IN THIS GROUNDBREAKING BOOK, T.J. Waters has taken his remarkable experience collecting and analyzing competitive intelligence for business (which led to him being recruited by the CIA) and translated that knowledge into practical real-world strategies. Waters explains that companies that correctly analyze competitor, market, and customer information, then act on it in a timely fashion, will gain a competitive advantage. » Read more

DURING THE 2007 SEASON OPENER, a New England Patriots employee was caught red-handed videotaping the New York Jet’s sideline defensive signals — a clear violation of NFL rules. Spygate was born. That the Patriots completed the season undefeated, a feat unmatched since the Miami Dolphin’s perfect season in 1972, only fueled more conspiracy-theory speculation. It was not until they fell to the New York Giants in the Super Bowl’s closing sixty seconds, in what many consider the greatest modern NFL game ever played, that the specters of scandal and scheming were laid to rest. » Read more

IN THE WEEKS FOLLOWING THE ATTACKS OF 9/11, the Central Intelligence Agency received over 150,000 résumés from people wanting to serve their nation. T. J. Waters became one of more than a hundred students admitted into the CIA’s Clandestine Service to become Class 11, the first post- 9/11 training class. » Read more