D. A. Pendleton

Dave Pendleton is a former national-level Human Intelligence—HUMINT—operator, with the Defense Intelligence Agency, and author of over 800 intelligence reports.

From budding automotive engineer to tri-lingual Army language specialist on the Cold War border, to assistant Army Attaché in Prague and Kiev working to counter weapons proliferation, to Cornell grad student, and later corporate manager specializing in strategic planning and special projects, the CSCO series has been percolating in him for over two decades. He lives in North Carolina with his wife, Jenny; their two sons, Daniel and Ben are just now setting out on their post-college adventures.