In Operation Shakespeare, investigative journalist John Shiffman traces a high-risk undercover operation launched by an elite undercover Homeland Security unit created to stop the Iranians, Russians, Chinese, Pakistanis, and North Koreans from acquiring sophisticated American-made electronics capable of guiding missiles, jamming radar, and triggering countless weapons—from wireless IEDs to nuclear bombs. The U.S. agents must outwit not only enemy brokers but also American manufacturers and global bankers who are too willing to put profit over national security.
The three-year sting climaxes when the U.S. agents lure the Iranian broker to a former Soviet republic with the promise of American-made radar, fighter-jet, and missile components, then secretly drag him back to the United States, where he is held in secret for two years. The laptop the Iranian carries into the sting provides the CIA with a virtual road map to Tehran's clandestine effort to obtain U.S. military technology.
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“Shiffman gives listeners a lot of
background information on the way stings and illegal activities work, and
narrator David Drummond clearly delivers the details. But the duo is at their
best when the narrative turn to the players. At first, the operation moves
slowly as the agents set up the Iranian dealer. By the end of the sting, the
drama comes on full bore, all the more so for being built on real-life
characters. Drummond’s voice work builds as well, adding more tension as the
operation progresses.”
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