Memoirs of a US Federal Agent Note: The author has made every effort to exclude classified material from this book. If any remains, it is completely unintentional on his part. As to any illegal activities committed by the author or fellow Agents, the statute of limitations has long run. The author started his government career as a United States Sky Marshal in the skies over Europe. Terrorists were hijacking passenger planes and blowing them up on a desert in Jordan. The President said, "enough is enough" and went on a hiring spree. He wanted to send a message. Reading between the lines, we got the message. We shoot first and ask questions later. What it's like to train and fly as a US Sky Marshal. Six months later, the program was working, aircraft hijackings were down, and the FAA was thinking layoffs. The author decided to leave the program and landed in Washington, D.C. with a new career as a United States Treasury Agent. Some of the investigations, cases, and details the author worked: included the Thanksgiving day bombing of a wealthy Virginia real estate developer by the Mob -a trip to Canada looking for voice prints- the black box - Secret Service protection details, (yes, you better take the bullet if you want a pay check) - crazy Charlie Brown, the boy next store, whose sole occupation was ripping off big time Washington, DC drug dealers - upgrading our electronic surveillance program with the help of the CIA - the always violent Posse Comitatus- a dirty New York Agent - Stinger Missiles for sale in Florida by the Columbians - female informants, and the one the author fell in love with. In a flashback to the authors time in the military, as a member of a Nuclear Warheading Team, he was part of a Top Secret operation to fool the Russians into believing that Germany was loaded with US Special Weapons. At the height of the cold war, it was one more way to keep the Soviets on their side of the fence. When a UFO showed up one night, the size of a small city, we all thought we were in big trouble. Welome to the Twilight Zone. Being a Federal Agent consumes your life. It's who you are. If you can't deal with the long hours, making the mandatory career moves, the bullshit paper work and bosses that almost never see it your way, or worry about making it home for dinner in one piece, then I would advise that you find another line of work. If you are willing to make the commitment, it can be a very rewarding way of life. It also pays well. Some things you may know about Federal Agents and a lot of things that may surprise you. The daily life of a US Federal Agent - told in an informative, historical, humorist and sometimes serious way.