Chapter 7: January 1986. Langley, Virginia Summary and Analysis

Robert returned to the states and met with the new CIA Counterterrorism Chief, Duane "Dewey" Clarridge, who was given the green light from President Reagan to use resources from the DO and DI forces to build his new team. Robert asked him directly to be on the team. The Libyans had been targeting Robert so he was brought back to headquarters. Two weeks later, Robert was on the CTC and had a promise from Clarridge that he'd be assigned in the Middle East. Robert was excited about his new assignment and eager to delve further into the Embassy bombing. But things became political and Clarridge was having a hard time pulling officers from other bureau chiefs. Requests to intelligence agencies in Paris and Bonn were left unmet due to political considerations.

As one of Clarridge's...