Book description
Assistant Commissioner Andy Hayman, CBE, QPM, was in overall command
of the UK's national counter-terrorism offensive, at the centre of
every major terrorist investigation - overt and covert - of the past
five years. He handled the Metropolitan Police's response to 7/7 and
dealt with the politically explosive murder of the Russian dissident
Alexander Litvinenko.
Based at New Scotland Yard, in charge of thousands of Special Branch
and counter-terrorism officers in the UK and across the globe,
deciding strategy, working directly with the Prime Minister with a
budget of £500 million, Hayman is able to give unprecedented insight
into key top-level crisis meetings he attended with intelligence
chiefs and political leaders worldwide.
In an inspirational and at times heart-breaking account, he
describes how he led a dedicated team of men and women, committed to
protecting the UK from dangerous enemies. Hayman lived through the
pain and soul-searching when terrorists did succeed - and the pride
when intelligence officers prevented attacks.
Andy Hayman leaves no holds barred in his analysis of the way law
enforcers tackle terrorism. He outlines his radical blueprint for the
future to protect the public, in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic Games
and beyond.
If you thought you knew the stories behind the news, this book will
make you think again.
Andy Hayman ran Britain's anti-terrorist policing during the
dramatic years of the earliest twenty-first century. He held the
position of Assitant Commissioner, Special Operations at New Scotland Yard.
Margaret Gilmore is a freelance writer and broadcaster. She
was the BBC's Senior Home Affairs Correspondent and is now a senior
research fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, specializing
in homeland security.
