02317cam a2200337 i 4500 340422744 TxAuBib 20180216120000.0 170825s2018||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2017037135 9780399176166 0399176160 (OCoLC)986968182 TxAuBib rda Berenson, Alex. The deceivers / Alex Berenson. New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, [2018] 434 pages ; 24 cm. txt rdacontent n rdamedia nc rdacarrier "The Russians don't just want to influence American elections--they want it all. Former CIA agent John Wells confronts a plot of astonishing audacity as New York Times-bestselling author Alex Berenson goes beyond today's headlines to tomorrow's all-too-real threats. It was supposed to be a terrorist sting. The guns were supposed to be disabled. Then why was there so much blood? The target was the American Airlines Center, the home of the Dallas Mavericks. The FBI had told Ahmed Shakir that his drug bust would go away if he helped them, and they'd supply all the weaponry, carefully removing the firing pins before the main event. It never occurred to Ahmed to doubt them, until it was too late. When John Wells is called to Washington, he's sure it's to investigate the carnage in Dallas, but it isn't. The former CIA director, now president, Vinnie Duto has plenty of people working in Texas. He wants Wells to go to Colombia. An old asset there has information to share--and it will lead Wells to the deadliest mission of his life, an extraordinary confluence of sleeper cells, sniper teams, false flag operations, double agents high in the U.S. government--and a Russian plot to take over the government itself. If it succeeds, what happened in Texas will only be a prelude"-- Provided by publisher. 20180216. Wells, John (Fictitious character) Fiction. United States Central Intelligence Agency Fiction. Terrorism Prevention Fiction. Intelligence officers Fiction. Conspiracies Fiction. Thrillers (Fiction.) Spy fiction.