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y separately published work icon Patriot Act single work   novel   crime  
Is part of Lachlan Fox James Phelan , 2006 series - author novel (number 2 in series)
Issue Details: First known date: 2007... 2007 Patriot Act
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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. Lachlan Fox suspects that Echelon is under threat. He is the right man in the wrong place.' (Publisher's blurb)

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  • Dedication: In memory of Shirley Phelan

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Sydney, New South Wales,: Hachette Livre Australia , 2007 .
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      Extent: viii, 462p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Endmatter includes 'Q&A With James Phelan'
      ISBN: 9780733620980 (pbk.)
    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
      :
      Constable ,
      2019 .
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      Extent: 480p.p.
      Note/s:
      • Published 10th January 2019
      ISBN: 9781472129284

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Works about this Work

Thrills Go Down to the Final Letter Simon Clews , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 August 2007; (p. 24)

— Review of Patriot Act James Phelan , 2007 single work novel
[Review] Patriot Act Graeme Moore , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 55)

— Review of Patriot Act James Phelan , 2007 single work novel
[Review] Patriot Act Graeme Moore , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , July vol. 87 no. 1 2007; (p. 55)

— Review of Patriot Act James Phelan , 2007 single work novel
Thrills Go Down to the Final Letter Simon Clews , 2007 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 25 August 2007; (p. 24)

— Review of Patriot Act James Phelan , 2007 single work novel
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