Patriot Act by James Phelan, ISBN 9780733622830

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Ex-Navy operative Lachlan Fox is now working as an investigative journalist. When a number of European power-brokers are killed he starts to suspect something very big is going on. His instincts are right. Since the forming of the UKUSA (pronounced U-KU-ZA) Treaty in 1948, the five member countries (USA, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand) have developed ever-capable electronic Signals Intelligence services. Put simply, their intelligence agencies currently have the capability to intercept every spoken or written word that travels via telephone, fax, email, radio, microwave, satellite, fibre-optic transmission, etc. in the world. France has been vocal in their opposition - but the truth is, they want in. While military and terrorist communications are targeted, Echelon (the main UKUSA program) spends most of its time and resources targeting political and economic assets around the globe. This information is disseminated to US companies via The Advocacy Centre, set up by the Clinton Administration in 1993, and that year alone added $35B to the US economy through export gains. Being responsible for the security of Echelon's information is an enormous burden.

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About the Author: James Phelan

James Phelan is a modern thriller writer from Melbourne, Australia. At a young age he was inspired by such works as The Hobbit, Treasure Island, The Jungle Book, and The Little Prince and discovered a love of thrillers and topical global events during his teen years.

In 1995, aged fifteen, James started his first novel with the now familiar characters of Lachlan Fox and Alastair Gammaldi. This novel was abandoned as it had a similar theme to Tom Clancy's 'Rainbow Six' and James went in search of another introductory tale.

It was during his masters degree and while working at The Age newspaper James developed the idea that would become his first published book, and would lead to seeing his novels in print.

James lives in Melbourne and is working on several other writing projects and studying for his PhD. He regularly talks at schools, libraries, and literary festivals.

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