Torpedoed: An American Businessman's True Story of Secrets, Betrayal, Imprison..
Author: Tom Edmond D./Shactman Pope
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ISBN: 0316348732
Publisher: Little Brown & Company (14 November, 2001)
Sales Rank: 159,053
Average Customer Rating: 3.36 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 5 out of 5
Review by LCDR Terry Wilton (USN, Ret.)
A very well-written, no-holds-barred account of Ed Pope's ordeal in today's Russia. This book makes it clear that the Russian government still continues many of the more odious Soviet practices, especially when it comes to their paranoia about foreigners and the treatment of accused defendants. Ed Pope and Tom Schactman give numerous insights into today's Russian system of "justice," making it clear that having no hard evidence against a defendant (whether a foreigner or a Russian) is not a problem for the prosecution, when it is backed by the FSB and the courts. This should make Western businessmen who have any dealings with Russian military or industrial institutions have second thoughts. As a former naval intelligence officer myself, I would rate this as a five-star book that should be read by all intelligence professionals, as well as all those who would do business in today's Russia. Terry Wilton, LCDR USN (Ret.).
Rating: 5 out of 5
Eye opener for civilians-america
I met this man in person. The ordeals he went thru, its just insane. But he made the best of his time in purgatory.
This is another example of burachcy.
For those of you who dont have a clue how the world really is
please read this book.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Risky International Business
It is apparent from the beginning that Edmond Pope felt he was something special from being retired from the Navy and founding a company which specialized in projects related to propulsion through water. It appeared that he felt with all the Navy top secret clearances, they alone should be sufficient for obtaining information from those in Russia willing to sell. He knew about the danger of obtaining the information and how his room was bugged and, this was a risky international business he was in. It seems through his narration, nothing came as a surprise to him when whe was held over in the beginning. His ordeal in the prison showed that he had undergone suffient Navy training not to break him completely. By all accounts his wife was very instrumental in getting public attention to his captivity. The most obvious thing that came out of this writing, was that no where could he convince anyone until he was captive for nearly three months for help either from Penn State where he was wroking for or from our government representatives. It was expecially evident, our most highly impressive Pennsylvania State Senators Arlen Spector or Rick Santorum, who representated him gave no reponse to his wife when she requested their help. Only after he was well on his way of getting a pardon from the Russian president, did Spector or Santorum get on the bandwagon behind Pope. I guess it shows that they only play when things are in a positive mode. The book was very interesting and written well and held your attention throughout.
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