Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy

The Secret World of Corporate Espionage

By: Eamon Javers

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Paperback | 22 February 2011

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Today's global economy has a dark underbelly. Using cutting-edge technology and age-old techniques of deceit and manipulation, corporate spies are the hidden puppeteers of globalized business. They control markets, determine prices, influence corporate decisions, and manage the flow of data and information of some of the world's biggest conglomerates. In an age when international conflicts are as likely to be corporation versus corporation as they are to be nation versus nation, the actions of these remarkably efficient covert operatives raise a host of crucial—and frightening—moral and legal questions.

In his gripping, alarming expose, Eamon Javers recounts the sordid history of this hidden world—from Allan Pinkerton, the nation's first "private eye," through Howard Hughes's private CIA, to the shocking realities of a vast modern-day spying network with tentacles reaching into virtually every corner of the globe.

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"Eamon Javers has produced a remarkable book about the secret world of business warfare--a world filled with corporate spies and covert ops and skullduggery. This is an important book that has the added pleasure of reading like a spy novel." -- David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z

"Eamon Javers is one of Washington's best reporters. In Broker, Trader, Lawyer, Spy, he has told a wonderfully readable tale with great characters and high stakes, and the dubious practices by corporations and intelligence agents he exposes are going to ignite an important public debate." -- John F. Harris, author of The Survivor

"If only the mainstream press would follow Eamon Javers' lead and expose the powerful saboteurs and predators of the corporate underworld, this would be a different country. But it's not too late. Read this book and roll up your sleeves." -- Bill Moyers

"Turns out there are far more cloaks and quite a few more daggers in this country than most of us realized. That's one of the many lessons of this terrific book. Eamon Javers is as talented a writer as he is a reporter. What a great read." -- Tucker Carlson

"This is a must-read, excellent book." -- Booklist

"From early wiretaps to the use of satellites, the author expertly explains how spies help clients sabotage corporate competitors or buy and sell stocks based on expected fluctuations in the price of corn." -- Publishers Weekly

"Stunning, revelatory." -- John Stewart, The Daily Show

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Prologue	p. ix
Code Name: Yucca	p. 1
From Bogus Island to Deep Chocolate
A High and Honorable Calling	p. 31
For the Money	p. 61
The Man Is Gone	p. 85
Thug Busters	p. 115
The Chocolate War	p. 137
Techniques, Technologies, and Talent
Tactical Behavior Assessment	p. 173
The Eddie Murphy Strategy	p. 201
Nick No-Name	p. 221
They're All Kind of Crazy	p. 243
Is This a Great Country, or What?	p. 253
Epilogue In from the Cold	p. 281
Acknowledgments	p. 287
Notes	p. 289
Index	p. 295
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