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Brad Thor _ The Athena Project
Speed, surprise, and overwhelming violence of action.
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Brad Thor _ Backlash
The Russians wanted to enjoy the peace and prosperity of a civilized world, without the encumbrances of following any of its laws.
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Brad Thor _ Use of Force
The fundamentalism that drove them was a cancer. It infected almost everyone it touched. And yet the people best positioned to remove the cancer lacked the courage and the desire to do so. No matter how many atrocities were committed in the name of their religion and their God, the Muslim world was wholly incapable of combating the problem.
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Brad Thor _ Use of Force
People weakened their hands by feeling they had to fill uncomfortable silences.
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Brad Thor _ Backlash
The Chief made several more notes. "Any PTSD?"McGee shook his head. "The joke in our industry is that guys like Harvath don't get PTSD, they give it.
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Brad Thor _ Use of Force
As Ben Franklin was alleged to have said, those who would trade a little liberty for a little security deserve neither and will lose both.
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Brad Thor _ Foreign Influence
Too true," said the little man with a laugh. "Thank you for coming." "Don't thank me. Thank the United States government. Which reminds me. You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law. You have the right to an-" "Are you actually Mirandizing me?" Harvath shrugged. "It's a service we provide everyone now." "Even suspected terrorists?" "You've been living in the mountains too long, my friend. We declared defeat in the war on terror about two years ago. We don't even use the word terror anymore. There's only 'man-made disasters' caused by disenfranchised groups who are really just 'misunderstood.
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Brad Thor _ Code of Conduct
I believe power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
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Brad Thor _ The Apostle
Accountability, as well as personal responsibility, had been chucked out the window of American government. It also had been abdicated by the American voter. As long as most Americans could have their McDonald's drive-throughs, listen to their iPods, and watch American Idol, they didn't seem to care how negligently the nation's national security apparatus was being run. Bread and circuses. The Romans had it right. As long as people had food and fun, they didn't care much about the erosion of their nation.
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Brad Thor _ Backlash
U.S. Navy SEAL Jack Carr {ret.} was once again incredibly helpful with details for this book. He also continues to be one hell of a thriller author. If you haven't checked out his books yet, do it. You'll love his writing. Thank you, Jack.
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Brad Thor _ Backlash
That wasn't why he had accepted this job. He had accepted it because someone needed to be willing to stand up and do the right thing for the nation, no matter what the personal cost.
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Brad Thor _ Backlash
back to the border with Belarus. Though he would have liked to have gotten some sleep, he kept his eyes open and his head on a swivel the entire way. When they met up with the Old Man's smugglers and said their good-byes, he thanked her. She had taken a lot of risks on his behalf and he wanted her to know how much he appreciated it. Without her, this could have very well turned into a suicide operation. Climbing into the smuggler's truck, he made himself comfortable for his next six hours of driving to the border with Poland. There, he'd at least be back in NATO territory, though he couldn't let his guard down. At least not fully. It wasn't until he was back on The Carlton Group jet and in the air that the weight of everything he had been under started to lift. Once he was in international airspace, he got up and poured himself a drink. Returning to his seat, he raised the glass and toasted the Old Man. He hoped that somewhere, up there, Reed was proud of him. As he sat there, sipping his bourbon, Harvath conducted a mental after-action report. He went over every single detail, contemplating what he could have done differently, and where appropriate, what he could have done better. Once his review was complete, he went through all of it again, looking for anything that might identify Alexandra, or tie her directly to him. Fortunately, there was nothing he could come up with to be worried about. From Josef's hospital where she had avoided the cameras and had stayed bundled up, to the interaction with Minayev's mistress where she had worn the balaclava, and finally to the security guards at Misha's loft where she had been wearing a dark wig and heavy makeup while making sure to never face the cameras, she had been the perfect partner. Even outside on Moscow's streets, she had made sure they stayed in the shadows. Alexandra, thinking of everything, had taken down the telephone number of the management company for the building where they had left the hospital worker tied up. She had promised to phone in either a noise complaint or some sort of anonymous tip, so that the man would be found and cut loose. He didn't know how she planned to get the envelopes"
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