Sudden Recall: Operation TANGO: A Top Secret CIA Covert Action

Sudden Recall is political intrigue andespionage in the finest John le Carretradition. After al Qaeda's 9/11 success,Shiite clerics in Iran were anxious toprove that they, too, had a worldwidereach. The clerics activated Hizballahsleeper cells to attack Israeli andAmerican targets in Buenos Aires withdirty bombs. All the bombs would havegone off without a hitch except for onemullah's international call on an openline.The CIA Counter Terrorism Centersuddenly recalled retired officer JohnHunt to lead a covert action team intoBuenos Aires, black, with orders to findand eliminate the terrorists. DespiteBush's secret presidential finding givingthe CIA license to kill, Hunt knewwithout overt legal authority and themoral backing of the American people,the only protection from his owngovernment was plausible denial.The shockwaves of what really happenedare still reverberating in the secret hallsof Washington and Buenos Aires.