Going to continue now with Surprise, Kill, Vanish by Annie Jacobson.What a web they have weaved over the years, what was once about Arab nationalism,we in the west are now baited with religion and Muslims....

.... For Billy Waugh, the years spent working for the U.S. Postal Service, 1972 to 1977, were misery incarnate. Then came the mysterious call, on July 20, propelling him back into the world of covert-action operations.

“The location is overseas,” the caller said.

“Fine by me,” said Waugh.

If Waugh was in, the man on the phone said he’d arrange for a down payment to be wired into his bank account.

“I’m in,” said Waugh. More details would be forthcoming, but in the meantime, Waugh needed to travel to northern Virginia and check into a specific hotel at 3:00 p.m. on July 25, just a few days away. Waugh agreed to the meeting at the hotel.

Forty-eight hours later, a large sum of money appeared in Waugh’s bank account. The down payment was twice as much as the post office paid in a year. The overseas job was guaranteed for six months but might continue for years, he was told. All travel and living expenses would be paid by the client, whose identity was to remain hidden for now.

Bring clothes to last for a year in a very warm climate,” the man said. “The location is Africa.”

Waugh considered the situation. “My instinct and intuition told me this was a CIA operation,” he recalls. “That the Agency was forming some kind of ground team for a covert operation in Africa. I figured this was how the CIA worked, now that covert-action operations had been curtailed.”

The next day at the post office, Waugh told his supervisor that he was resigning his position.

“You’re a good worker, and the post office is a good job,” Waugh recalls the man saying. “Why are you leaving?”

Waugh said he wasn’t cut out for post office work.

At home, he packed a small bag. On the assigned day, he flew to Washington, DC, and took a cab to the hotel in northern Virginia.
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