Operation Pseudo Miranda: A Veteran of the CIA Drug Wars Tells All - Hardcover

Kenneth C. Bucchi

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1883955173 ISBN 13: 9781883955175

Publisher: Penmarin Books Inc, 2000

Synopsis

Former CIA operative Bucchi describes his experiences fighting the drug war in the 1980s in Colombia. The focus is on "Operation Pseudo Miranda" under which the CIA made a deal with Pablo Escobar, Fabio Ochoa, Manuel Noriega, and other high-level cocaine traffickers. Bucchi alleges that the CIA helped these "drug lords" to get drugs past the radar at the borders and destroyed their competitors in exchange for half of the cocaine being imported into the US. The volume does not contain an index or bibliographical references. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

About this title

About the Author:

Kenneth C. Bucchi has lived an adventurous life. He holds a B.S. in Criminology; served six years as a Captain in the Air Force, fought in the Gulf War, and worked four years as both a private and corporate investigator. In 1999 he wrote Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy (1-883955-28-9, Penmarin Books, 1999), which chronicles his experiences as a corporate investigator, and which Atlas Entertainment has optioned as a feature film.

From Library Journal:

Ever wonder how the CIA enlists people to work for it? Bucchi (Inside Job: Deep Undercover as a Corporate Spy) was recruited while attending Murray State University, KY, in 1984, and here he recounts the rigorous training he and many others had to endure. Afterward, Bucchi lived in a secret world in which no one outside the agency knew his real profession. In the 1980s, the CIA participated in the war on drugs, and Bucchi was a tactical commander in Operation Pseudo Miranda, in which the CIA made deals with infamous drug lords Pablo Escobar, Fabio Ochoa, and Manuel Noriega. Unfortunately, this operation did not go according to plan, and disaster followed, with several members of his team killed, including a woman for whom he had strong feelings. The book is written like an action-type novel with a great deal of reconstructed dialog, and therein lies the problem. Since the conversations, including secret meetings with CIA director William Casey, are based on Bucchi's memory, there is no way of knowing their accuracy or estimating how much has been embellished. The story might have been better served had it been written as an espionage novel based on true experience. An optional purchase. Michael Sawyer, Northwestern Regional Lib., Elkin, NC
Copyright 2001 Reed Business Information, Inc.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penmarin Books Inc
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1883955173
• ISBN 13: 9781883955175
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 350