiction book THE CLAPPER MEMO.

In THE CLAPPER MEMO, I’ll share details of a 40-year turf war involving players inside the Pentagon, at some of the nation’s top universities and in places like Afghanistan, Iraq, Guantanamo Bay and Mexico.

In addition, I’ll share never-before-published documents and insider details obtained from the people who interrogated detainees at Guantanamo Bay and who interrogated Saddam Hussein’s “Deck of Cards.”

Finally, I’ll connect the dots between three memos — including one signed by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr. — and the “Green-on-Blue” attacks (a.k.a., “insider attacks”) by so-called “allies” in Afghanistan against their U.S. and coalition colleagues.

Almost four years in the making, I think it’ll be worth the wait.

UPDATE 2/17/2013 at 5:16 p.m. Central: In case you’re wondering, the answer is “Yes, I changed the cover design again. The one shown above is the final design, replacing the one I thought would be the final design.

Here We Go Again: GITMO Detainees Coming to Illinois?

Posted on October 4, 2012 by BobMcCarty

Beverly Perlson, political activist and founder of The Band of Mothers, will appear as a guest on Fox & Friends Saturday morning during the 5 a.m (Eastern) hour to talk about the strong possibility of hundreds of detainees being relocated from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility in Cuba to tiny Thomson, Ill.

Perlson’s appearance comes after Wednesday’s announcement that the federal government will purchase the community’s long-empty, state-owned prison for $165 million in a deal endorsed by President Barack Obama.

This is not the first time such exploitation has been tried against citizens in the economically-depressed town of almost 600. The same thing was tried three years ago — with the false promise of 1,100 new jobs — but this the first time it’s gotten this far.

Several high-ranking Illinois Democrats — including Sen. Dick Durbin and Gov. Pat Quinn — are to blame, but they’re denying that the sale will lead to the prison being filled with ex-GITMO detainees — including many confirmed and suspected terrorists. Instead, they’re focusing only on their claim that the sale will lead to jobs. That’s their “sales pitch.” Until the election that is.

Be sure to wake up and watch Fox News Channel early Saturday morning for more details — and share this news!

UPDATE 10/06/2012 at 9:45 a.m. Central: Here’s a link to the video of Perlson’s appearance on Fox & Friends.

Bob McCarty is the author of “Three Days In August: A U.S. Army Special Forces Soldier’s Fight For Military Justice,” a nonfiction book that’s available in paperback and ebook via most online booksellers, including Amazon.com. His second book, “The CLAPPER MEMO,” is set for release this fall.

DoD Officials: ‘To Hell With Saving American Lives’

Posted on September 24, 2012 by BobMcCarty

An Army Times article published Friday contains details of a story that ring eerily similar to the story I’ll be telling in my upcoming second nonfiction book, THE CLAPPER MEMO. Both seem to share a similar message coming out of the Department of Defense: “To hell with saving American lives!”

The Times reports that high-ranking Army officials issued a memo prohibiting the use of a certain software program after finding out that some Army units went outside official channels to obtain the software because they think its use could save soldiers’ lives.

THE CLAPPER MEMO tells the true story of how Department of Defense officials issued no fewer than three memos aimed at prohibiting the use of a certain interrogation technology that had proven itself superior to the one and only technology they had approved for use throughout DoD. And that’s just the tip of the iceberg!

Unfortunately for those DoD officials, many soldiers in the field ignored the memos and, along with interrogation professionals at places like Afghanistan, Guantanamo Bay and Iraq, shared with me never-before-published details about this scandal as well as their feelings about having their best interrogation tool taken from them at a critical time in the nation’s history.

After spending almost four years conducting research and interviews as part of my investigation leading up to the THE CLAPPER MEMO, I guarantee Pentagon officials will not appreciate this book hitting the market. At the same time, however, Blue Star and Gold Star families will.

The THE CLAPPER MEMO is set for release this fall.

If you need something to read until then, order a copy of my first nonfiction book, Three Days In August. It’s available in paperback and ebook via most online booksellers, including Amazon.com. Thanks in advance!

Guantanamo Bay Events Linked to ‘Green-on-Blue’ Attacks in Afghanistan

Posted on September 10, 2012 by BobMcCarty

As Americans prepare to mark the 11th anniversary of the day on which Islamic terrorists waged a series of horrific and deadly attacks against the United States, you may think you’ve heard every possibly-important detail related to the events of that day. But you haven’t.

Camp Delta at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, July 7, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth)

In my soon-to-be-published second nonfiction book, THE CLAPPER MEMO, I’ll share unbelievable-but-true details obtained from high-ranking individuals who worked inside the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility in Cuba and were personally responsible for interrogating detainees.

Using those details and others, I’ll connect the dots between a troubling series of events that occurred at GITMO during the first two years after 9/11 and the “green-on-blue” attacks that have taken place in Afghanistan and resulted in the deaths and injuries of dozens of U.S. and coalition personnel at the hands of their so-called “allies” in the Afghan National Security Force.

THE CLAPPER MEMO is set for release this fall. I’ll let you know as soon as it’s available to order.

Report: More Detainees Returning to Terrorism After Release From Guantanamo Bay

Posted on September 6, 2012 by BobMcCarty

The number of detainees returning to terrorism after being released from Guantanamo Bay is rising, according to a new report released Wednesday by Director of National Intelligence James R. Clapper Jr.

A U.S. Sailor, foreground, assigned to the Navy Expeditionary Guard Battalion conducts an early morning patrol while detainees stand by in the background at the recreation yard inside Camp Delta at Joint Task Force (JTF) Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba, July 7, 2010. JTF Guantanamo provides safe, humane, legal and transparent care and custody of detainees, including those convicted by military commission and those ordered released by a court. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)

As of July 19, 168 of 602 (28 percent) detainees released to date from the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility have either reengaged in terrorism or are suspected of having reengaged in terrorism, the report shows. In comparison, the DNI’s 2011 report showed a total of 150 of 598 (25 percent) detainees had returned to terrorism or were suspected of having returned to terrorism following their release from the U.S. Navy facility in Cuba.

By my calculations, the new numbers represent an increase of three percent over the 2011 figures. Any way you slice ‘em, however, these numbers represent bad news for our combat and anti-terrorism efforts.

In my upcoming book, “The CLAPPER MEMO,” I’ll share details contained in letters and other documents I obtained during the past four years from individuals who’ve served as high-ranking interrogation officials at GTMO. Most importantly, I’ll share how they describe the damage done to national security by a Pentagon decision to strip GTMO interrogators of their most-effective tool for learning about detainees’ past exploits and future plans.

“The CLAPPER MEMO” is set for release this fall.

If you need something to read until then, order a copy of my first nonfiction book, “Three Days In August.” It’s available in paperback and ebook via most online booksellers, including Amazon.com. Thanks in advance!

UPDATE 9/24/2012 at 7:51 a.m. Central: The New York Times is one of many news outlets reporting that the Obama Administration has approved the transfer of 55 more GITMO detainees. Based on the percentages above, we can expect 15 of these detainees to return to lives of terrorism. Comforting.

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