Consequences: An Intelligence Officer's War

Product Description An Award-Winning Finalist in the 2021 American Book Fest and the 2021 Wishing Shelf Book Contest, Consequences is both a riveting behind-the-scenes look at intelligence operations at the height of the Iraq war, and a charming and sobering story of one man's journey through the pleasures and consequences that come with wartime intelligence.In 2006, David Grantham was fresh out of college and serving as a counterintelligence officer with the elite and secretive Air Force Office of Special Investigations. Iraq was veering toward civil war. The U.S. military desperately needed better on-the-ground intelligence to turn the tide. Grantham found himself in Kuwait and Afghanistan, then at Iraq's infamous American prison, Camp Bucca. Not only was Bucca the breeding ground for the Islamic State, it was in southern Iraq, where America's deadly fight with Iran was an open secret. Review "A brilliantly written, one-of-a-kind memoir that explores the dangers that counterintelligence officers face on the ground, the perils resulting from poor politics and lack of imagination, and what it feels like to work, immersed in the hostile world of Islamic terrorism." The Book Commentary "Grantham weaves the clandestine activities of his intelligence missions into a gripping narrative, showing that facts are actually more fantastic than fiction. It is aninformative book on intelligence missions and also an important primer on the evolution of radical jihadism in prisons like Camp Bucca." BookViewReview "An intelligent book about intelligence...informative and insightful...This is a brave and important book..." MJV Literary Reviews "Grantham's non-fiction book reads like a true adventure novel about the counterterrorism shadow world where predator and prey still circle one another 20 years after9/11. The people who inhabit OSI are blood and guts counterintelligence officers who get deployed to dangerous hot spots around the world. Grantham takes you straight into an ether of secret informant recruitment and intelligence collection where the stakes for operators and America could not be higher and where real lives always hang in the balance." Todd Bensman, author of America's Covert Border War: The Untold Story of the Nation's Battle to Prevent Jihadist Infiltration."Told with grit, honesty, and remarkable intensity, this is a must-read foranyone interested in the inside story of America's various counterintelligencemissions in Kuwait, Afghanistan, and Iraq." The Prairies Book Review "Very little has been written on the U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations efforts in the global war on terror. Consequences by David Grantham provides a unique and fascinating window into the nuts and bolts of OSI counterintelligence operations. You won't be disappointed." - Fred Burton, author of Beirut Rules: The Murder of a CIA Station Chief and Hezbollah's War Against America"What spark ignited the fire which burns in David's soul for truth, justice, and freedom at a global level? The answers can be found in this sensational story. I know you'll enjoy it." Calev Myers, Founder and Chairman, ARISE - Alliance to Reinforce Israel's Security and Economy"I write this review as a reporter who was embedded with a leadArmy unit during the invasion of Iraq in 2003. David Grantham unfolds what lifeon the ground was like as he and fellow Air Force OSI officers conductedcounterintelligence in Iraq and Afghanistan to help counter threats toU.S. military forces. Their work in the face of frustratinglimitations and the difficulty of assessing who to trust underscored thechallenges of their mission." Robert Riggs, Investigative Reporter &Creator of the True Crime Reporter™ Podcast."Anyone that is interested in both insight and truth in the war on terrorism will benefit greatly from Dr. David Grantham's work." James Amos, decorated Vietnam Veteran, business leader, and author of The Memorial."Consequences gives a riveting firsthand account