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PRAISE FOR SECRET WEAPON
One man and only one man sounded the alarm trying to warn Congress and the American people about what really happened during the financial collapse of 2008. That man is Kevin Freeman. What he has uncovered is chillingfinancial terrorism that can happen again and bring this nations economy and the world economy to their knees. Why did no one listen? Why do the media and the Washington powerbrokers choose to ignore Mr. Freeman and hope that he will just go away? Well, they are in for a rude awakening, because this book is their worst nightmare and Americas greatest hope.
Steve Malzberg,
national radio talk show host
Our military leaders recognize that military strength is dependent on economic strength. Our enemys leaders recognize our strength in kinetic warfare and our weakness in economic warfare and financial terrorism. As a thought-leader regarding these issues, Kevin Freeman has been persistent in his education efforts at the highest levels in the defense and intelligence establishment. His basic thesisthat economic warfare can be as potent as kinetic conflictis an important truth that needs to be grasped.
Harry E. Soyster,
Lt. Gen. USA (Ret.), former Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency
Kevin Freeman is preeminent among the handful of Americans who appreciate the important nexus between finance and national security. His path-breaking research reveals that, unfortunately, our enemies understand this nexus all too welland are exploiting our national ignorance and vulnerabilities in this arena to inflict grave damage on our economy and the common defense.
Frank Gaffney Jr.,
founder and President of the Center for Security Policy
When most of us think of acts of terrorism we imagine car bombs or hijacked airliners. Kevin Freeman compels us to think again. He explores the dimly understood world of financial terrorism that ultimately underwrites the steady progress of jihad against America and its allies. If you want to know what our enemies have already figured out, read this book.
Fred Grandy,
former member of Congress and Senior Fellow at the Center for Security Policy
The complexity of warfare is staggering. Attacks against the United States are all too often framed only in terms of a kinetic strike against military forces, infrastructure, or most recently, a cyber-attack. Kevin Freeman goes right to the heart of the issue: the strength of the United States lies in the U.S. economy, it has been attacked, and such attacks can cripple us. Some believe this undoable, unimaginable, or unthinkable. Our adversaries are using every tool to defeat us, and we must protect ourselves.
David G. Reist,
BGen. USMC (Ret.), Vice President of the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies
When nations contend for power, they use all the means at their disposal. If they are building weapons and making threats of war, there are likely to be other things going on, too. This would include economic things, things designed to upset the wealth and therefore the power of their potential enemies. This is an old way of fighting, even if the means of prosecuting it are new. Kevin has suggested what some of these new ways are. It makes a chilling story.
Larry P. Arnn,
President of Hillsdale College
Kevin Freemans detailed analysis of the 2008 U.S. economic market downturn is the elephant in the room with regards to Americas financial and national security troubles. His exposure of the U.S. markets continuing vulnerabilities to hostile foreign entities is chilling and requires study and due diligence by those charged with defending Americas financial system. This book is another major indicator that Americas enemies are fighting a total war and our national security apparatus is asleep at the wheel.
John Guandolo,
Vice President of the Strategic Engagement Group and
former Special Agent in the FBI Counterterrorism Division
Secret Weapon is an incredibly informative look into the financial crisis of September 2008. Terrorism takes on many forms, and Kevin Freeman has exposed the threat of financial terrorism to our economic system. This groundbreaking work is a must-read for all Americans to fully grasp the extent of the economic warfare being waged against the United States.
E. J. Kimball,
President of the Strategic Engagement Group and
former Foreign Policy Counsel to U.S. Congresswoman Sue Myrick
Forget against whom our nation has declared war. Recall with renewed commitment who has sworn war against us. Kevin Freemans witness to the latter is a quantum leap in national security threat analysis.
Patrick Maloy,
Major USMC (Ret.)
Understanding the serious implications to our countrys national security and our economic system, Kevin Freeman has undertaken a personal crusade to inform our policymakers, lawmakers, and military leaders at his own expense. I personally have accompanied Mr. Freeman to numerous meetings to inform them of the existence of the study and its implications. These meetings included members or their senior staffs of Congress (both the House of Representatives and the Senate), the Inspector General of the Security Exchange Commission, and several former high government officials who had served in previous presidential administrations.
Steve Zidek,
Assistant Professor at Mercyhurst College Intelligence Studies program and
former Deputy National Intelligence Officer at the National Intelligence Council
As we confront the threat in the War on Terror, the national security focus has been almost exclusively on boots on the ground fighting jihadists over there. The problem is, the enemy has always known that he wont win the war over therebut he can win it here by attacking other centers of power. One of those centers of power, already weakened, is the financial markets. Kevin Freeman does an excellent job of fleshing out the realities of this threat with uncomforting clarity. For those who fancy themselves defenders of the homeland, this is a must read.
Stephen Coughlin,
Vice President of the Strategic Engagement Group and
former consultant to the Joint Chiefs of Staff
Kevin D. Freeman courageously bucked the establishment in revealing new dangers posed by economic warfare and other non-military forms of attack. This book is must reading.
Bill Gertz,
bestselling author of The Failure Factory and
national security columnist for the Washington Times
Kevin Freemans Secret Weapon is the scariest book youll read all year. Were not just endangered by those at home who mismanaged the market; were endangered by those abroad who took advantage of it. If we dont start thinking creatively, as Freeman argues, well be in serious trouble.
Ben Shapiro,
bestselling author of Primetime Propaganda
When Kevin Freeman, after an impressive career in finance, began investigating the possibility that terrorists are manipulating our markets, he suddenly found himself inside a real world spy novel. There is so much smoke surrounding his study of economic warfare that the only question is not whether there is a fire, but rather how far it has spread.