The Operators : Inside 14 Intelligence Company - The Army's Top Secret Elite

Rennie, James

ISBN 10: 0712677305 / ISBN 13: 9780712677301

Published by Century Publishing Co., London, 1996

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234 Pages. L:ifts the veil shrouding Britain's most secretmilitary uniit. Officially designated as 14 Intelligence Company, it was formed in 1974 to combat terrorism in Northern Ireland. IfJames Bond exists anywhere today, he s to be found within the ranks of 14 Company. Highly trained in skills including lock-picking, advanced weapon handling, covert surveillance and infra-red photography, a typical Opeerator has at his or her disposal an arsenal of techniques and weapons unmatched in any other theatre. No other UK goveernment ormilitary agency is so comprehensively trained, armed and equipped to undertake individually, or in hghly flexible teams, the wide variety of covert intelligence-gathering taks that are required by a democracy in poursuit of the terrost. This is the true story of on Operator and of some of the most hair-raisingmilitary operations ever conducted in the streets of the United Kingdom.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Operators : Inside 14 Intelligence Company - The Army's Top Secret Elite
• Publisher: Century Publishing Co., London
• Publication Date: 1996
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0712677305
• ISBN 13: 9780712677301
• Binding: Hard Back
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis

This is the inside story of 14 Company, an elite corps of men and women as highly trained in combat as the SAS and as highly trained as MI5 and MI6 in intelligence techniques, seen through the eyes of an ex-Operations Officer, James Rennie. It is a company whose members are more comprehensively trained and equipped than any other government agency to combat terrorism in a democracy. The selection process is shockingly arduous, both physically and intellectually. Members bear false names, no personal indentification and there are no internal ranks. It has been a body of highly dedicated individuals and has never been penetrated by the press.