About the Author

is a Dublin-born journalist, former European correspondent with the Paris-based
Association pour de droit a I'information (ADI). Contributor to several Irish and Dutch publications,
including BRES (Amsterdam), the Security and Intelligence Research Bureau (OVIB) 1999 book,
"Operation Homerus: Spying for the BVD" and the ADI's "The Intelligence Files" (Clarity Press, 2005). is an associate of the ADI (Association de droit a l'information), for
which he founded and directed all publications, including Parapolitics, Intelligence
Newsletter and the current ADI journal, Intelligence.

Reviews

"Extensively researched, Understanding Shadows is must reading for those familiar with intelligence agencies and their intrigues. For the uninitiated, it is a valuable introduction and summary."
Douglas Valentine, author of The Phoenix Program and The Strength of the Wolf.