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Title should be “Absolute Incompetence”

Revisado: 04-09-24

W/O spoilers this book has some of the absolute worst decision makers on the good guys side I have ever read about in a book.

The narrator is so boring I keep skipping ahead.

I also keep thinking this book was written with heavy dependence upon so called AI (generative text) it is so unlike the authors usual style.

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Warning unbelievable violence

Revisado: 03-27-24

The Auther uses Harvey Weinstein as the “villain”

It was unbelievable at best.
The plot would have been awesome if not for the last 20 chapters and an unbelievable action sequence.

So disappointed with action scenes that are so over the top it suspends my immersion into a good story.

Worth the credit but barely

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Cartoonish Propaganda

Revisado: 03-13-24

Neocon rubbish with Russia so wrongly portrayed I had to stop. Considering I had gotten this far in the series that’s saying something.

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DEI and a terrible narrator

Revisado: 01-18-24

Too woke and the narrator was so bad I thought it might be AI. Might be better to read the book than waste a credit.

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Corrupt prosecutors and Defendant

Revisado: 12-13-23

“First they came for Gotti and I said nothing because he is a murdering thug. Then they came for Jones then Trump now me”

What a difference ten years makes in perspective. Ten years ago I would have read this book and cheered on the dogged determination by Gleason to convict Gotti. Now I see it as unequivocally a confession of breathtaking violations of key Constitutional rights. I ask myself if it convicting Gotti was worth it. That answer is NO and it might be a bell weather event warning us of how out of control our Courts have become.

Here is what I mean the author Gleason prosecuting Gotti brags that yes his legal theory on the wire tape is illegal but Gotti is such a bad guy a little stomping on the USCON is called for in another instance he brags about being able to depend on the Judge to create the law and precedent even though there is none and his conduct has traditionally been illegal.

Gleason regularly uses a “ends justifies the means” approach to prosecuting instead of a quest for justice. He regularly bemoans being “personally attacked” by a man he is trying to lock in a cage for the rest of his life. What a coward.

The most serious violation of the USCON is obviously the amount of Jury tampering the Prosecution and Judge engage in during the last trial. This is in reference to Gleason using the questionable wire tap tapes to DQ Defendant attorneys he gets one to kinda flip.

Of course Gleason had to push ahead and I think institutionalize the tactic of disqualifying and to some extent wire tapping a defendants council. They used those wire tapped recordings to disqualify not only Gotti’s attorney (he was dumb) mostly for personally antagonistic reasons but other good attorneys that were a threat to Gleasons tape. Pretty sure Robert has mentioned on here that when an attorney is on a wire tape the tape is supposed to be stopped.

Lastly and for me most disturbing is the way the prosecutors and the judge conspired to keep the existence of Sammy the Bull flipping secret from the US AG for NY his boss and the POTUS representative because essentially he was a Republican.

For those of you that are not grasping/believing/skeptical of what @robertbarnes is talking about concerning Jack Smith being dumb this book is a great example of the arrogance of prosecutors.
I think it’s also on point with these people “being born on third base” and thinking they hit a triple. This prosecutor Gleason is exactly that just taking the biases of the system in favor of the system as necessary right and proper.

Here is what I mean the author Gleason prosecuting Gotti brags that yes his legal theory on the wire tap in a non targeted law abiding old lady citizen’s home is illegal but Gotti is such a bad guy a little stomping on the USCON is called for in another instance he brags about being able to depend on the Judge to create the law and precedent even though there is none and his conduct, piercing the attorney client relationship has traditionally been illegal unconstitutional and immoral.

Gleason regularly uses an “ends justifies the means” approach to prosecuting instead of a quest for justice. He regularly bemoans being “personally attacked” by a man he is trying to lock in a cage for the rest of his life. What a coward.

The most serious violation of the USCON is obviously the amount of Jury tampering the Prosecution and Judge engage in during the last trial. This is in reference to Gleason using the questionable wire tap tapes to DQ Defendant attorneys he gets one to kinda flip.

Of course Gleason had to push ahead and I think institutionalize the tactic of disqualifying and to some extent wire tapping a defendants council. They used those wire tapped recordings to disqualify not only Gotti’s attorney (he was dumb) mostly for personally antagonistic reasons but other good attorneys that were a threat to Gleasons tap legality.. Pretty sure Robert has mentioned on here that when an attorney is on a wire tape the tape is supposed to be stopped.

Lastly and for me most disturbing is the way the prosecutors and the judge conspired to keep the existence of Sammy the Bull flipping secret from the US AG for NY his boss and the POTUS representative because essentially he was a Republican.

The guy also praises Andrew Weissman

In conclusion reading/listening to this book now vs say ten years ago has made all the difference in the world. Ten years ago I would have ignored how the DOJ stomped all over the USCON to get an evil man behind bars.

Today with the Biden Administration prosecuting its political enemies, something we sanctioned Russia and Putin for I have a very different perspective.

I was repulsed by the immoral unconstitutional behavior of the prosecutors and the courts in this case it actually made me … sick is not the right word maybe disgusted with how far off course this country is from where it was not too long ago.

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Same old plot

Revisado: 09-21-23

This book is not only the same old plot but now introduces asset forfeiture as a good thing instead of the corrupting root of evil it is.

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So good I am buying the hardcover

Revisado: 09-17-23

Conspiracy Theorists is a term created by the Hoover’s FBI and the CIA to discredit dissenting voices.

Funny how a simple legal construct, conspiracy, can be used to spread lies and disinformation.

This is a case study on how our government reflexively covers for the politically favored and those that can help the powerful gain riches fame and even more power.

Any critical thinking person can see how the same type of corruption affected the Manson investigation and the deification of Floyd or Fauci to increase power.

This book is a way of examining our failures as a shining city on a hill and an indictment on the administrative state that will grab for ever increasing power.

Well done

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Unrealistic Dumb Lawyer

Revisado: 09-16-23

Nate is supposedly a trial attorney but I wouldn’t hire him and his client comes across as emotionally immature.

Narrator is well below average and the character development non existent.

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Skip this one

Revisado: 12-10-22

Who wrote this James ……
Ok comparing the writing here with say the Spellmonger Series might be too big of a hurdle for Mr Narro but dang it’s vanilla. Also it’s a big turn-off when muscle bound societies act like it’s the 2023 culturally when reality is life was tough men and women didn’t have a dishwasher or John Deere so just eating took up most of the day.
Too close to woke for me and I mean absolutely despise coming of age stories written after a certain time. It takes a skillful disciplined author to raise a teenager in a book without making them out to be too dumb too week and too beta.

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Comically bad propaganda

Revisado: 10-30-22

The crazy attempt at painting Russia and Putin as incompetent is Ghost of Kiev bad.

If this is what Kyle brings count me ought. I guess I feared something this childish or even woke so I waited until now.

With Amazon not honoring returns I will not waste another credit.

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