http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com/bush_and_clinton_read_alexander.xml Former residents George Bush and Bill Clinton have at least one thing in common, according to Washington insiders: a penchant for reading the action thrillers penned by veteran suspense author David Alexander. His new adventure novel, Threatcon Delta was reportedly the subject of a lively discussion at a New York fundraiser banquet earlier this week when both Bush and Clinton showed up carrying copies of Alexander's new global action novel. en-us (C) 2012 Affiliated News Services defense@xmail.net defense@xmail.net Department of Defense News Feed Services http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com/war_pigs_by_david_alexander.jpg http://www.amazon.co.uk/Threatcon-Delta-Assault-Pentagon/dp/B001E97G6M 100 250 Cover of action-adventure thriller. Literature, military affairs, government, war fiction, books http://www.amazon.co.uk/Threatcon-Delta-Assault-Pentagon/dp/B001E97G6M Entertainment Fiction Pentagon Military WASHINGTON: Pentagon insiders have guardedly acknowledged that they are taking seriously scenarios for a terrorist attack on the headquarters of the nation's Department of Defense along the lines of those described in thriller author David Alexander's best-selling novel Threatcon Delta. Since the book's appearance military and political officials have been quietly using the plot of Threatcon Delta as the basis of a top secret computer war game that duplicates the takeover of the Pentagon by a rogue military commander as described in Alexander's book. "We're extremely concerned," said a Pentagon offidial, speaking on condition of anonymity. "When subjected to sophisticated analysis, a number of the situations described in Threatcon Delta have been demonstrated to be feasible in reality." The official acknowledged that the Pentagon has not yet devised a workable defensive plan that would be effective in the event of what the Joint Chiefs of Staff have dubbed the "Threatcon Delta Scenario" in their miliary planning sessions. Among the reourses that have been considered has been the obvious one: seek out the help of Threatcon Delta's author. A White House official contacted by this reporter has hinted that such a contact has already been made, and that Alexander has been secretlty brought to the Pentagon where he is already at work drafting a security plan to protect the nation's military headquarters from a second terrorist attack. Attempts to reach Alexander have been unsuccessful. Normally secretive, the bestselling thriller author has seemingly dropped out of sight, bolstering speculation that Alexander is now at the Pentagon where he is attempting to find a workable countermeasure to his own "Threatcon Delta Scenario" before it's too late to do anything about it. ]]> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Threatcon-Delta-Assault-Pentagon/dp/B001E97G6M News Entertainment Literature Fiction Nonfiction Thrillers Movies Affiliated News Services: Former President George Bush and former President Bill Clinton have at least one thing in common, according to Washington insiders: a penchant for reading the action thrillers penned by veteran suspense author David Alexander. His new adventure novel, Threatcon Delta (published by Jove) was reportedly the subject of a lively discussion at a New York fundraiser banquet earlier this week when both Bush and Clinton showed up carrying copies of Alexander's new book. As surprised as each was at discovering that the other was a fan of the author, the two presidents were united in praise for Alexander's action-packed novels. Their excitement led to a discussion of Threatcon Delta that took place during a break in the ceremonies. Clinton reportedly stated that he believed that Bush should have acted according to the fictitious war plans devised by Alexander in his previous military thrillers featuring the special warfare brigade Force Omega. Bush was heard to counter that had Clinton read earlier thrillers by Alexander, and had he based his administration's strategies on them, then Osama bin Laden would have never grown to become the global terrorist threat he later turned into. As has happened in the past, the two leaders agreed to disagree and returned to reading their copies of Alexander's just-published Threatcon Delta for the rest of the break. Bush reportedly had the last word, though; he was said to have used excerpts from Threatcon Delta in a speech, declaring that the US military might opt to put Alexander's ideas into action in the fight against global terrorism and in re-shaping America's defense establishment. Unconfirmed reports also have it that, like his US counterparts, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is an avid Alexander enthusiast. http://www.amazon.com/Under-Attack-ebook/dp/B001RB2KBS defense@xmail.net http://www.davidalexanderbooks.com Literature, books, military affairs, world politics