Traitor in the White House - Hardcover

Traitor in the White House is an action packed, suspense thriller that pullsMilitary Intelligence Chief Warrant Officer Skip Daggard,NSA's "top gun" and White House Communications chiefinto a web of lies and deceit, and has him running for his life through thetunnels of Washington, D.C.Theauthor uses elements of facts and humor to spin his yarn, which is lace withplot-twist and subplots to keep the reader intrigued and turning pages.T.S.Pessini had served in the Military Intelligence fieldof the United States Army for nineteen years of his military career, and twoyears at NSA.¿ He brings the language ofthe MI community to his novel, which resonates with members of the military andcivilian Intelligence Community and veterans, yet the lay reader is able tounderstand the language specific to the genre.Traitor in the White House, the first in a series of extended novels where theprotagonist, Skip Daggard, a.k.a. Code Name Snoopy,takes readers into the world of NSA and the Military Intelligence Communitythat is rarely written about, fictionalizing real events, and how Vietnam has psychologically affected those who had served.

www.qcol.net/tppublicationsTom enlisted in the United States Army in August 1967 in ¿electronicscommunications, and served nineteen months in Vietnam. His next assignment was Ent Air Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado. Aftercompleting eight months at Ent,he separated from active duty in August 1970. Once he returned home to Morristown, New Jersey, he worked as a linemanfor AT&T for two years In February 1973 Tom reenlisted in the army, and served with the 3rd ArmoredDivision in Frankfurt, Germany, the 9th Infantry Division at Fort Lewis, Washington, Military Intelligence andMilitary Police in Augsburg, Germany, and NSA and the 519th MPBattalion at Fort Meade, Maryland. He served a short tour in Korea as a SiteCommander with the 293rd Signal Battalion, and retired from activeservice in March 1990. Some of his awards and decorations include: The Good Conduct Medal withsix oak leaf clusters, the Vietnam Service Medal, the Vietnamese Cross ofGallantry, the Army Achievement Medal, an Army Commendation Medal, theMeritorious Service Medal, and four Service School Ribbons. "Writing has been a passion of mine since I began telling stories atthe age of seven." He didn't begin writing in earnest until 1987, when Tom joined Writer'sDigest School for Writers. "I had trouble with criticism back then so I droppedout about three months into the course. However, I stayed with Writer's DigestBook Club and magazine." Tom Pessini now resides in Friendsville withhis wife, Erroll Jean and their seven dogs, where hewrites and substitute teaches.