Bullets, Bombs, And Fast Talk

by Botting, James

• ISBN13: 9781597972444
• ISBN10: 1597972444
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-10-06
• Publisher: Potomac Books Inc

Summary

"While it sounds like the action in some crime-fiction book, it's not. Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk isn't a novel, and James Botting isn't a fictional character. One of the first members of the FBI's international Critical Incident Negotiation Team and a longtime member of the Crisis Negotiation Team in Los Angeles, Botting's career saw him take part - sometimes peripherally, more often personally - in almost every major hostage/barricade incident over the course of his twenty-five years as a hostage negotiator and SWAT agent. Wounded Knee. Patty Hearst. TWA 847. Cuban Prison Riots. Rodney King. Ruby Ridge. Waco. He recounts all those and more in gritty, bluntly honest, and often humorous detail as only a participant can. He highlights the successes and pulls no punches analyzing the failures. He vividly relates a number of times when he stared down death, and then came through unscathed." "Bullets, Bombs, and Fast Talk seems ripped from the pages of a novel, but it's real - intensely real - and Botting lived it. See what he saw, hear what he heard and said, feel what he felt, and live what he lived with this insider's personal account of his twenty-five years in the FBI."--BOOK JACKET.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Author's Notes	p. ix
Prologue	p. xi
"Just a Goddamn Yankee"	p. 1
The Republic of New Afrika	p. 7
Wounded Knee Revisited	p. 13
Patty Hearst and the SLA	p. 21
Wannabe Skyjacker	p. 35
Year of the Gun	p. 49
Robert Mathews and The Order	p. 69
Birth of the Crisis Incident Negotiation Team	p. 81
Kidnapping in Palos Verdes	p. 87
The Cuban Prison Riots	p. 107
Harvey Lee Green and the Tri-Lateral Commission	p. 125
Rodney King and the LA Riots	p. 133
Ruby Ridge	p. 141
Waco	p. 165
The Baker of Rancho Cucamonga	p. 193
The LAX Hotel Jumper	p. 201
The South Gate Kidnapping and the Juarez Cartel	p. 209
The Psychedelic Shower	p. 225
Conclusion	p. 235
About the Author	p. 239
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