Sleeper Cell
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A "Sleeper Cell" is agents or spies who are placed in a target country or organization, not to undertake an immediate mission, but rather to act as potential assets if activated at a later point in time. They have infiltrated into the target country and 'gone to sleep', sometimes for many years. That is, they do nothing to communicate with their sponsors, or any existing agents, or to obtain information beyond that from public sources. They can also be referred to as deep cover agents. They acquire jobs, attend schools of higher learning, get married, and have families, and identities-ideally ones which will prove useful in the future-and attempt to blend into everyday life as a normal citizen. In a sense, the best sleeper agents are those who are not paid by their sponsor as they are able to earn enough money to support themselves. This avoids the possibly of tracing payments from abroad. In such cases, it is possible that the sleeper agent might be successful enough to become what is sometimes termed an agent of influence. Those sleeper agents who have been discovered have often been natives of the target country who moved elsewhere in early life and been co-opted (perhaps for ideological or ethnic reasons) before returning to the target country. This is valuable to the sponsor as the sleeper's language and other skills can be those of a 'native' and thus less likely to trigger suspicion. Choosing and inserting sleeper agents has often been problematic as it is difficult to predict which target will be appropriate some years in the future. If the sponsor government (or its policies) changes after the sleeper has been inserted, the sleeper might be found to have been planted in the wrong target.
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THIS IS A FICTIONAL NOVEL OF ADVENTURE, CONSPIRACY, FOREIGN INTRIGUE, DEAL MAKING, FINANCIAL & STRATEGIES AND THE ISSUE DU JOUR -- TERRORISM.
Jonathan Wainwright Skyler, a soldier, befriends Ben Kalib Ali, a seven year old orphan in Iraq. After eighteen months of duty, Jonathan "gyros" back to the U.S. and musters out of the National Guard. He goes back to work for a wall street firm and in the ensuing years becomes a successful venture capitalist. While having lunch with clients, he notices a young man, dapperly dressed, having lunch with a group of diners. The young man looks familiar, they look at each other and eventually they meet in the restaurant’s restroom and begin talking. Jonathan says hello to Ben Kalib Ali, a strapping young man, handsome and well spoken. Ben tells Jonathan that he was adopted by a California family and sent to the US. After arriving, he completed his primary, secondary schooling and finally University of Southern California. There he majored in chemical engineering and later finished law school at Georgetown University. Ben also said that he was newly married, employed as an attorney with a New York Wall Street firm and was living in Westchester, taking the train everyday to Grand Central Station and then by subway to his office on Wall Street. Little does Jonathan know, but Ben has been programmed to be a destined to carry out one of the most devastating events in New York City. The story takes place in the years 2000 – 2024.
About the Author
This is Ralph L. McNeal, Sr’s first novel. He has spent most of his professional life in the Venture Capital Industry. He has authored a novel that brings into play global financial considerations and futuristic financial uncertainties, has been employed in financial and management capacities in both the public and private sectors. The author is a graduate of Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio. He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc. and served his country as an officer of the 3 Armored Cavalry Regiment, 50 Armor and the 102nd Armored Cavalry (Essex Troop) Regiment. Ralph is currently working on his next fiction novel "The Venture Capitalist," a sequel to “Sleeper Cell.” Mr. McNeal has written articles appearing in the “US Congressional Record" and the “Planning Executives Institute" magazine. His bio has appeared in the Marquis' "Who's Who in America” and “Who's Who in Finance and Industry." He is a recipient of the 2000 US Small Business Administration's New Jersey Small Business Financial Services Advocate of the Year Award," and the "1992 Kool's National Achievers Award." He makes his home with his wife Shirley in Nevada.