>> --------
>> Roland W. Haas

>> Roland W. Haas is an assistant deputy chief of staff and the

>> command senior intelligence officer of the U.S. Army Reserve

>> Command. He lives in Peachtree City, Georgia.

>> Enter the Past Tense

>> My Secret Life as a CIA Assassin

>> Roland W. Haas

>> Naval officer, family man, scholar, professional hit man

>> 320 pages; 6" x 9"; 17 b&w photos

>> Clothbound;  $24.95     $19.96

>> Description:

>> While at Purdue University on an NROTC scholarship in 1971, Roland
>> Haas was recruited to become a CIA deep clandestine operative. He
>> underwent intensive training to prepare for insertion into hostile
>> areas, including High Altitude Low Opening (HALO) parachuting and
>> weapons instruction. In the course of his first mission (to East and
>> West Germany, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bulgaria,
>> Romania, and Austria), he assassinated several international drug
>> dealers. On his return, he was thrown into an Iranian prison, where he
>> was physically and psychologically tortured. Over the next thirty
>> years, he served the agency on an as-needed basis, engaging in such
>> activities as hunting down and eliminating members of the Red Army
>> Faction and extracting Soviet Spetsnaz officers from East Germany. His
>> cover jobs included being a part owner of an Oakland health club,
>> which brought him into close contact with steroid abuse in
>> professional athletics, drug abuse in general, and the Hell's Angels,
>> whom he believes tried to have him killed. He also served in Germany
>> as site commander for the Conventional Forces in Europe weapons
>> treaty. His most recent cover was as the deputy director of
>> intelligence in the U.S. Army Reserve Command, which involved him with
>> the Guantanamo detention facility.

>> A true story that pulls no punches, Enter the Past Tense also
>> chronicles Haas's descent into, and recovery from, alcoholism that
>> resulted from the stress of this extraordinary life. It is an eye-
>> opening look at the dark, but many would argue necessary, side of
>> intelligence work-and one that readers won't soon forget.

>> About The Author:

>> Roland W. Haas is an assistant deputy chief of staff and the command
>> senior intelligence officer of the U.S. Army Reserve Command. He lives
>> in Peachtree City, Georgia.

>> Reviews/Endorsements:

>> Haas's tale is definitely entertaining. . . .[his] insights into the
>> cultures he encounters are often engrossing, and he goes into
>> fascinating detail about aspects of his 'profession.' "
>> -- Sam Jemielity, Playboy.com

>> "An incredible story of derring-do well told, including international
>> intrigue, assassination, and deception, with a dash of Hells Angels
>> and personal redemption mixed in. Not only does Haas reaffirm the old
>> adage that 'truth is stranger than fiction,' but his is an account
>> likely to cause considerable heartburn at the CIA, for which he worked
>> as a contract employee for nearly three decades."
>> -- Don Bohning, author of The Castro Obsession: U.S. Covert Operations
>> Against Cuba, 1959-1965

>> "The story of our government's role in using highly trained
>> professionals to do certain unsavory but very necessary types of
>> undercover/clandestine missions is not often pretty but has been in
>> need of telling for some time. I can't think of a more knowledgeable
>> and experienced person to tell that very important story than Roland
>> Haas."
>> -- From the Foreword by Col. Ben S. Malcom, USA (Ret.)

>> ------

>> NOW, HERE ARE THE FACTS ABOUT THIS LYING DIRTBAG PIECE  OF SHIT:

>>  One of my friends found the guy.  He is a GG-14 Department of the
>> Army civilian working at Army Reserve Command Headquarters at Ft.
>> McPherson, GA.  Even got his e-mail:  roland.h...@us.army.mil.

>>         Other research by another friend [deleted for privacy] reveals
>> that according to the Army's National Ground Intelligence Center, "GG"
>> means "General Government," and that "GG is the Intelligence Community
>> equivalent to GS or General Schedule. The two pay scales are the
>> same."

>>         In other words, this jerk really does have a security
>> clearance and really does work for the Army Reserve Command, although
>> as a GS-14 (or the equivalent) he is clearly NOT, as he claims, the
>> Command's senior intelligence officer, as he claims.

>> In my own internet checking I found one place where he told people he
>> was an Information Security Officer with the Army Reserve Command -
>> that sounds about right.

>>         I am absolutely appalled that this guy could write a book like
>> this and retain employment with the US Army.  In the book he claims to
>> have killed 18 people on the orders of the US government.  That means
>> that a) he violated U.S. law (the law against assassinations), or b)
>> he is an out and out liar.  In either case that should be prima facie
>> grounds for immediate dismissal from the kind of sensitive job he
>> seems to hold - or perhaps he is currently on leave for reasons of
>> mental instability?

>My Response to Spiritus Sanctus:

>Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
>Caveats: NONE

>I am the author of the book you questioned, Enter The Past Tense.
>Before I reply let me say simply that I respect your opinions and
>your
>rights to express them - rights I presume you fought for in Viet Nam.

>Now to my reply:

>1) I am a GG-0132-14, as you stated.  GG is the general
>classification
>for intelligence and intelligence related positions. The 132
>delineates that I am specifically intelligence, as opposed to
>security.  14 is my grade.  I stated that much in my book.

>2) At one point in time, some years back, I was in charge of
>information security for my command.  That was over a decade ago -
>when you get info from a web site you should also check the date and
>verify that things have not changed..

>3)  I have official Army orders designating me as the Senior
>Intelligence Officer of the command, signed by a Major General (2
>Star) who was the DCG of this command.  Yes, we have higher ranking
>officers in Intel, but since uniformed personnel rotate every two
>years, the command wanted continuity in that position.  As the
>highest
>ranking civilian in intelligence, that fell to me.

>4)  I also have official orders sending me to GTMO to "coordinate
>special intelligence activities." A copy of those orders was included
>in my book.  As a matter of fact, I have documentary evidence to back
>up most of what I claim in my book.  Obviously, I don't have pictures
>of actual 'kills', but that would be absurd.

>5)  Yes, there is an Executive Order prohibiting the practice of
>targeted killings, or assassinations, by U.S. personnel.  An
>executive
>order is not a law, but a statement of policy.  The Agency has since
>(within the last 4 weeks) come out and admitted that it did indeed
>use
>targeted killings.  This was also reported in the Washington Post.
>The
>Agency is releasing this info they call "the family jewels."

>6)  My story has been vetted by a number of official sources!  I have
>now been invited by the Deprtment of the Navy to present an address
>about my story from the deck of the USS Brady, a cold war era
>destroyer.  I am also slated to speak at a number of other high
>military venues, something that would not be happening if my story
>were a lie.  Finally, I have made it clear that I stand ready to
>testify before both the Senate and House Select Committees on
>Intelligence.

>7)  Both the Department of the Army and my command are aware of my
>book, have read it, and a number of general officers and current and/
>or retired CIA personnel have gone out of their way to get
>autographed
>copies.  I believe that their knowledge of me and current operations
>is a bit more credible than yours would be, considering you base your
>'judgments' on 'one of his friends'.

>8)  I am really surprised and disappointed at the venom and anger you
>put out in your 'denounciatin' of me.  I would think that after the
>horrible reception many of our Viet Nam vets got after that war,
>somebody who went through that would be a little more understanding
>and at least get the facts from more than just 'a friend'.  There
>really is no basis for your over-the-top pronoucements.

>9) Finally, I am not hiding behind a nickname or incomplete e:mail
>address.  I have made myself accessible to anybody who wished to take
>issue with what I have to say.  My military e:mail is
>haas.rola@usarc-
>emh2.army.mil

>But again, I support your right to your opinion.  I just don't think
>it is well founded or thought out.

>Regards,
>Roland W. Haas
>Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff, G2
>USARC
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>Caveats: NONE
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