Joe Hefferon is a father and former police captain turned writer after 25 years in law enforcement.
He is the author of the thriller novel Countdown to Osaka and can be found on Substack https://joehefferon.substack.com and Instagram @joehefferon.
You can reach Joe at joehefferon@proton.me.
On the afternoon of July 25, 2024, a Beechcraft King Air turboprop appeared from the Mexican calina and descended through the heat waves toward a small airport in the New Mexico desert.
Waiting on the ground were federal agents. In the plane were the pilot and two Sinaloa cartel heavyweights:...
In December 2024, a $500 million private-equity deal quietly transferred one of the world’s most advanced spyware tools from Israeli military-intelligence roots to American ownership.
Paragon Solutions, developer of Graphite—the zero-click software that extracts encrypted messages from Signal, WhatsApp, Telegram and others—was acquired by AE Industrial Partners.
The official narrative: ethical...