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Charles faddis biography charles sam faddis is a veteran, retired cia operations officer, senior partner with artemis, llc and published author. Author of six books, three works of nonfiction and three novels. Sam faddis is a retired cia operations officer, published author, and national security commentator. Former cia operative charles sam faddis on disastrous. He moved with his parents to waynesburg, pennsylvania, in 1891. Glass fibre yachts improvement and repair by charles jones hardback book the. Charles faddis served 20 years in the central intelligence agency as an operations officer, including department chief, central intelligence agencys counterterrorist center, washington, dc, and chief of station middle east. Faddis, the author of beyond repair and the coauthor of operation hotel california, was trained through his years in the field with the cia to know what it is like to stand in the shoes of a terrorist and appraise targets. The decline and fall of the cia and willful neglect.
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