Resumo de Clear And Present Danger

Jack Ryan is an intrepid CIA agent. The director of intelligence has recently fallen ill and Ryan takes over. He is called on by the President of the United States to solve the murder of businessman Hardin and his family upon their yacht. Ryan discovers that this seemingly respectable man actually has ties to the Columbian drug cartels and was killed for launderingof drug money. The US government seizes the funds.The President orders the military force, Operation Reciprocity, to dispose of the cartels in Columbia. Among their targets is Ernesto Escobedo, a drug kingpin and murderer of the Hardins. His intelligence officer, Cortez has plans to stage a coup and take over the cartel. Ritter and Cutter, the men responsible for the operation, hire Clark to oversee the operation in Columbia. The men proceed to take out drug factories and meeting places of druglords. Ryan travels to Columbia to further investigate the cartels and the murders. The Columbian government wants a share of the seized funds, so negotiators including Jacobs, director of the FBI, go to Columbia. Cortez finds out and ambushes the men, killing all but Ryan. Ryan hacks into Ritter¡¦s computer system and finds out about the clandestine operation. He plans to reveal Ritter and Cutter and isshocked to learn that the scandal goes all the way to the top, The President is involved. Cortez strikes a deal with Cutter, in exchange for reduced drug shipments to the United States Cortez will receive maps of the locations of the operation and their communication will be cut. With this information, Cortez kills the men of the operation Clark is livid but Ritter and Cutter blame Ryan. Ryan returns to Columbia and convinces Clark that Ritter and Cutter are the ones at fault and the twodecide torescue the imprisoned soldiers who are being held by Cortez in one of Escobedo¡¦sfacilities. Ryan reveals to Escobedo the deceit and treachery of Cortez. But Cortez kills Escobedo instead. Clark and Ryan play a deadly game of cat and mouse with Cortez in order to rescue the prisoners. They save them, kill Cortez and return home. After this scandalous failure, the President begs Ryan not to go public with this information; but, he refuses to do so. Ryan stands by his devotion to the truth and the oath he has made to the American public. The book on the whole is a brilliant depiction of corruption in society and also amongst politicians.

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