Cover Your Tracks Without Changing Your Identity: How to Disappear Until You WANT to Be Found

Cover Your Tracks Without Changing Your Identity: How to Disappear Until You WANT to Be Found
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few good ideas

This book saved my life!

This Title is Unique - Not the Average "Change Your ID" Book

Packed with good information

Cover Your Tracks Without Changing Your Identity: How to Disappear Until You WANT to Be Found
B. Wilson
Manufacturer: Paladin Press, Boulder, CO
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Is your life on a downward spiral? Why not simply take off, cover your tracks and then return to your old life once the dust has settled? Learn where to go, how to get there, what to take, where to stay, how to live comfortably and securely in your refuge and how to return home when - and if - you decide to.

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few good ideas.......2007-07-31

this book is more like a large pamphlet. The book is mainly a lot of ideas that are somewhat common sense (at least to me). In order to make most of this book work for you, you might want to also get a book on how to extremely lower your standards. The author suggests most of his ideas to become homeless and hitchhike as opposed to actually setting up a new identity although there are a few ideas about that. All in all for the length of the read i didnt expect to much, but got a few ideas.

This book saved my life!.......2007-01-13

I am surprised at some of the past reviewers of this book. They sound like armchair secret agents that want a book like this to tell them all the secrets of 9/11, Roswell and the Kennedy assassination, all for under a dollar!

The truth is, however, that this book is a how-to manual for people who need to lay low for a while, because of financial problems, stalkers, vengeful ex-spouses, or what have you.

Do the techniques it describes work? YES. Using them I was able to disappear for several months during a time when a vengeful and psychotic ex-boyfriend wanted very much to put a bullet in me. He is now sitting in prison, and I am safe for at least 20 years. But if I hadn't found this book then I would likely be dead at this point.

I strongly recommend this book for anyone who needs to get away from things for a while - without anyone being able to track them down.

This Title is Unique - Not the Average "Change Your ID" Book.......2004-11-08

Most books on the subject of Fake ID tell you how to start over completely. You have to sever ties to your former life permanently and completely. There is no going back. But what if you aren't sure you want to change your ID completely? What if all you need is an extended vacation to collect your thoughts and prepare a plan?

"Cover Your Tracks Without Changing Your Identity" introduces the concept of a "light identity change". This interesting title explains how to leave your old identity intact but keep your problems finding you at your new location. Using Wilson's tactics in "Cover Your Tracks Without Changing Your Identity", you will be able to return to your former identity if you desire.

The information contained in this unique title will undoubtedly help many people.

Packed with good information.......2004-10-09

Anyone needing to increase their personal privacy should read this book. It has advice for people trapped in bad marriages, folks threatened by stalkers, and even those who are just desperately unhappy in their daily lives. Following Wilson's instructions you really can virtually fall off the face of the earth for several weeks up to a year, while you get your head together and figure out what to do next.

Though it's about a very serious topic, the author tosses in some of his own quirky humor and observations which make the book fun to read as well as enlightening. Recommended to anyone interested in privacy protection.

Order without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes

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An Anthropology book, not a Sociology book
cool read
Good Fences Make Good Neighbors
Society and Law book that explains order without law.
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Order without Law: How Neighbors Settle Disputes
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In Order without Law Robert C. Ellickson shows that law is far less important than is generally thought. He demonstrates that people largely govern themselves by means of informal rules-social norms-that develop without the aid of a state or other central coordinator. Integrating the latest scholarship in law, economics, sociology, game theory, and anthropology, Ellickson investigates the uncharted world within which order is successfully achieved without law.

The springboard for Ellickson's theory of norms is his close investigation of a variety of disputes arising from the damage created by escaped cattle in Shasta County, California. In "The Problem of Social Cost" --the most frequently cited article on law--economist Ronald H. Cease depicts farmers and ranchers as bargaining in the shadow of the law while resolving cattle-trespass disputes. Ellickson's field study of this problem refutes many of the behavioral assumptions that underlie Coase's vision, and will add realism to future efforts to apply economic analysis to law.

Drawing examples from a wide variety of social contexts, including whaling grounds, photocopying centers, and landlord-tenant relations, Ellickson explores the interaction between informal and legal rules and the usual domains in which these competing systems are employed. Order without Law firmly grounds its analysis in real-world events, while building a broad theory of how people cooperate to mutual advantage.

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An Anthropology book, not a Sociology book .......2007-08-24

This is an anthropological study of the politics of the people of Shasta Country, California. Its a typical college like textbook. It's too specific in its evaluation of social norms to these people to draw any general abstract conclusions, but thats the book. If you are interested in a specific case study, then the books kinda okay (its still written like a typical college anthropology textbook - deliberately dense and boring), but you're interested in general abstract conclusions about social norms that you would find in a sociology book, I recommend you pass on this expense book.

cool read.......2002-06-26

Let me take these reviews down a level. This is a fantastic book for anyone who is interested in how order arises in social situations. As other people have noted, its a great piece of academic literature, but its also just plain interesting. Overall Mr. Ellickson is more than a little anti-government in his assessment of the need for state intervention. However, there are plenty of everyday occurences of order that are not backed up by law that make this interesting. Think of the fact that when a funeral procession drives down a street everyone stops to let them pass, even if the traffic light is against them. This book looks at how these kinds of events are established and why they persist. Very cool, I highly recommend it.

Good Fences Make Good Neighbors.......2001-11-11

Order Without Law studies why, and under what circumstances, people accept a body of rules when there is no written law establishing those rules, and occasionally when the written law contradicts those rules. To answer this question, Professor Robert Ellickson settled into a long and detailed field study of the attitudes of cattle ranchers in Shasta County, California. His primary focus was on the informal rules governing boundary fences; who pays to build, who pays to maintain, who accepts the risk of stray cattle, and so forth. While his geographical focus was narrow, it was impressively deep, involving dozens of personal interviews and detailed reviews of public records. Ellickson explains why he believes that two current theories, law-and-economics and law-and-society, are both inadequate. He creates his own useful taxonomy of rules, rule makers, and rule enforcers. He offers hypotheses to predict future situations when people will more likely accept unwritten rules. Designed for professionals who deal daily in human behavior, such as sociologists, anthropologists, and lawyers, Order Without Law remains accessible to the general reader. One part was difficult to follow: the extended analysis of the Prisoner's Dilemma and its variations. But overall Order Without Law is a valuable addition to law and the social sciences.

Society and Law book that explains order without law........2000-10-28

This book does not seek to explain the world in economic terms, but it does seek to explain it in sociological terms. Using the example of Shasta County cattle ranchers he has crafted an excellent book. It is scholarly, yet accessible.

Ellickson brilliantly explains how some many of society's actions are coordinated by informal norms that do not necessarily mirror the law. The theory of how "order without law" occurs is what this effort seeks to explain. This is sometimes explained as spontaneous ordering. How ranchers in Shasta County settle their disputes without recourse to law has broad implications and allows Ellickson to construct a theoretical framework based on a society and law perspective.

Excellent interweaving of theory and empirics on ADR.......2000-07-13

Ellickson lucidly combines economic theory with solid empirical work -- speaking both the language of game theory and the (folksy) language of Shasta County cattle ranchers -- to provide a fresh perspective on informal mechanisms of "alternative dispute resolution."

Studies that combine social anthropology with microeconomic theory are rare; ones with nontrivial findings, and broad implications, are even rarer. But this is exactly what Ellickson accomplishes. Combining theory and observation, Ellickson cogently persuades us that while formal law always operates in the background of any conflict situation, the way people actually solve their disputes often differs markedly from formal law, because of culture, transaction costs, expectations, and other subtleties not incorporated into law books.

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Since the early 1960s, scholarly thinking on the power of U.S. presidents has rested on these words: "Presidential power is the power to persuade." Power, in this formulation, is strictly about bargaining and convincing other political actors to do things the president cannot accomplish alone. Power without Persuasion argues otherwise. Focusing on presidents' ability to act unilaterally, William Howell provides the most theoretically substantial and far-reaching reevaluation of presidential power in many years. He argues that presidents regularly set public policies over vocal objections by Congress, interest groups, and the bureaucracy.

Throughout U.S. history, going back to the Louisiana Purchase and the Emancipation Proclamation, presidents have set landmark policies on their own. More recently, Roosevelt interned Japanese Americans during World War II, Kennedy established the Peace Corps, Johnson got affirmative action underway, Reagan greatly expanded the president's powers of regulatory review, and Clinton extended protections to millions of acres of public lands. Since September 11, Bush has created a new cabinet post and constructed a parallel judicial system to try suspected terrorists.

Howell not only presents numerous new empirical findings but goes well beyond the theoretical scope of previous studies. Drawing richly on game theory and the new institutionalism, he examines the political conditions under which presidents can change policy without congressional or judicial consent. Clearly written, Power without Persuasion asserts a compelling new formulation of presidential power, one whose implications will resound.

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Good scholarship, but too complicated.......2004-10-06

Howell's book is part of a recent trend towards viewing the president as more than just one player in a larger system. Instead we can better understand the presidency if we realize that the president comes in to the game with institutional advantages over Congress and the courts.

Debunking further Richard Neustadt's bargaining hypothesis (see his book Presidential Power and the Modern Presidents), Howell argues that presidents have the ability in many situations to use direct forms of action, such as executive orders, rather than relying upon persuasion and normal legislative processes.

Howell's argument is a game-theoretic model, which ultimately undermines somewhat the usefulness of his argument. He makes some interesting points, but also leaves the reader wondering whether what he says is true in practice and in history, not just in theory.

Overall, recommended for serious scholars of the presidency only.

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Law without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States

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Unfortunate and Unhelpful
"By our own lights"
Overshadowed by overwhelming bias

Law without Nations?: Why Constitutional Government Requires Sovereign States
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What authority does international law really have for the United States? When and to what extent should the United States participate in the international legal system? This forcefully argued book by legal scholar Jeremy Rabkin provides an insightful new look at this important and much-debated question.

Americans have long asked whether the United States should join forces with institutions such as the International Criminal Court and sign on to agreements like the Kyoto Protocol. Rabkin argues that the value of international agreements in such circumstances must be weighed against the threat they pose to liberties protected by strong national authority and institutions. He maintains that the protection of these liberties could be fatally weakened if we go too far in ceding authority to international institutions that might not be zealous in protecting the rights Americans deem important. Similarly, any cessation of authority might leave Americans far less attached to the resulting hybrid legal system than they now are to laws they can regard as their own.

Law without Nations? traces the traditional American wariness of international law to the basic principles of American thought and the broader traditions of liberal political thought on which the American Founders drew: only a sovereign state can make and enforce law in a reliable way, so only a sovereign state can reliably protect the rights of its citizens. It then contrasts the American experience with that of the European Union, showing the difficulties that can arise from efforts to merge national legal systems with supranational schemes. In practice, international human rights law generates a cloud of rhetoric that does little to secure human rights, and in fact, is at odds with American principles, Rabkin concludes.

A challenging and important contribution to the current debates about the meaning of multilateralism and international law, Law without Nations? will appeal to a broad cross-section of scholars in both the legal and political science arenas.

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Unfortunate and Unhelpful.......2007-06-08

Rabkin confronts us with an important problem. In an increasingly complex and integrated global political economy, how are we to protect the individual liberties commonly associated with constitutional government? Given the seriousness of the issue, it is genuinely unfortunate that Rabkin gets in his own way with nationalistic rhetoric that approaches xenophobia.

But Rabkin's ideological excesses are worse than simply unfortunate. They are an unhelpful reminder to the rest of humanity that the superior self-image of the ugly American is not only alive and well, but comfortably ensconced in the privileged halls of academe.

For someone with a serious interest in globalization and its political implications, Ann-Marie Slaughter's book, New World Order, is a far more useful place to start. The debate about how we can become masters of our own fate is likely to be a dominant theme as America continues to outgrow its national immaturity. If Rabkin wants to be taken seriously as a participant in that debate he will have to refrain from intellectual bluster and bullying.

"By our own lights".......2007-02-24

This is a thorough analysis of the relationship between trans national ideas and national sovereignty from an American perspective. He holds up current concepts of international affairs to historical and moral philosophical scrutiny.

Rabkin makes a strong case for why America should protect its Constitution and independence and not let its system of government be corrupted and polluted by vague post modernist trans national norms and schemes of global governance. He argues that the ideals of various internationalists are utopian and dangerous. As to their wishful thinking (p. 31): "International organizations will intervene to protect rights - but not by coercion. And advocacy groups will ensure compliance - but not by coercion. And everyone will have rights - but not really."

Rabkin rejects that his scepticism to submitting to various schemes of global governance rests on a "realist" and Hobbesian outlook. The American and classical liberal view is rather the acceptance of the fact that people "do not readily agree on fundamental things and should not have to agree." (p. 270) This is recognized pre-eminently by the American Constitution which was created to protect such pluralism.

This book is an important contribution to a better understanding of why America is and should be sceptic to ineffectual and/or potentially encroaching schemes of global governance.

It does not do Rabkin justice to say he uses sarcasm as substitute for argument, as the previous reviewer claims. This is a highly serious and scholarly work.

Overshadowed by overwhelming bias.......2007-01-29

This author uses sarcasm to avoid confronting the faults of his argument, dismissing anything that he disagrees with as pure absurdity. Although he presents a decent argument for constitutional govt and the inconsistency with international law it is completely overshadowed by his lack of objectivity. This should not be used at a textbook, but rather a ranting of a right-wing extremist attempting to divert attention from his own political flaws.

Building States without Society: European Union Enlargement and the Transfer of EU Social Policy to Poland and Hungary

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Focusing on the 2004 englargement of the European Union, Building States without Society highlights the real limits of cross-national rule transfer even when power is uneven between rule-makers and rule-takers.

Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War

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Brilliant Use of Decision Theory for Countering Terrorism

Terrorism, Freedom, and Security: Winning Without War
Philip B. Heymann
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On September 11, 2001, the United States began to consider the terrorist threat in a new light. Terrorism was no longer something that happened in other countries on other continents but became a pressing domestic concern for the US government and American citizens. The nation suddenly faced a protracted struggle.

In Terrorism, Freedom, and Security, Philip Heymann continues the discussion of responses to terrorism that he began in his widely read Terrorism and America. He argues that diplomacy, intelligence, and international law should play a larger role than military action in our counterterrorism policy; instead of waging "war" against terrorism, the United States needs a broader range of policies. Heymann believes that many of the policies adopted since September 11 -- including trials before military tribunals, secret detentions, and the subcontracting of interrogation to countries where torture is routine -- are at odds with American political and legal traditions and create disturbing precedents. Americans should not be expected to accept apparently indefinite infringements on civil liberties and the abandonment of such constitutional principles as separation of powers and the rule of law. Heymann believes that the United States can guard against the continuing threat of terrorism while keeping its traditional democratic values in place.

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Brilliant Use of Decision Theory for Countering Terrorism.......2004-09-12

Harvard Law School professor Philip Heymann is a former deputy attorney general of the United States. In this book, he expands upon his earlier work, Terrorism and America, to look at the stark policy choices facing the United States in its efforts to reduce the harm from terrorist activities in the post-September 11, 2001 world.

I decided to read this book after hearing Professor Heymann explain his analysis today. I found the book greatly expanded my understanding of the policy choices facing the United States in its long-term efforts to counter terrorism. I was also shocked to realize that despite spending vast sums in this are the United States has failed to act effectively to counter the most serious threats to our people.

Professor Heymann is a very experienced thinker in the field of terrorism, having taught courses in this area and having worked with terrorism experts from other countries. His approach relies on advanced decision theory tools to spell out the choices and set a framework for a debate on which choices to pursue. As he rightly points out, this debate has yet to begin in the United States even though three years have passed since the infamous terrorist attacks. If we had been this ineffective after Pearl Harbor, civilization as we know it would be vastly different than today.

A number of the perspectives are powerful and revealing. For instance, calling counter terrorism a "war" creates many misconceptions that reduce our options for being effective -- such as assuming the military will play the lead role. It also suggests that we abandon our civil liberties to pursue the temporary emergency -- but this isn't temporary.

I especially liked the diagram that show how actions should be considered in terms of their effectiveness against terrorism, their attractiveness for improving morale, and their cost in terms of personal liberty. From that diagram, it becomes apparent that eliminating civil liberties without considering the benefit is a foolish exercise that only leads to presidential excesses.

There are also a number of intriguing matrices that look at actions and their consequences. From these, you get a sense that it probably makes a great deal of sense to maximize protection of nuclear and biological materials that could be used by terrorists (which is not being done) while it may be counter-productive to try to stop minor terrorist attacks by isolated individuals.

The book also makes the argument that some steps to stop terrorism may simply create more terrorists (such as the alleged abuses of Iraqi prisoners after last year's toppling of Saddam Hussein).

There is also a clear sense that having all governments counter terrorism through mutual cooperation works much better than if the United States decides to do the job unilaterally for itself.

The book's main weakness is that it assumes that terrorists are as rational as decision theory suggests. However, terrorists are often driven by emotion and earlier traumas . . . compounded by misunderstandings. I hope that Professor Heymann will extend his thoughts here to the question of how nations should counter those who are virtually deranged by anger and sadness into bitter, unremitting hatred.

If you want to move beyond being afraid to terrorism to doing something about it, read this book and demand that your representatives in Congress begin dealing with this threat in relevant, practical ways that can be maintained forever into the future.

Otherwise, the victims of terrorism will have died in vain because we continue to fail to learn from our past mistakes.

May God bless and comfort all those who lost loved ones and friends on September 11, 2001!

To Walk without Fear: The Global Movement to Ban Landmines

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This tell it like it is book is an interesting read.

To Walk without Fear: The Global Movement to Ban Landmines

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To Walk Without Fear is a comprehensive and authoritative account of the global movement to ban landmines. It brings together leading academics, senior policy makers, and prominent leaders of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to examine and draw lessons from the "Ottawa Process" that culminated in December 1997 when over 120 states signed a convention to ban the use, sale, and production of landmines. An essay by Nobel laureate Jody Williams and Steve Goose, of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), describes how a global coalition of NGOs led the world toward a ban on landmines, while a chapter by the Canadian diplomats who orchestrated the "Ottawa Process" takes the reader behind the scenes into the diplomatic arm-wrestling that resulted in Canada's leadership role. International specialists offer assessments of the military utility of mines (retired General Robert Gard), their humanitarian consequences (Alex Vines), the role of the Red Cross (Stuart Maslen), landmine victims (Jerry White and Ken Rutherford), national ban campaigns (including Valerie Warmington and Mary Warham), the problems of mine clearance (Don Hubert), and interpretations of the legal text of the treaty (Thomas Hajnoczi and Deborah Chatsis). Academic specialists analyze the policy process and negotiations, explore the political economy of mines, identify the implications of the treaty for the development of international humanitarian norms, democratization, and civil society, and Canada's Minister of Foreign Affairs (Lloyd Axworthy) draws lessons from the Ottawa Process for other policy issues. The book resulted from an unusual collaboration between universities, governments, and nongovernmental organizations which developed in tandem with the negotiation process itself. Chapters were developed through a series of policy workshops, a seminar series, intensive focus-group discussions with government officials and NGO members, and a "lessons learned" exercise that brought together over 200 NGO and government participants immediately after the signing of the convention. As a result, the book provides a rich source of new information and analyses. It will be both timely and of enduring value to policy makers interested in drawing lessons from the Ottawa Process, to non-governmental organizations interested in replicating its results in other areas, to academic specialists and students interested in foreign policy and international affairs, and to the general public seeking an accessible and readable account of one of the most significant global movements in recent years.

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This tell it like it is book is an interesting read........2000-06-08

This is a great book which details the struggle that non-profit groups, individuals and countries undertook in order to ban landmines.

While it tells the story of the International Campaign To Ban Landmines who won a Nobel prize for their work, this book also chronicles the stories of other such as the landmines survivors whose needs were almost ignored by those trying to help them.

The other thing about this book that's interesting is that you can see the techniques these people used to pass a humanitarian law on the international level.

All in all a good read.

Without A Badge: Undercover in the World's Deadliest Criminal Organizati
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This cop turned author really eanred his pay.

Making a difference

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Exceptional read.

A must read for anyone who is interested in the war on drugs

Without A Badge: Undercover in the World's Deadliest Criminal Organizati
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From the start, the man New York City Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik called "a hurricane," Jerry Speziale was a different kind of cop. A former juvenile delinquent, Jerry was a loose cannon whose antics got him into the crack dens and shooting galleries of New York's meanest streets - and onto an elite DEA narcotics task force charged with taking down South American's powerful Cali drug cartel.

Under the tutelage of a smooth-talking confidential informant, jeans and tee-shirt Jerry was transformed into an Armani-clad Geraldo Bartone, the world's top drug trafficker. As Geraldo, he did things he had never dreamed of - piloting planes, captaining cocaine-filled yachts, and meeting the most powerful kingpins in the brutal drug trade. One false move could take him out of the game for good. Yet within a few years, Jerry and the other officers of the task force became the most sussessful drug unit in the U.S. history. Riding a wave of glory and success, Jerry had no idea that he would be the one scammed next. This is his story. As told by Heath Kizzier. 10 CD's 10.8 Hrs.

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This cop turned author really eanred his pay. .......2007-05-10

This is a very compelling book. It is the true story of NYPD undercover officer on "loan" to the DEA. This cop turned author, literally wrote the book on wiretaps. He risked his life to make major drug busts. However, by pursuing the Columbia drug cartels so aggressively, he also risked the lives of many innocent (and some not so innocent)others. He does not hide this fact in his book and he should be applauded for his honesty.

If you, read a "true crime" book only now and again -- buy this book. If you read "true crime" regularly this will be one of your all-time favorites.

Making a difference.......2007-02-26

Watching THE WIRE changed me and made me more sympathetic in general. I read this book as a result of THE WIRE even though I am not that interested in true crime or drugs. I am still not that interested but I feel that I should know. It's very straightforward and nondepressing despite the overwhelming odds. It's one man's story simply told although the details are sensational. Sheriff Speziale of Passaic, New Jersey was groomed by a real drug dealer from Brazil who also groomed a Brazilian entertainer known as Xuxa - this detail is not mentioned in Without a Badge but this book is written in a very pedestrian manner despite the extraordinary events and people involved. He spent many hours, days, months away from his family life. He was at the forefront of modern surveillance tactics. He is a friend to Bernard Kerik. And he is still making a contribution to fighting crime. Sometimes the antidote to the hopelessness of the fight is as simple as doing your own part and cleaning up your work environment and infecting others with a work ethic.

best book ever.......2004-12-29

i dont like reading that much and it usually takes me a couple weeks to read this size book but i read it 3 days because once i started reading it i couldnt put it down. It is simply the best book ever written. You constantly wish you could read faster so you could see what the next page held. It describes in depth the cali drug organization and how they brought it down. I recommend this book to anyone, i guarantee you will absolutely love it.

Exceptional read. .......2004-08-27

This by far is one of the best books I have read in a while. I read it cover to cover in one day and I am a fairly slow and detailed reader. I could not put it down. Without A Badge takes you deep into the life of a narcotics investigator with such a zeal for cleaning up the streets that it is personally motivating. I am now reading for the second time. I can't wait until I see this one in the movie theater.

A must read for anyone who is interested in the war on drugs.......2003-05-12

From what seems like real danger in the begining while acting like a low life junkie ends up later looking like childs play. Later Mr. Bartone goes deep undercover and goes on to con and collect several thousand dollars in cash and drugs from key members of the Cali Cartel. Even though the situations that Speziale gets himself into are very dangerous you often find yourself laughing because he always finds a way to pin the drug bust on someone other than himself and even having the nerve to ask for retribution for his losses. Along the way he meets up with and learns from an interesting character named Paul Lir Alaxander who is as mysterious as he is savy when it comes to understanding the drug business. The book reads like a novel but the story is anything but fiction. If anyone takes the time to read this book it will be one of thier best reads ever.

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