Uniquely, for more than a quarter of a century, Carlton King worked in a plethora of Britain’s most secret intelligence agencies. This vast experience made him one of Britain’s most consummate secret intelligence and national security & governmental close protection officers.

 

Prior to joining Scotland Yard, Carlton worked as a German Haus Detektiv and a detective for a section of the United States Department of Defense.

 

Carlton has a degree in criminology and speaks several languages.

 

During his secret life, Carlton was embroiled in numerous dramatic events of historical significance:

• from his cold war detention as a suspected American spy, by the East German STASI at Berlin’s infamous Check Point Charlie

• to laying in wait to ambush an IRA assassination squad tasked with killing a prominent British official during the IRA’s Mainland bombing campaign

• to being head hunted to undertake the role of Chief of the Iraqi Secret Police!

 

Indeed, Carlton has been involved in most politically orientated intelligence and extremist events between 1981 and 2012.

 

Hosting BLACK SPY PODCAST, Carlton draws on his experiences outlined in his memoir 'BLACK OPS – The incredible true story of a British secret agent' such as:

• cold war counter-espionage and counter-subversion operations,

• the counter-terrorist struggle against Irish Republican Extremism,

• the Arab –Israeli conflict and associated Middle-Eastern terrorism and espionage

• Western European Urban terrorism from Basques to West German Red Army Faction to Carlos the Jackal,

• The ‘Liberation’ struggles in Africa, Asia and South America and the allied state related espionage and intelligence officer ‘activities’ against such dissidents (e.g. The Colonel Gadhafi’s, Stray Dogs campaign against Libyan dissidents and Apartheid South Africa’s counter-ANC assassination plots and political manipulations etc.),

• Combatting Colombian Narco-terrorism emanating from Pablo Escobar and the Medellin cartel,

• Combatting Greece’s N17

• Destroying dissident PLO factions – such as the Abu Nidal organisation (ANO)

• And countering terrorism of an Islamic nature: (Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Al Qaeda, Afghani Taliban, Hezbollah, Hamas and The Haqqani network etc, etc.)

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One learns that Carlton also had a window  into long term ultra-deep cover counter-subversive operations to combat those intent on overthrowing our undermining the British government by extremist non-parliamentary means. Operations that saved many lives, in the UK and beyond and saved the British exchequer millions of pounds.

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Finally, BLACK OPS outlines Carlton’s activities in warzones where he undertook numerous intelligence and governmental protection operations, in amongst other locations: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Pakistan, Syria, Israel and the Palestinian occupied territories.

 In fact, Carlton was operating in Gaza on the day that Hamas preformed their coup against Chairman Arafat’s FATAH.

 

Above are but a few of Carlton’s operations, however,  many more sensational, exciting and intriguing missions BASED on Carlton activities throughout his more than a quarter of a century in global covert operations remain undisclosed.      

 

So, what lead Carlton to this life of spying, false identities, world travel, political intrigue, dirty wars and governmental VVIP protection operations to secure the lives of the most powerful heads of state – (The Clinton’s, UK Prime Ministers, German Chancellors, Chinese supreme leaders, Colombian presidents plus UK and world Royalty)?

You'll have to read BLACK OPS to find out.